WMECO Files New Basic Service Rates

Western Massachusetts Electric Co. has filed default service rates for the six-month period beginning January 1, 2011 for small customers, and the three-month period beginning January 1, 2011 for large customers.

Fixed Price Option (¢/kWh)
Residential Small C&I Medium/Large C&I Street Lighting
1/1/11 - 6/30/11 7.075 8.088 — 5.904
1/1/11 - 3/31/11 — — 7.487 —

Residential Rates: R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4
Small C&I Rates: 23, 24, G-0 and T-0
Medium and Large C&I Rates: G-2, T-4, T-2, and PR
Street Lighting Rates: S-1 and S-2

The monthly rates for the variable price option are as follow (¢/kWh):
Residential Small C&I Medium/Large C&I Street Lighting
January 7.075 8.559 7.392 6.232
February 7.075 8.594 7.586 6.232
March 7.075 7.892 7.493 5.830
April 7.075 7.943 — 5.664
May 7.075 7.889 — 5.605 June 7.075 7.600 — 5.629