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...
Sep 9, 2022 | Media, Year 2022
By Miranda Willson, Benjamin Storrow FERC Chair Richard Glick on Capitol Hill. Francis Chung/E&E News BURLINGTON, Vt. — New England needs to start pivoting away from natural gas to address its longstanding electric reliability issues, even as it leans on...
Aug 8, 2022 | Media, Year 2022
Miriam Wasser, WBUR, and Mara Hoplamazian, NHPR You may have noticed that your most recent electric bill is higher than usual — and if that change hasn’t happened yet, it’s probably coming this fall. These price spikes are occurring across New England, but bills are...