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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

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

Ms. Winter’s representation of electric and gas utilities before the Department of Public Utilities includes advocacy on issues relating to distribution rates, energy supply, renewable energy, grid modernization, system reliability, and service quality. Specifically, she has represented electric utilities in proceedings regulating the procurement of long-term renewable power, time varying rates, their continued modernization of the electric grid and the interconnection of distributed generation. Energy & Regulatory Law; Public Utilities Danielle (Rathbun) Winter is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP specializing in energy and regulatory and public utility law. She represents a number of electric and gas utilities on issues concerning rates, planning, and energy procurement. Danielle Winter Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: dwinter@keeganwerlin.com ● Regulatory Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Massachusetts New York Ms. Winter’s representation of electric and gas utilities before the Department of Public Utilities includes advocacy on issues relating to distribution rates, energy supply, renewable energy, grid modernization, system reliability, and service quality. Specifically, Ms. Winter has represented electric utilities in proceedings regulating the procurement of long-term renewable power, time varying rates, their continued modernization of the electric grid and the interconnection of distributed generation. She has represented gas utilities in proceedings before the DPU regarding base distribution rates, cyber security and gas procurement and related issues. Prior to joining Keegan Werlin, Ms. Winter was an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, Office of Ratepayer Advocacy. She was also an Assistant Counsel at the New York State Department of Public Service. Representative Cases NSTAR Electric Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company, D.P.U. 12-76 (2012 - present) NSTAR Electric Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company, D.P.U. 14-04 (2014 - present) NSTAR Gas Company, D.P.U. 14-64 (ongoing) NSTAR Gas Company, D.P.U. 13-159 (2013)

Ms. Mahoney received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School. During her second year of law school, she worked as a summer intern for Natural Justice, a non-government organization in South Africa, advocating for the environmental rights of indigenous peoples. In her third year of law school, she interned with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office as a student prosecutor, appearing on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in various criminal law proceedings.  Energy Law & Public Utilities Kerri A. Gowaski is an associate in Keegan Werlin LLP’s energy regulatory practice, specializing in energy, regulatory and public utility law. Kerri A. Gowaski Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: kgowaski@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Massachusetts Mrs. Gowaski’s representation of utilities before the Department of Public Utilities includes advocacy on issues related to distribution rates, system reliability, and grid modernization. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, Mrs. Gowaski worked as a law clerk in a small general practice firm assisting in the representation of clients in both family and criminal law proceedings. Mrs. Gowaski received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School. During her second year of law school, she worked as a summer intern for Natural Justice, a non-government organization in South Africa, advocating for the environmental rights of indigenous peoples. In her third year of law school, she interned with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office as a student prosecutor, appearing on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in various criminal law proceedings. Mrs. Gowaski received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. Education Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, B.A., 2013 Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 2016

Ms. Keuthen’s practice currently focuses on representing energy and utility clients before the Department of Public Utilities and the Energy Facilities Siting Board in cases involving electric transmission lines, substations and ancillary equipment, zoning exemptions and other regulatory matters. She advises electric and gas companies on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities and transmission arrangements. Energy, Contract & Administrative Law Catherine J. Keuthen is a partner in Keegan Werlin LLP’s energy and regulatory practice. She concentrates in the areas of utility regulation and energy law, counseling clients and representing them before the Department of Public Utilities and the Energy Facilities Siting Board. Catherine J. Keuthen Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: ckeuthen@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Contract Law Bar Admissions Supreme Judicial Court of MA U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit U.S. District Court District of MA Before joining the firm in 2011, Ms. Keuthen practiced utility law in the private sector and prior to that, she worked as an Assistant General Counsel for NSTAR and Boston Edison Company, successfully representing them on a wide range of matters, including general rate cases, electric industry restructuring, and energy procurement. Ms. Keuthen’s practice currently focuses on representing energy and utility clients before the Department of Public Utilities and the Energy Facilities Siting Board in cases involving electric transmission lines, substations and ancillary equipment, zoning exemptions and other regulatory matters. She advises electric and gas companies on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities and transmission arrangements. Education Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., cum laude Mount Holyoke College, B.A., cum laude

