Feb 7, 2023 | Media, Uncategorized, Year 2023
Home → News → Public Works, Energy and Utilities Researchers from UMass Amherst have found that nearly 80% of Community Choice Energy aggregation programs instituted by municipalities in Massachusetts offer reduced electricity costs compared to utility basic service...
Jan 12, 2023 | Great Barrington, Lenox, Media, Pittsfield, Year 2023
‘COMMUNITY CHOICE POWER’ PROGRAMS By Matt Martinez, The Berkshire Eagle As utility rates spike to start the year, many Berkshire County residents have another option: community choice power programs. In Pittsfield, participants are paying 9.6 cents per...
Nov 16, 2022 | Media, Newburyport, Year 2022
By Jim SullivanNEWBURYPORT — Local National Grid customers are in line to save about $2.2 million combined on their electric bills this winter after the city recently entered into a community choice power agreement, according to officials. National Grid raised its...
Sep 26, 2022 | Marlborough, Media, Year 2022
Marlborough is offering a way to avoid a costly utility hike coming from National Grid. Neal McNamara,Patch Staff Marlborough’s municipal aggregation program might be able to save you hundreds of dollars this winter. MARLBOROUGH, MA — It might sound...
Sep 21, 2022 | Media, Year 2022
On Nov. 1, basic service price will more than double By Bruce Mohl NATIONAL GRID said the price of electricity it supplies to customers in Massachusetts this winter is going to skyrocket to record levels because the cost of natural gas, the primary fuel used to...
Sep 21, 2022 | Media, Year 2022
Last winter’s steep increases will be followed by another round of price hikes this season — but there are ways to save.By Sean P. Murphy Globe Staff,Updated I paid about $250 more to heat my house last winter, compared with the previous cold season. But it would have...
