(Boston Orange編譯) 麻州公用設施局 (DPU) 今天 (21日) 宣佈，批准麻州電力公司和南塔基特 (Nantucket)電力公司降低基本電費費率。5月1日起，這2家公司的典型客戶，每月電費帳單約可降低40%。
這兩家公司以國家電網名義營業，為大約 139 萬客戶提供服務。
麻州公共設施局代理主席Cecile Fraser 表示，該局知道降低費率將為家庭和企業提供其所急需的救濟，他們將繼續和水電公司及利益相關者合作，來幫助該局以穩定及可負擔的成本把供應的能源轉變為清潔能源。”
麻州依法在競爭激烈的市場中採購電力。麻州電力分銷公司必須和代表那些選擇不自己挑選供應商客戶的電力供應者簽訂合約。基本服務是經營具競爭力競標過程採購的。國家電網在不牟利狀況下把成本轉嫁給客戶。國家電網每年5月1日及11月1日變動基本服務費率。
Department of Public Utilities Approves
Reductions to
National Grid’s Basic Service Rates
Approval will Result in Lower Electric
Utility Bills for National Grid Customers Starting May 1st
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) today announced
it approved reductions in electric basic service rates for Massachusetts
Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, each d/b/a National Grid
electric customers. On average, the decreases will result in a monthly bill
decrease of about 40 percent for a typical residential customer. National Grid
serves approximately 1.39 million electric distribution customers.
Beginning with usage after May 1, 2023, customers on the company’s
basic service rate can expect lower electric bills.
“The Department knows that these rate reductions will provide much-needed relief to families and businesses,” said Department of Public Utilities Acting Chair Cecile Fraser. “We continue to work with utilities and stakeholders to help transition our energy supply to clean energy sources at a stable and affordable cost.”
Under Massachusetts law, electricity is procured in a competitive market. The Massachusetts electric distribution companies are required to contract for an electric supplier on behalf of customers who choose not to select their own supplier. Basic service is procured through a competitive bidding process, and National Grid passes that cost on to their customers without profit to the company. National Grid’s basic service rates change each year on May 1 and November 1.
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