Massachusetts Default Service Rates To Increase 23%

Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning December 1, 2016.

The fixed basic service charge for residential customers (RD-1, RD-2) and Small General (GD-1) commercial customers is 9.704¢/kWh for the period June 2016 to November 2016. That's about 23% higher than the current rate of 7.878¢/kWh, but well below recent past years' winter-term default service rates which have exceeded 12¢/kWh.

Additional rates are below; the rates remain subject to DPU approval. All listed rates include the Basic Service Costs Adder of $0.00546/kWh effective December 1, 2015.

Fitchburg Gas and Electric Basic Service Rates
   $/kWh
December 2016 - May 2017


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

Fixed Rate: 
Dec-May      $0.09704

Monthly Rate Option
Dec 2016     $0.09196
Jan 2017     $0.11488
Feb 2017     $0.11559
Mar 2017     $0.09278
Apr 2017     $0.08110
May 2017     $0.07586




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

Fixed Rate: 
Dec-May      $0.08799

Monthly Rate Option
Dec 2016     $0.08560
Jan 2017     $0.10759
Feb 2017     $0.10632
Mar 2017     $0.08565
Apr 2017     $0.07226
May 2017     $0.06823