Ms. Blaine’s practice includes representation of energy and utility clients before the Department of Public Utilities and the Energy Facilities Siting Board in permitting energy facilities including natural gas generating and peaking facilities, renewable energy projects, natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines, substations, and ancillary equipment. Energy, Environmental, Administrative, Municipal; Land Use & Zoning Cheryl A. Blaine is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and has been a member of the Firm’s Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Practice and the Environmental, Municipal and Land Use Practice since 1997. Cheryl A. Blaine Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: cblaine@keeganwerlin.com ● Environmental Law ● Energy Law ● Administrative Law ● Land Use & Zoning ● Municipal Law Bar Admissions Massachusetts U.S. District Court District of MA Ms. Blaine’s practice includes representation of energy and utility clients before the Department of Public Utilities and the Energy Facilities Siting Board in permitting energy facilities including natural gas generating and peaking facilities, renewable energy projects, natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines, substations, and ancillary equipment. She also has assisted individuals, corporations and municipalities in project development and has significant experience in land use and environmental permitting, real estate transactions involving contaminated properties, and litigation, adjudication, negotiation, enforcement, and defense involving environmental and land use issues. Ms. Blaine received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in 1993 and completed her Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University in 1981. Before attending law school, Ms. Blaine was an analytical chemist and environmental consultant providing technical and quality-control/quality-assurance support to the United States Environmental Protection Agency in connection with New England Superfund Sites. Ms. Blaine is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts and the United States District Court. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Property Law and Public Law sections, the Real Estate Bar Association and the Women's Bar Association. Ms. Blaine has co-authored the following articles: “Alteration of Nonconforming Structures and Uses Under the Zoning Act: Is there a Difference Between Lawful and Unlawful?” co-author with Barry P. Fogel and H. Theodore Cohen, Massachusetts Bar Association Section Review, summer 2002. “Standing in Wetland Appeals: How Recent Developments Alter the Right to Challenge State and Local Decisions” co-author with Barry P. Fogel, Massachusetts Bar Association Section Review, fall 2005. Memberships and Associations Massachusetts Bar Association Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association Massachusetts Women's Bar Association Education Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., cum laude, 1993 Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, B.S. Biology, 1981

Mr. Vaughan received his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School. While attending Boston College Law School, he worked as a Judicial Intern for The Honorable F. Dennis Saylor, IV, of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. After his first and second years of law school, Mr. Vaughan worked for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and as a summer associate for Keegan Werlin. Administrative & Energy Law; Public Utilities Brendan P. Vaughan is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP specializing in energy, regulatory, and public utility law. He represents energy and utility clients before administrative agencies such as the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Brendan P. Vaughan Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: bvaughan@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions U.S. District Court District of MA Connecticut Massachusetts Mr. Vaughan received his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School. While attending Boston College Law School, he worked as a Judicial Intern for The Honorable F. Dennis Saylor, IV, of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. After his first and second years of law school, Mr. Vaughan worked for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and as a summer associate for Keegan Werlin. Mr. Vaughan received his Bachelor of Arts in political science, cum laude, from Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. At Salve Regina University, he was a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society and a Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society Honoree. He brings a wide berth of experience to the firm; before joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Vaughan practiced law at Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, handling civil litigation matters, and Northern LNG LLC, a small energy start-up. Education Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 2014 Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, B.A. Political Science, 2011 Member, Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Honor Society; Honoree, Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society

Mr. Venora represents clients in state administrative agency proceedings in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including court appeals from administrative agency decisions. His public utilities experience includes advocacy and strategic guidance before state regulatory commissions on public utility rates, mergers and acquisitions, strategic business transactions, prudence reviews and cost recovery, renewable energy, and infrastructure siting. Public Utilities, Energy, & Administrative Law Daniel P. Venora is a partner in Keegan Werlin LLP’s energy and regulatory practice, specializing in energy, regulatory and public utility law. Mr. Venora represents regulated electric, natural gas and water utilities, telecommunications companies, and other entities. Daniel P. Venora Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: dvenora@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire New York U.S. District Court of Connecticut Mr. Venora represents clients in state administrative agency proceedings in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including court appeals from administrative agency decisions. His public utilities experience includes advocacy and strategic guidance before state regulatory commissions on public utility rates, mergers and acquisitions, strategic business transactions, prudence reviews and cost recovery, renewable energy, and infrastructure siting. His infrastructure siting experience includes cases before state siting boards for approvals of electric generation plants, substations, transmission lines, and telecommunications facilities. Mr. Venora has handled numerous regulatory adjudications and investigatory proceedings involving significant economic, operational and public policy issues. His work has included multi-state approvals of public utility holding company mergers, including a 2012 merger to form New England's largest electric and gas utility holding company, as well as water company mergers and acquisitions, and telephone company mergers and bankruptcy restructuring. His work has also included prudence reviews and cost recovery litigation for electric distribution companies related to catastrophic storms between 2011 - 2020; authorization of utility-owned solar generation facilities; generation asset divestitures and related matters to implement Connecticut's electric restructuring law; as well as numerous public utility rate cases in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Mr. Venora has also advised clients on state legislative issues and has provided testimony at legislative hearings on issues of energy policy and utility law. Before joining Keegan Werlin in 2014, Mr. Venora served in the position of Assistant General Counsel with Northeast Utilities from 1989-2007. St. John's University School of Law, J.D., cum laude 1984 St. John's Law Review, 1982-1984 Fordham University, B.A., 1981 Connecticut Bar Association: - Public Utility Law Section, Executive Committee Member and Past Chair - Administrative Law Section New Hampshire Bar Association Recognitions Certified as AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated, in the area of Utility Law. Connecticut Super Lawyers, 2013 - 2020 The Best Lawyers in America, 2015 - 2023 Memberships & Associations Education

