Massachusetts Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates To Decrease 5%

NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for its Western Massachusetts service territory (WMA), formerly WMECO.

New residential and small commercial basic service rates at WMECO are about 5% lower than the current rates.

The fixed residential WMECO default service rates will decrease to 10.003 cents per kWh on July 1, from the current 10.503 cents per kWh

The fixed Small C&I WMECO default service rates will decrease to 10.859 cents per kWh on July 1, from the current 11.421 cents per kWh

The Basic Service listed above and below include Basic Service Adjustments, Renewable Portfolio Standard Adders, Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Adders, and Clean Energy Standard Adders

WMECO Basic Service
¢/kWh

Residential
Fixed Price: Jul. 1, 2018 – Dec. 31, 2018: 10.003

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:   9.436
Aug:   9.346
Sept:  9.616
Oct:  10.129
Nov:  10.032
Dec:  11.404




Small C&I (23, 24, G-0, T-0)
Fixed Price: Jul. 1, 2018 – Dec. 31, 2018: 10.859

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:  10.335
Aug:  10.212
Sept: 10.361
Oct:  10.784
Nov:  10.911
Dec:  12.428




Medium/Large C&I (G-2, T-4, T-2, T-5)

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:   9.945
Aug:   9.791
Sept:  9.821

Fixed Price: Jul. 1, 2018 – Sept. 30, 2018: 9.857




Streetlighting (S-1 & S-2)
Fixed Price: Jul. 1, 2018 – Dec. 31, 2018: 6.267

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:   5.736
Aug:   5.584
Sept:  5.435
Oct:   5.816
Nov:   6.138
Dec:   8.132