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Keegan Werlin LLP provides expert legal counsel for energy facility development, regulation, and compliance. Based in Lexington, MA, we serve clients across New England in navigating permitting, land use, and environmental compliance for energy infrastructure projects. Our team offers strategic, results-driven solutions for the energy industry. Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Overview Siting and licensing critical energy infrastructure in New England has become increasingly complex in recent years. Groundbreaking changes in the permitting landscape, such as the Massachusetts Green Communities Act (2008), Global Warming Solutions Act (2008), Climate Change Act and Roadmap Law (2021), and the most recent Clean Energy Act (2022), have instituted complex requirements and new opportunities for critical energy infrastructure facilities, including, but not limited to electric transmission networks, wind power, solar resources, large-scale battery storage systems, and next-generation electric transmission equipment. KW’s team has been at the forefront of successfully implementing and ensuring compliance with these crucial energy and environmental objectives on behalf of clients throughout the region. The interrelated array of federal, state and local siting and permitting standards requires extensive knowledge of the applicable statutory enactments and regulatory requirements to represent investor-owned utilities and private developers in New England effectively. KW has an unmatched team of legal professionals with over 30 years of experience permitting the most complex array of projects, such as innovative new substation facilities to address sea-level rise, energy storage systems to ensure reliability of electricity, renewable energy facilities such as solar and wind generation, and needed transmission infrastructure to power the New England economy, including the electrification necessary to support the region’s climate change and carbon reduction goals. KW attorneys also have extensive experience defending client interests in state and federal courts when challenged by project opponents. KW’s team-based approach with a demonstrated track record in the areas of environmental science, economics, and state and local land-use requirements ensures that necessary energy infrastructure is permitted and developed in an efficient and successful manner to meet the overarching business objectives of our clients.

Molly Karg Agostinelli is an associate attorney at Keegan Werlin LLP, specializing in energy, regulatory, and public utility law. Ms. Agostinelli’s experience at the firm focuses on ratemaking and storm recovery work in Massachusetts. While attending law school, Ms. Agostinelli interned with the MA Department of Public Utilities. Prior to joining the firm in May 2023, Ms. Agostinelli worked as senior associate with the Mergers & Acquisitions department at KPMG LLP in Boston. Public Utilities, Energy Law; Regulatory & Administrative Molly Karg Agostinelli is an associate attorney at Keegan Werlin LLP, specializing in energy, regulatory, and public utility law. Molly K. Agostinelli Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: magostinelli@keeganwerlin.com ● Regulatory & Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Massachusetts Ms. Agostinelli’s experience at the firm focuses on ratemaking and storm recovery work in Massachusetts. While attending law school, Ms. Agostinelli interned with the MA Department of Public Utilities. Prior to joining the firm in May 2023, Ms. Agostinelli worked as senior associate with the Mergers & Acquisitions department at KPMG LLP in Boston. Prior to Law school, Ms. Agostinelli served as regulatory coordinator at a financial consulting firm serving regulated natural gas, electric, and water utilities in performing return on equity testimony for ratemaking purposes and energy market assessment before the MA DPU, FERC, and other US/Canadian utility regulatory agencies. Education B.A. 2014, Boston University J.D. 2020, Boston College Law School

Joseph Kelley received his Juris Doctor from the University of Massachusetts School of Law. Following his second year of law school, he worked at Keegan Werlin as a Law Clerk helping on numerous matters, primarily aiding with monitoring hearings conducted by the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. During his third year of law school, he interned at Pateakos & Poulin, where he assisted with civil litigation, real estate transactions, and estate planning. Administrative & Energy Law; Public Utilities Joseph F. Kelley joined the practice in September of 2024 as an associate attorney, specializing in administrative, energy, and public utility law. Joseph F. Kelley Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: jkelley @keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Massachusetts Joseph Kelley received his Juris Doctor from the University of Massachusetts School of Law. Following his second year of law school, he worked at Keegan Werlin as a Law Clerk helping on numerous matters, primarily aiding with monitoring hearings conducted by the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. During his third year of law school, he interned at Pateakos & Poulin, where he assisted with civil litigation, real estate transactions, and estate planning. Education Worcester State University, B.A., May 2020 University of Massachusetts School of Law, J.D., 2024

