Massachusetts’ electricity rates to increase by 37 percent this winter
The National Grid, a utility that provides electricity and natural gas to 3.4 million customers in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, just announced they were increasing electricity prices by 37 percent over last year to their customers in Massachusetts:
A 37 percent increase could make Massachusetts electricity rates the second highest in the country, behind only electricity rates in Hawaii. Currently, the average retail electricity rate in Massachusetts is 16.27 cents per kilowatt hour. An additional 37 percent would make the average retail rate 22.29 cents per kilowatt hour in Massachusetts.
As Roger Bezdek and Frank Clemente explained in a study earlier this year, ” policies which hurt the U.S. coal fleet are placing the reliability, affordability, and security of America’s electric supply system at risk.” Massachusetts is demonstrating, through it’s policies, what happens when coal is removed from electricity generation without sufficient infrastructure for backup. This 37 percent increase is just the beginning of electricity affordability issues for New England.
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