Summer Default Service Rate for Massachusetts Utility To Remain Above 11¢

Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2015.

Although the mass market rates are 15% lower than the winter 2014-15 prices, the rates are still above 11¢/kWh. In contrast, National Grid will see its Massachusetts summer default service rates decrease from 16¢/kWh to just under 9¢/kWh.

Unitil's proposed new Massachusetts basic service rates are as follows:

Fitchburg Gas and Electric Basic Service Rates
   $/kWh


Residential (RD-1, RD-2), Small General (GD-1)

Fixed Rate: 
June-Nov      0.11191

Monthly Rate Option
Jun 2015      0.11068
Jul 2015      0.11387
Aug 2015      0.10961
Sept 2015     0.10827
Oct 2015      0.10970
Nov 2015      0.11994



Medium General and Outdoor Lighting
(GD-2, GD-4, GD-5, SD)

Fixed Rate: 
June-Nov      0.10066

Monthly Rate Option
Jun 2015      0.10229
Jul 2015      0.10144
Aug 2015      0.10063
Sept 2015     0.09614
Oct 2015      0.09582
Nov 2015      0.10823

Rates remain subject to DPU approval.