Update on contract execution date

The 83C Round 4 Evaluation Team is notifying stakeholders that the Electric Distribution Companies have filed a letter with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding a change in the anticipated that contract execution date. The contracting parties have not yet completed their contract
negotiations and are now targeting the completion of negotiations and execution of contracts
with all three counterparties on or before March 31, 2025. Accordingly, the Evaluation Team is
now targeting the filing of contracts with the Department on or before May 9, 2025.