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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 Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 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

Energy, Public Utilities, & Administrative Law; Telecommunications Robert J. Keegan is a founding partner of Keegan Werlin LLP. He is an industry leader in representing electric generators, developers of energy storage and delivery infrastructure, regulated and competitive retail energy providers and large energy users interested in exploring creative procurement strategies. Robert J. Keegan Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 Email: rkeegan@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities ● Telecommunications Bar Admissions Rhode Island U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit U.S. District Court District of MA Massachusetts Mr. Keegan plays golf most days, always somewhere sunny. If not playing golf, Mr. Keegan is an avid reader of history and politics and is actively engaged with family, friends, and clients on a number of pressing matters. Mr. Keegan is always ready to go! He has advised clients on matters relating to a broad range of regulatory and administrative compliance matters including regulatory approval of mergers and acquisitions and utility rate plans, among other important issues of the day. He has represented clients in adjudicatory and rulemaking proceedings involving rate-setting, pipeline safety, service quality and industry-restructuring issues. Mr. Keegan has also successfully represented several clients in appeals from the administrative record before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He knows a lot. ​ Before founding the firm in 1988, Mr. Keegan was appointed by the Governor for two terms as a Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities from 1983 to 1988. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner, Mr. Keegan was Deputy Regional Counsel at the United States Department of Energy, 1979 to 1982. ​ He has also served as Special Assistant Attorney General, Massachusetts, 1990-1991; Consultant, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and Energy Law Institute, 1982-1983; Senior Trial Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, 1976-1979; and Trail Attorney, Massachusetts Defenders Committee, 1973-1975. Mr. Keegan is a proud double-eagle, 1970 vintage/Boston College and Boston College Law School Representative Cases NSTAR Electric Company v. Department of Public Utilities, 462 Mass. 381, 2011 Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil, 460 Mass. 800, 2011 Southern Union company d/b/a New England Gas Company v. Department of Public Utilities, 458 Mass. 812, 2010 Published Works A Market-Based Approach to PURPA (Co-Author with Paul Levy) American Bar Association Natural Resources and Environment, (Spring, 1987) Institutional Obstacles to ISDN Development International Council for Computer Communications, (September, 1987) Competitive Bidding: The New England Experience Public Utilities Papers, (1987) Options for Modifying Rate Base Regulation (Co-Author with Paul Levy) Public Utilities Papers, (1986) Memberships & Associations Subcommittee, Relations with the Federal Energy Regulation Committee, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 1987-1988 Member, Gas Committee, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners,1985-1988 Member, Advisory Council, Gas Research Institute, 1985-1988 Education Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 1973 Awards: Recipient, John F. Cremens Award, 1941 Student President, Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau, 1972-1973 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, B.S. Finance, cum laude, 1968

Administrative & Energy Law; Public Utilities Anna Rendell-Baker joined Keegan Werlin as an associate in September of 2022. Anna Rendell-Baker Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 Email: arendell-baker@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Connecticut Ms. Rendell-Baker received her Juris Doctor from University of Connecticut School of Law. Following her first year of law school, she interned with the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, helping to provide legal aid to the local communities in Hartford County. During her second year, she interned with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, primarily aiding the energy law attorneys in researching and attending rate cases. During her third year, she interned with Eversource primarily working with regulatory issues such as the transition to renewable energy and rate cases. She then interned for Day Pitney, assisting in research on EV policy and the transition from natural gas. Education Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont, B.S. May 2017 University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, J.D., May 2022

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 Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 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

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.

