Maine Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rate To Decrease

The Maine PUC has approved Standard Offer rates for residential & small commercial customers, and medium C&I customers at Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera Maine - Bangor Hydro District) for 2017.

For residential and small commercial customers at BHE, the Standard Offer rate will be 6.322¢/kWh from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. This compares to the current Standard Offer rate of 6.630¢/kWh

For the medium non-residential class, the BHE Standard Offer rates will be as follows ($/kWh):

Jan-17   $0.08567
Feb-17   $0.08763
Mar-17   $0.06221
Apr-17   $0.05285
May-17   $0.04724
Jun-17   $0.06136
Jul-17   $0.06624
Aug-17   $0.06395
Sep-17   $0.06095
Oct-17   $0.06297
Nov-17   $0.06735
Dec-17   $0.08395

Large C&I rates will continue to be set monthly based on a market-based index.