Amendment to Settlement Agreement by and among Bay State Gas Company d/b/a Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, NiSource Inc., Eversource Gas Company of Massachusetts, Eversource Energy, the Massachusetts Attorney Generals Office, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and the Low-Income Weatherization and Fuel Assistance Program Network, dated September 29, 2020

The Settling Parties hereby agree that Section 3.8 of the Settlement Agreement, under the subsection “Article III: Additional Conditions,” is amended by striking the section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

h.The provisions of this Settlement Agreement are not severable. This Settlement Agreement is conditioned on its approval in full by the Department no later than October 7, 2020 (“Requested Approval Date”), and any supporting information or evidence provided to the Department during any proceeding to investigate this settlement shall not interpreted to vary the express terms of this Settlement Agreement. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the Attorney General may, in her sole discretion, or DOER may, in its sole discretion, rescind the Settlement Agreement in its entirety prior to the Department’s issuance of an order approving the Settlement Agreement; provided that notice of such rescission must be filed, or submitted electronically, in writing with the Department. The Settling Parties agree that the Requested Approval Date of this Settlement Agreement may be extended upon the mutual consent of the Settling Parties and notification of such extension to the Department.

The signatories listed below represent that they are authorized on behalf of their principals to enter into this Amendment to the Settlement Agreement.

Boston, MA 02108-1598                Boston, MA 02114

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