David S. Rosenzweig is Executive Partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and Chair of the Firm’s Energy Siting & Permitting Practice, representing clients before state regulatory agencies, local permitting authorities and the Massachusetts courts. He advises a wide array of electric and gas companies, energy project developers and end users on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities, rates, planning, energy procurement and transmission arrangements. Energy, Contract, Regulatory, & Administrative Law David S. Rosenzweig is Executive Partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and Chair of the Firm’s Energy Siting & Permitting Practice, representing clients before state regulatory agencies, local permitting authorities and the Massachusetts courts. He advises a wide array of electric and gas companies, energy project developers and end users on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities, rates, planning, energy procurement and transmission arrangements. David S. Rosenzweig Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: drosen@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Regulatory Law ● Contract Law Bar Admissions U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit U.S. District Court District of MA U.S. Supreme Court Massachusetts New Hampshire Mr. Rosenzweig’s siting expertise includes: electric transmission lines (underground, aboveground and underwater); natural gas, oil and coal-fired electric generating facilities; interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines; natural gas storage facilities; and solar, wind and battery storage renewable energy facilities. He represented the region's first large-scale, offshore wind power project in obtaining its state and local permits, licenses and siting approvals for energy infrastructure facilities from the Energy Facilities Siting Board, the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs pursuant to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, the Department of Environmental Protection and various other state and local agencies, boards and governmental authorities. He has also represented utility companies and project developers in judicial proceedings in state and federal courts, including the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, regarding challenges to permits and approvals initiated by project opponents. Mr. Rosenzweig has also represented the region's electric and natural gas distribution companies on all regulatory matters before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. He has negotiated electric and gas supply agreements for large institutional energy users and power sale agreements for wholesale electric generators. He has advised clients in restructurings, buydowns and buyouts of power sale agreements between competitive wholesale generators and electric distribution companies. In addition, he has counseled clients on transmission, power delivery and project interconnection issues concerning the New England Power Pool and the New England Independent System Operator. Mr. Rosenzweig has also performed regulatory and permitting due diligence reviews for asset acquisitions of natural gas, oil and coal-fired electric generating facilities. Before joining the firm in 1990, Mr. Rosenzweig worked at Boston Edison Company for seven years in a variety of legal, financial, rate and planning areas. Education Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., cum laude, 1988 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, M.B.A., 1982 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, B.S. Management, 1981 Recognitions "The Best Lawyers In America" 2007 - 2022 Associations Boston Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association

Keegan Werlin LLP provides expert regulatory law services, specializing in energy, public utility, and environmental regulation. Based in Lexington, MA, our team offers strategic solutions to businesses across New England, navigating complex government compliance, policy issues, and infrastructure challenges with proven success. Energy & Regulatory Law Overview Keegan Werlin’s energy and regulatory team has a thorough understanding of the economic, policy and strategic issues emerging in client industries, particularly in relation to the clean energy future. Members of the practice have extensive backgrounds in public utilities regulation, government and legislative relations and environmental regulation. With over 30 years of experience, the energy and regulatory team is able to provide effective representation on a wide range of energy industry issues. Keegan Werlin actively participates on behalf of clients in state regulatory proceedings involving a broad spectrum of industry issues, with a focus on assisting clients in their core obligations to provide safe and reliable energy service to customers. Our attorneys have represented clients in proceedings before New England regulators in relation to mergers and acquisitions, facility divestitures, complex rate proceedings and establishment of complex performance-based rate mechanisms, service quality performance, storm reviews and grid-modernization proceedings, and long-term contracting for clean energy procurements to name just a few. Our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with the broad range of issues involved in the provision of natural gas and electric delivery service to retail customers, in an era of change. The Clean Energy Future On behalf of energy clients, Keegan Werlin is involved in all aspects of the electric distribution industry, assisting in regulatory matters in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and other states in the region. Today, participants in the energy market have both significant opportunities and historic challenges in planning and providing for the electricity needs of electric customers in the marketplace. Familiarity with the regulatory framework is absolutely necessary to succeed in the region. In the Commonwealth, the impetus for energy-industry change stems from a series of legislative actions taken by the Massachusetts legislature since 2008 to advance clean energy goals and to address climate change concerns through both mitigation and adaption. In 2008, the Massachusetts legislature