Energy, Environmental & Administrative Law Erika J. Hafner is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP. Ms. Hafner concentrates in the areas of energy and regulatory, administrative, and environmental, municipal and land use law. She has represented energy and utility clients before the Department of Public Utilities in cases involving service territory disputes, franchise rights, rate issues, energy efficiency programs, zoning exemptions and other regulatory matters. Erika J. Hafner Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 Email: ehafner@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy Law ● Administrative Law ● Environmental Law Bar Admissions Massachusetts Ms. Hafner's practice before the Energy Facilities Siting Board has included an array of different energy facilities, including renewable energy projects, battery energy storage systems, natural gas pipelines, regulator stations, electric transmission lines, substations and switching stations, as well as natural gas generating and peaking facilities. She has also represented the region's first large-scale, off-shore wind power project in obtaining its state and local permits. ​ Before joining the firm in 2001, Ms. Hafner worked at the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution and interned at the Government Bureau in the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts. Prior to receiving her Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School, where she was a member of the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Ms. Hafner completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Government, magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College. Ms. Hafner is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts, the United States District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. She is also a member of the American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations. Education Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts J.D. Law Review: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1998 - 2000 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, A.B. Government and Legal Studies, Magna Cum Laude Honors: With Honors Associations Boston Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association

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 Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 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)

Practice Areas Energy & Regulatory Law Keegan Werlin’s energy and regulatory team has unparalleled experience dealing with complex energy and regulatory issues. The firm combines regulatory expertise with a thorough understanding of the financial, policy and strategic issues emerging in client industries to provide cost-effective and successful representation of client interests. Members of the practice have extensive backgrounds in regulation and government, including former chairs and commissioners of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, two former general counsels, as well as several former hearing officers. Other attorneys in the firm have worked as in-house counsel to large utility companies, as consumer advocates and as staff to members of the Massachusetts Legislature. The diversity of experience among Keegan Werlin attorneys enables high-quality service to a broad array of clients in the regulatory and energy fields. View More Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Keegan Werlin's energy facility siting and permitting team has multi-faceted expertise and experience with the siting of critical energy infrastructure. The energy siting and permitting team has many years of experience and substantial knowledge of the engineering, planning, financial, economic, environmental and social justice dimensions of large-scale energy infrastructure projects. With this knowledge, Keegan Werlin is able to assist clients in achieving their objectives on a timely and cost-effective basis, with the best possible outcomes. View More Keegan Werlin's real estate development & permitting practice provides expert land use, planning and permitting services to support real estate developers, municipalities and other clients. Members of the practice have unparalleled experience in real estate, urban planning and permitting matters through public sector experience with the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) and the City of Boston. View More Real Estate Development & Permitting Governmental & Legislative Relations Keegan Werlin provides a wide range of advocacy services to clients for matters involving legislative and local, state and municipal forums. Our attorneys advise clients on Massachusetts laws that regulate business and industry; lobbying, ethics and campaign finance, government procurement and the promulgation of regulations. View More Environmental, Municipal, & Land Use Keegan Werlin provides clients with the highest quality legal representation and services in the area of environmental, municipal and land-use law. These practice areas provide valuable support to resolve challenges in energy infrastructure siting and real estate development and planning. 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 critical infrastructure and public and private development projects. View More

Administrative, Energy, and Regulatory Law Jessica (Buno) Ralston is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP, specializing in energy, regulatory and public utility law. Jessica (Buno) Ralston Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 Email: jralston@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Regulatory Law Bar Admissions Illinois New York Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire Oregon Ms. Ralston’s representation of utilities includes advocacy on issues related to energy supply, system reliability, and renewable energy. She has rejoined the firm after spending two years as regulatory counsel for Pacific Power where she represented the company before the utility commissions in California, Oregon and Washington on matters related to resource planning and procurement. Prior to joining the Keegan Werlin in 2012, Ms. Ralston was a Hearing Officer at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities overseeing proceedings related to natural gas and renewable energy contracts. Previously, she was an associate at the Steinverzel & Levy Law Group P.C. in White Plains, New York where she practiced environmental law, construction law, and litigation. ​ Ms. Ralston received her Juris Doctor from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University with a Certificate in Environmental Law. While in law school, Ms. Ralston interned with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Prior to law school, Ms. Ralston received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and Psychology from Wellesley College. ​ Ms. Ralston is a co-author of Municipalities and Natural Gas Extraction... What the Frack?, New York Law Journal (2012). Education Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, J.D.,2008, Certificate in Environmental Law Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, B.A. Environmental Studies and Psychology, 2005 Memberships Boston Bar Association

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.

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 Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 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

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 Boston Office Phone: 617-951-1400 Fax: 617-951-1354 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