NSTAR East Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling About 10%

Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for its Eastern MA service area for the period beginning July 1, 2021

All rates in this story include the existing Basic Service Adders and Renewable Portfolio Standard, Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, Clean Energy Standard, and Clean Peak Standard Adders

For Nstar East residential customers, the fixed July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 basic service rate as filed is 10.753¢/kWh, which is 9% lower than the current rate of 11.795¢/kWh

For Nstar East small C&I customers, the fixed July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 basic service rate as filed is 9.850¢/kWh, which is 11% lower than the current rate of 11.086¢/kWh

Full rates are below:

Nstar, Eversource Energy-Eastern MA
Basic Service Rates, ¢/kWh


Residential
Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2021 – Dec. 31, 2021: 
        With Existing   
            Adders        
Fixed      10.753

Monthly Variable Rates:
        With Existing   
            Adders       
Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:        9.799
Aug:        9.801
Sept:      10.282
Oct:       10.603
Nov:       11.583
Dec:       12.941






Small C&I
Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2021 – Dec. 31, 2021:
        With Existing   
            Adders        
Fixed       9.850

Monthly Variable Rates:
        With Existing   
            Adders       
Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:        9.350
Aug:        9.215
Sept:       9.069
Oct:        9.111
Nov:       10.257
Dec:       11.905






Large C&I - NEMA

Monthly Variable Rates:
        With Existing   
            Adders       
Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:        9.341
Aug:        9.140
Sept:       8.879


Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2021 – Sept. 30, 2021:
        With Existing    
            Adders       
Fixed       9.132





Large C&I - SEMA

Monthly Variable Rates:
        With Existing   
            Adders       
Monthly Variable Rates:
Jul:        8.858
Aug:        8.853
Sept:       8.665


Fixed Price Jul. 1, 2021 – Sept. 30, 2021:
        With Existing    
            Adders       
Fixed       8.794

Nstar included in its filing newly awarded contracts with suppliers to serve portions of basic service load for the period beginning July 1, 2021

Winning suppliers for various customer classes and tranches, with start dates of either July 1, 2021 or January 1, 2022, and in the NEMA or SEMA zone, include Exelon Generation Company, LLC; HQ Energy Services (U.S.) Inc.; NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC; and DTE Energy Trading