Prior to rejoining the firm in 2021, Mr. Penders served as a policy advisor with Preti Strategies, providing business, political and strategic advice to clients on public policy and energy law issues, and of counsel in the Energy Practice Group of its affiliated law firm, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios. Administrative, Energy & Regulatory Law; Public Utilities; Government Relations & Lobbying Kevin Penders serves as a Partner and the Practice Manager for Keegan Werlin’s Energy & Regulatory Practice. Mr. Penders focuses on energy, regulatory, public utility law and governmental relations for utility clients, and represents electric and gas utilities before public utility commissions on issues associated with rates, forecast and supply planning, corporate financing, energy procurement and contracting, pipeline safety, and energy efficiency. Kevin F. Penders Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: kpenders@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy & Regulatory Law ● Public Utilities ● Government Relations & Lobbying Bar Admissions Massachusetts U.S. Supreme Court As the former General Counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), Mr. Penders served as the chief legal and policy advisor for regulating the Commonwealth’s investor-owned electric distribution, natural gas and water companies, handled complex rate design and base rate cases, and helped to write the playbook for future regional energy solutions. Under his management, the DPU’s legal division issued over 2,000 orders on a wide range of energy issues, including traditional rate recovery obligations, initiatives to encourage grid modernization for the electric industry, including solar, battery storage and electric vehicle deployment, initiatives to quantify and reduce gas leaks in the Commonwealth, and initiatives to ensure energy efficient and renewable energy deployment to meet the Commonwealth’s clean energy and climate goals. He provides clients an in-depth knowledge regarding the regulation of electric power, natural gas and water companies, and was part of the team that created the regulatory oversight of the Transportation Network Company industry. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2021, Mr. Penders served as a policy advisor with Preti Strategies, providing business, political and strategic advice to clients on public policy and energy law issues, and of counsel in the Energy Practice Group of its affiliated law firm, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios. Mr. Penders was an attorney with Keegan Werlin from 2006 through 2015, and has previously held positions within the energy industry and in government, at National Grid, the former New England Gas Company, the DPU, the House Committee on Taxation, and the Senate Committee on Post-Audit and Oversight. Kevin lives in Foxborough, MA with his wife, three kids, two rescue dogs and a domesticated corn snake. Memberships & Associations Boyden Library Board of Trustees, Foxborough, MA, 2011 to present Board of Directors, NexDine Foundation, 2018 to present Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Foxborough, MA, 2010 to 2015 Adjunct Professor, “Legislation”, New England Law Boston, 2003 to 2013 New England School of Law, J.D., 1996 College of the Holy Cross, B.A., Political Science, 1993 St. John’s Preparatory High School, 1989 Lecturer, Business Law & Ethics, Boston University School of Management, 2008 Visiting Professor, Tufts University Experimental College, 2000 to 2004 Lucius Beebe Library Board of Trustees, Wakefield, MA, 1994 to 2001 Recognitions Massachusetts’ Super Lawyers, 2013, 2014 Education