enacted Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, An Act Relative To Green Communities (“Green Communities Act”), and An Act Establishing the Global Warming Solutions Act, St. 2008 c. 298, § 7 (”GWSA”). The Green Communities Act established an entirely new construct for energy efficiency program planning, paving the way for the aggressive expansion of demand resources (energy efficiency, demand response and renewable generation). The GWSA put in place a comprehensive policy framework designed to result in marked reductions to greenhouse gas emissions on a designated timeline. Since the enactment of the Green Communities Act and the GWSA, the operating environment for the electric industry has experienced a profound transformation, evolving into a highly dynamic setting characterized by declining electric consumption on a per-customer basis, coupled with intensifying pressure for more reliable electric service, unbounded digital access and the widespread accommodation of distributed energy resources, among other factors. In just the past few years, a shift in focus to future electrification has placed electric utilities at a crossroads where the ability to extract revenue from the system to cover necessary operating costs and capital investment has been declining, while the obligations and demands for performance to meet a range of stakeholder interests is rapidly expanding, anticipating a future with exponentially expanded reliance on the electric grid. Many initiatives are underway to achieve the goals and objectives of the Green Communities Act and GWSA, by promoting the development of the electric-vehicle market and associated charging infrastructure; to expand the use of electric storage; and to enable DER interconnection, as examples. The goals and objectives of the Green Communities Act/GWSA were affirmed by the Baker Administration’s Executive Order No. 569, Establishing an Integrated Climate Change Strategy for the Commonwealth (September 16, 2016) (“Executive Order No. 569”), setting directives for the reduction of greenhouse gases and preparation for the impacts of climate change. On August 11, 2022, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, St. 2022, c. 179. As with other legislative initiatives enacted since the Green Communities Act and GWSA in 2008, this far-reaching legislation provides a strong impetus for achievement of the Commonwealth’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through initiatives relating to offshore wind and solar power, battery storage, electric grid modernization and the electrification of the transportation and building sectors. Mergers & Acquisitions Keegan Werlin attorneys have extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions involving electric and gas companies in the New England region. Keegan Werlin advises clients on regulatory issues associated with mergers and acquisitions and represents clients in agency proceedings to secure the necessary approvals for such transactions. Keegan Werlin attorneys have also been actively involved in the development of merger-related rate plans, including the recovery of acquisition premiums and the development of quality-of-service standards, in order to meet requirements necessary to achieve regulatory approval for mergers and acquisitions.

Keegan Werlin LLP offers clients top-tier legal representation in environmental, municipal, and land use law. With a deep understanding of regulatory programs, our attorneys bring extensive experience from both government and private practice. Based in Lexington, MA, we assist clients throughout New England with compliance, permitting, and navigating complex environmental regulations. Our team provides strategic guidance to ensure successful outcomes for a wide range of environmental matters. Environmental, Municipal, & Land Use Overview Keegan Werlin provides clients with the highest quality legal representation and services in the area of environmental, municipal and land use law. The strength of the firm’s practice in these areas is drawn from the extensive experience that our attorneys have with a broad scope of regulatory programs in both government and private practice. In addition to corporations of all sizes, sole proprietorships and individuals, our clients include boards and departments of municipal corporations as they plan and construct major public infrastructure projects. Regulatory Permitting and Land Use Our regulatory permitting and land use practice focuses on regulatory permitting for the construction and operation of a wide array of projects. Keegan Werlin works closely with clients and their technical consultants to obtain timely permit approvals from federal, state and local agencies for electric transmission facilities; natural gas pipelines and storage facilities; water and sewer projects; solid waste management facilities; industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities; and hotel and residential projects of all sizes. Our attorneys are among the region’s leading authorities on regulations and policies currently being used in Massachusetts to implement permit-related programs such as the National Environmental Policy Act and the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act; the Clean Air Act (state and federal); the Solid Waste Management Act; the Clean Water Act; the Wetlands Protection Act; and the Rivers Protection Act. The firm also guides clients through land use permitting at the local level including zoning, site plan review, subdivision planning and approval, and compliance with public health and wetlands performance standards. As special municipal counsel, we have worked closely with the departments of several cities and towns to obtain necessary permits and approvals for large-scale projects such as landfill closures and post-closure development projects; water and sewer projects; and electric generating facility projects.

