2026-09-10 · Massachusetts · Regulation

What happened. The money Massachusetts condominium associations draw on for common-area weatherization, heat pump conversions and the pre-weatherization work that unblocks older buildings got smaller.

The Department of Public Utilities issued its order approving the 2025-2027 Three-Year Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Plans on 28 February 2025, in dockets D.P.U. 24-140 through 24-149. The plans had been filed on 31 October 2024.¹

The numbers

• Utilities proposed over $4.99 billion in efficiency and decarbonization spending
• The DPU approved the plans with a roughly $500 million reduction
• Stated goal: reduce more than 1 million metric tons of CO₂e, with claimed total benefits of about $13 billion

The three stated priorities

• Weatherization and decarbonization of homes and businesses
• Accelerating access for underserved and vulnerable customer groups, explicitly including renters
• Simplifying the customer experience

The stakes for condominium boards

Mass Save is the funding path for common-area weatherization, heat pump conversion, and — critically — the pre-weatherization barrier work that stalls older Massachusetts condominium buildings: knob-and-tube wiring, asbestos, and ventilation deficiencies that must be remediated before insulation can go in.

A budget cut across the three-year term narrows what is available. The condominium-specific provisions of the approved plan — whether master-metered buildings, five-plus-unit condominiums, and associations as customers of record get a dedicated pathway — could not be confirmed and are unverified.

1. D.P.U. 24-140 through 24-149, 2025-2027 Three-Year Plans Order, 28 February 2025 ↩
2. Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Massachusetts utility EV make-ready programme funding and multi-unit dwelling tiers ↩
3. CommonWealth Beacon, gas infrastructure spending and GSEP figures ↩