Mr. Habib has represented electric utilities in proceedings before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding the Massachusetts 2021 Climate Act, the 2008 Green Communities Act and related laws, including proceedings governing the procurement of long-term clean energy, utility and third-party storage, solar incentives, smart grid investments, energy efficiency and the interconnection of distributed generation. Public Utility, Energy, & Administrative Law; Government Relations & Lobbying John K. Habib (Jack) is a partner in Keegan Werlin LLP's energy and regulatory and governmental relations practices, specializing in clean energy and public utility law, as well as governmental advocacy. He represents a number of electric and gas utilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island on issues concerning clean energy, interconnection, rates, energy efficiency, and energy procurement. John K. Habib Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: jhabib@keeganwerlin.com ● Public Utility Law ● Energy Law ● Administrative Law ● Government Relations & Lobbying Bar Admissions Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Mr. Habib has represented electric utilities in proceedings before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding the Massachusetts 2021 Climate Act, the 2008 Green Communities Act and related laws, including proceedings governing the procurement of long-term clean energy, utility and third-party storage, solar incentives, smart grid investments, energy efficiency and the interconnection of distributed generation. He has also represented electric utilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island supporting groundbreaking programs to promote the adoption of electric vehicles through the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Mr. Habib has represented gas utilities in proceedings before the MA D.P.U. regarding gas system enhancement plans, gas procurement and related issues. Most recently, Mr. Habib has represented the Massachusetts gas utilities, Mr. Habib has represented the Massachusetts gas utilities in D.P.U. 20-80, addressing the gas utilities' net zero enablement plans to meet the Commonwealth's 2050 greenhouse gas reduction targets. Mr. Habib also counsels electric utilities in proceedings relating to the implementation of the Massachusetts Electric Restructuring Act of 1997, including proceedings governing the divestiture of generation facilities and purchase power agreements, implementation of default service policy and service quality. Mr. Habib has also appeared in appellate proceedings before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on issues concerning administrative and regulatory law. Before joining Keegan Werlin in 1998, Mr. Habib was an attorney at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. He was also General Counsel to Massachusetts State Senator John D. O'Brien from 1993 to 1997, during which time he authored legislation on behalf of the Joint Special Committee on Electric Utility Restructuring. Representative Cases Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, D.P.U. 18-77 (2019) The Narragansett Electric Company, RI Dkt. 4929 (2019) Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, D.P.U. 17-117 (2018) NSTAR Electric Company, D.P.U. 16-105 (2016) Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, D.P.U. 14-01 (2014) Boston Gas Company and Colonial Gas Company, D.P.U. 13-157 (2013) NSTAR Electric Company, D.P.U. 12-110 (2013) Members and Associations Massachusetts Bar Association Boston Bar Association Education Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 1993 Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, B.S. Political Science, magna cum laude, 1990 Awards: Dean's List

During his tenure as General Counsel and manager of the DPU's legal division, the DPU issued over 1,500 orders on energy related matters, including complex rate designs, performance-based rate plans, mergers and acquisitions, as well as initiatives to encourage grid modernization for the electric industry, including solar, energy storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, initiatives to encourage development of networked geothermal systems, and initiatives Public Utility, Energy, & Administrative Law; Government Relations As the recent former General Counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), Mr. Goldberg served as the chief legal and policy advisor for regulating the Commonwealth's invested-owned electric distribution, natural gas, water and steam companies, and oversight of rail transit safety for rail crossings and regional transportation entities, such as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, as well as transportation network companies and other common carriers, including buses, movers, and towing companies. Jonathan A. Goldberg Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: jgoldberg@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities ● Administrative Law ● Government Relations Bar Admissions Massachusetts During his tenure as General Counsel and manager of the DPU's legal division, the DPU issued over 1,500 orders on energy related matters, including complex rate designs, performance-based rate plans, mergers and acquisitions, as well as initiatives to encourage grid modernization for the electric industry, including solar, energy storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, initiatives to encourage development of networked geothermal systems, and initiatives to encourage energy optimization through energy efficiency, electrification, and demand response programs. Mr. Goldberg worked with the DPU's Commission to develop innovative capital investment cost recovery frameworks to mitigate barriers to distributed renewable energy development, to integrate environmental justice principles into the DPU's procedural and decision-making processes, and to initiate the process to reform the Commonwealth's approach to regulating natural gas distribution companies while the Commonwealth pursues lower greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Goldberg provides clients an in-depth knowledge regarding the regulation of electric, natural gas and water distribution companies. Prior to joining the firm in 2023 and his tenure as General Counsel at DPU, Mr. Goldberg was an attorney in the Energy Practice Group at Rich May, P.C. from 2015 through 2020. Mr. Goldberg previously served as a hearing officer at the DPU and counsel for the House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change. Education Baylor Law School, Waco, Texas, J.D., 2009 Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, B.S. Criminal Justice, 2006