A major portion of Mr. Fogel's practice involves working with clients and their consultants to guide proposals for new or modified projects through all levels of environmental impact review and permitting including industrial and commercial facilities; energy and infrastructure projects; and other land uses and developments that require approvals for waste-site remediation, site review planning, waste discharges, air emissions, and resolution of liability disputes. Environmental, Land Use & Administrative Law; Litigation and Appeals Barry P. Fogel is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and became the initial member of its Environmental, Municipal and Land Use Practice. Barry P. Fogel Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: bfogel@keeganwerlin.com ● Environmental Law ● Land Use Law ● Administrative Law ● Litigation & Appeals Bar Admissions Massachusetts District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit U.S. District Court District of MA Mr. Fogel's Clients include a wide variety of businesses, institutions, municipalities, individuals, and citizen groups engaged in land use development, real estate transactions, and permit and enforcement proceedings involving compliance with federal, state, and local environmental and land use regulations. A major portion of Mr. Fogel's practice involves working with clients and their consultants to guide proposals for new or modified projects through all levels of environmental impact review and permitting including industrial and commercial facilities; energy and infrastructure projects; and other land uses and developments that require approvals for waste-site remediation, site review planning, waste discharges, air emissions, and resolution of liability disputes. Mr. Fogel has extensive experience with projects that require permits and licenses for activities in and near inland and coastal wetlands and other protected resource areas. He also regularly manages cases involving administrative appeals, resolution of enforcement notices, and civil disputes involving litigation and mediation. Prior to joining the firm in 1991, Mr. Fogel worked for six years as a Deputy General Counsel and Regional Director with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Before that, he served as Counsel to the District of Columbia City Council's Committee on Transportation and Environmental Affairs, and as counsel to the Chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Representative Cases Verrill Farms, LLC v. Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company, 86 Mass.App.Ct. 577 (2014) Ten Persons of the Commonwealth et al. v. Fellsway Development LLC et als., 460 Mass. 366 (2011) Brockton Power Company LLC vs. City of Brockton & others, Appeals Court Docket No. 2012-P-214, Memorandum and Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28; by the Court (Kantrowitz, Sikora & Sullivan, JJ.), November 21, 2012 Education American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1982 Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, B.A., Geology and Earth Sciences, 1976 Conservation Commission of Brockton vs. Department of Environmental Protection & another, Appeals Court Docket No. 2011-P-766 (April 19, 2012) Brockton Power Company, LLC v. Planning Bd. of City of Brockton, 2011 WL 3655178 (Mass.Land Ct.), August 19, 2011

Mr. Hershberg received his Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School, where he served on the Student Bar Association as a Senator focusing his efforts to bridge the gap between the Vermont Law School student body and the Town of South Royalton. Energy Law & Public Utilities Michael B. Hershberg is an associate at Keegan Werlin LLP, where he specializes in energy, regulatory, and public utility law. He represents the firm’s utility clients before the Department of Public Utilities. Michael B. Hershberg Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: mhershberg@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire Mr. Hershberg received his Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School, where he served on the Student Bar Association as a Senator focusing his efforts to bridge the gap between the Vermont Law School student body and the Town of South Royalton. During his time in law school, he also worked as a Student Clinician at the South Royalton Legal Clinic supporting lower income communities in civil disputes and Asylees in Immigration matters, interned for the Irish International Immigrant Center in Boston, and worked for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Chelsea. Mr. Hershberg received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Stonehill College in Easton. At Stonehill, he was a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society. He brings a wide berth of experience to the firm; Mr. Hershberg previously worked on Transmission Right of Way matters at Georgia Power Company and most recently as a project manager for Volta Charging, an Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure start-up where he worked closely with municipalities and appeared before municipal boards to expand access to public charging. In addition to his work at the firm, he serves on both the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Earth Removal Board in the Town of Sudbury. Education Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts B.A., 2013 Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont, J.D., 2016

