Massachusetts Residential, Small Commercial Default Service Rates Falling 16-18%

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, for the period beginning July 1, 2019

All rates below reflect the currently effective Basic Service Adders, Renewable Portfolio Standard, Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard and Clean Energy Standard Adders

The filed new fixed residential default service rate of 9.851¢/kWh for the period July through December 2019 is nearly 16% lower than the current rate of 11.678¢/kWh

The filed new fixed small C&I basic service rate of 10.145¢/kWh for the period July through December 2019 is nearly 18% lower than the current rate of 12.355¢/kWh

WMECO rates are below in ¢/kWh, and include the currently effective Basic Service Adders, Renewable Portfolio Standard, Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard and Clean Energy Standard Adders

WMECO Basic Service
¢/kWh

Residential
Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2019 – Dec. 31, 2019: 9.851

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:   9.231
Aug:   9.068
Sept:  9.130
Oct:   9.273
Nov:   9.973
Dec:  12.067




Small C&I (23, 24, G-0, T-0)
Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2019 – Dec. 31, 2019: 10.145

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:   9.597
Aug:   9.461
Sept:  9.336
Oct:   9.525
Nov:  10.357
Dec:  12.341




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

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:   9.187
Aug:   8.957
Sept:  9.019

Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2019 – Sept. 30, 2019: 9.062




Streetlighting (S-1 & S-2)
Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2019 – Dec. 31, 2019: 6.534

Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:   5.847
Aug:   5.704
Sept:  5.492
Oct:   5.669
Nov:   6.667
Dec:   9.004

Nstar included in its filing contracts with suppliers to serve portions of basic service load for the period beginning July 1, 2019

DTE Energy Trading, Inc. was selected to serve WMECO large C&I basic service load for the three-month period beginning July 1, 2019

Exelon Generation Company, LLC was selected to serve a portion of WMECO residential basic service load for the periods beginning July 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020

NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC was selected to serve a portion of WMECO commercial and streetlighting basic service load for the periods beginning July 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020