Keegan Werlin LLP’s Real Estate Development and Permitting practice, led by Brian Golden, former Director of the BPDA, provides expert legal counsel in land use, planning, and permitting. Based in Lexington, MA, we assist developers, municipalities, and clients in matters including conveyances, abatements, licensing, and environmental compliance across New England. Real Estate Development & Permitting Overview Keegan Werlin’s Real Estate Development and Permitting practice is led by Brian Golden, the former Director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA). The practice provides expert land use, planning and permitting services, supporting real estate developers, municipalities and other clients. During his tenure at the BPDA, Golden guided more than 90 million square feet of development approvals through the BPDA’s permitting process, representing approximately $43 billion of investment, and supporting over 80,000 permanent jobs. Golden grew the BPDA’s planning capacity, overseeing completion of the first general city plan since 1965, Imagine Boston 2030, in addition to comprehensive neighborhood planning studies representing 30 percent of Boston’s land mass.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frias served as Senior Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission for two years. He then served as Executive Counsel of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board for six years. Public Utility, Energy, & Administrative Law; Telecommunication Steven Frias is an associate at Keegan Werlin LLP. He specializes in public utility, energy and regulatory, telecommunications, and administrative law. Steven Frias Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: sfrias@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities ● Telecommunication Bar Admissions Massachusetts U.S. District Court District of RI Rhode Island Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frias served as Senior Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission for two years. He then served as Executive Counsel of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board for six years. During his employment as Executive Counsel, he authored “Beyond 271 – From an Open Market to a Fully Competitive Market: A Roadmap for State Commissions,” for the NRRI Journal of Applied Regulation. Before entering public service, Mr. Frias served as an associate at Zizik, LaSalle & Power, P.C., specializing in litigation. Since 1999, Mr. Frias has taught Paralegals and the Litigation Team in Rhode Island, a seminar at the Institute for Paralegal Education. Memberships & Associations Rhode Island Bar Association R.I. Representative and Member of the RNC Budget Committee, Republican National Committee 2012 - 2024 Board Member, Cranston Historical Society 2009 - 2017 Contributing Opinion Columnist, Cranston Herald 2012 - 2013, 2019 - 2021 Contributing Opinion Columnist, Providence Journal 2013 - 2016 Commissioner, and President of Cranston City Planning Commission, 2021 - Present Treasurer, R.I. Semiquincentennial (250th) Commission, 2021 - Present Chairman, Cranston Charter Review Commission, 2019 - 2020 Published Works Cranston and Its Mayors: A History, The History Press, Charleston SC, 2011 Beyond 271 - From an Open Market to a Fully Competitive Market, NRRI Journal of Applied Regulation, 1, 2003 Flagrant Disregard for Tradition, Suffolk University Law Review, 30, 1997 Education Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, , J.D., cum laude, 1997 Law Review: Suffolk University Law Review, 1996 - 1997 Awards: Dean’s List 1995-97; Best Case Comment, Law Review Staff Competition, 1996; Semi-Finalist, Clark Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1996; Best Brief Writer, First Year Moot Court Section Competition 1995; Best Oral Advocate, First Year Moot Court Section Competition, 1995 Brown University, Providence, RI, B.A. Political Science and International Relations, 1993 Representative Cases NSTAR Electric Company, D.P.U. 17-05 NSTAR Gas Company, D.P.U. 19-120 NSTAR Gas Company, D.P.U. 20-76 Brookline, Case No. 9752 Classes & Seminars Paralegals and the Litigation Team in Rhode Island, Institute for Paralegal Education, 1999 - Present Recognitions Coolidge Prize for Journalism, 2015

An attorney since 1993, Golden is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was also the New England Regional Director at the US Department of Health and Human Services, a Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, and a Non-Executive Director at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Golden has served as a US Army officer, active duty and reserve, for more than 25 years. Real Estate Development & Permitting Brian Golden serves as Partner and Chair of the Real Estate Development & Permitting practice. Brian Golden Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: bgolden@keeganwerlin.com ● Real Estate Development & Permitting Practice Bar Admissions Massachusetts Brian Golden served for more than eight years as Director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), managing the largest building boom in Boston’s history, while ushering in policy and public process reforms to improve the lives of Bostonians. As the longest serving chief executive in the agency’s history, he focused on improving transparency, accountability, and community engagement, while increasing affordable housing, economic development, and climate resiliency across Boston’s neighborhoods. Golden led an intensive operational reform effort over multiple years and rebranded the agency from the former Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to the Boston Planning & Development Agency to better reflect the agency’s mission. During his tenure, Golden guided more than 90 million square feet of development approvals through the BPDA’s permitting process, representing approximately $43 billion of investment, and supporting over 80,000 permanent jobs, over 90,000 construction jobs, and 46,000 additional induced (indirect) jobs. Golden grew the BPDA’s planning capacity, overseeing completion of the first general city plan since 1965, Imagine Boston 2030, in addition to comprehensive neighborhood planning studies representing 30 percent of Boston’s land mass. As Director, Golden oversaw 20 million square feet of BPDA-owned property, including the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park (RLFMP) and the Charlestown Navy Yard (CNY), prioritizing public land for public good. In July 2022, Golden traveled to Singapore to accept an international planning award on behalf of the City of Boston. The 2020 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize honored Boston with a Special Mention based on the city’s holistic work on climate resilience, improving housing affordability and mobility options, and fostering civic participation. Boston was the only city in the United States honored in the 2020 prize cycle, and one of only four cities honored worldwide. An attorney since 1993, Golden is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was also the New England Regional Director at the US Department of Health and Human Services, a Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, and a Non-Executive Director at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Golden has served as a US Army officer, active duty and reserve, for more than 25 years. His military experience includes duty in Bosnia, Iraq, and Israel/West Bank. His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal for service in Iraq and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for service in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Education College of William and Mary, School of Law, JD, 1992 U.S. Army War College, Master's Degree, Strategic Studies, 2014 Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, Government, 1987

Mr. Humm advises energy and public utility companies on legal, regulatory, commercial, and legislative matters to support their objectives and ensure compliance. His representation includes advocacy and strategic guidance on issues related to distribution rates, planning and system reliability, infrastructure replacement, capital and operational expenses, energy supply, service quality, safety, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and state investigations. Energy and Regulatory Law, Litigation, Administrative & Public Utilities Robert J. Humm is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP, focusing on energy, regulatory, and public utility law. He represents a number of gas and electric utilities in state regulatory and administrative proceedings in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Robert J. Humm Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: rhumm@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy & Regulatory Law ● Public Utilities ● Administrative Law ● Litigation Bar Admissions Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut U.S. First Circuit of Appeals U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut Mr. Humm advises energy and public utility companies on legal, regulatory, commercial, and legislative matters to support their objectives and ensure compliance. His representation includes advocacy and strategic guidance on issues related to distribution rates, planning and system reliability, infrastructure replacement, capital and operational expenses, energy supply, service quality, safety, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and state investigations. In addition, his background as a litigation attorney allows him to assist clients with court appeals from administrative agency decisions. Before joining Keegan Werlin, Mr. Humm served as Senior Counsel at National Grid in its New England Legal Regulatory Group, and as the Assistant General Counsel – Litigation at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, where he represented the company in federal and state administrative proceedings, among other responsibilities. Mr. Humm began his career as a litigation attorney at Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D., 2008 Brown University, B.A., Modern American History, 2004 Memberships & Associations Town Council, Town of Barrington, Rhode Island – Vice President Leadership Rhode Island – Member. Friends of Brown Basketball – Executive Board Member. Education Recognitions Rhode Island Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” 2014, 2015, 2016 Roger Williams University School of Law Alumni Association - President (2012-14). Roger Williams University School of Law Alumni Board of Directors - Board Member (2009-16). Roger Williams University School of Law Board of Directors - Ex Officio Member (2012-14).