(Boston Orange編譯) 麻州公用事業部 (DPU) 最近批准新的熱泵費率，符合條件的 Eversource 客戶可從今年冬天開始受惠。所有三家使用熱泵電力公司的客戶都將能夠註冊季節性電價，今年冬天平均可節省$540。
去年夏天，DPU 批准了 Unitil 電力客戶的季節性熱泵費率，並於 2024 年 9 月批准了 National Grid 客戶的類似費率。DPU 迅速批准了 Eversource 的費率，僅用了四個月的時間就完成了審理並發布了命令。現在，所有三家電力公司的客戶都可以享受熱泵費率。新的費率將在每個冬天向符合條件的客戶提供。
「隨著全州熱泵普及率的提高，這些折扣費率將進一步幫助減少冬季暖氣費用。」主席 James Van Nostrand 說。「我們為熱泵家庭批准的季節性費率將錢放回客戶的口袋。」
「這項新命令使使用熱泵的電力客戶能夠在冬天降低他們的電費，同時加強我們的電網並減少有害排放。」專員 Cecile Fraser 說。
「通過批准這些冬季的彈性費率，我們使熱泵更具成本效益，並改善空氣質量和公共健康。」專員Staci Rubin 說。「今年冬天生效的新費率使我們的清潔能源轉型更實惠、更容易實現。」
熱泵使家庭能夠快速有效地脫碳，對房屋的影響最小。熱泵使用電力為房屋供暖和製冷，使其成為減輕冬季公用事業費用波動的經濟解決方案。
這些季節性費率比電力公司平均基本配電費率低。熱泵家庭的新費率對其他電力客戶沒有財務影響：非熱泵家庭今年冬天不會因為新費率而支付更多電費。
要符合新費率的資格，家庭必須是三家電力公司（Eversource、National Grid 和 Unitil）之一的客戶，家中安裝了熱泵，並在冬季供暖季節於 2025 年 11 月 1 日開始之前告知其電力供應商希望註冊季節性費率。參加電力公司低收入折扣計畫並使用熱泵的住宅客戶也可以註冊新的季節性費率。
通過 Mass Save 安裝熱泵的客戶可能會自動註冊新費率，但應致電其電力公司確認註冊。
重點：
資格擴大： 麻州所有三家電力公司（Eversource、National Grid 和 Unitil）使用熱泵的客戶現在都有資格享受折扣費率。
顯著節省： 合格客戶今年冬天在暖氣費用上平均可節省 $540。
DPU 批准： 麻州公用事業部 (DPU) 批准了 Eversource 的新季節性熱泵費率，完成了所有三家主要公用事業的批准。
季節性供應： 新費率將在每個冬天向符合條件的客戶提供。
好處： 折扣費率旨在：
為使用熱泵的家庭減少冬季暖氣費用。
推廣熱泵的採用以實現脫碳。
加強電網並減少排放。
改善空氣質量和公共健康。
對其他客戶無影響： 新費率不會對非熱泵家庭產生財務影響，這意味著他們不會支付更多的電費。
資格要求： 要符合資格，家庭必須：是 Eversource、National Grid 或 Unitil 的客戶。
已安裝熱泵。
在 2025 年 11 月 1 日冬季供暖季節開始之前告知其電力供應商希望註冊。
參加低收入折扣計畫並使用熱泵的住宅客戶也符合資格。
自動註冊（可能）： 通過 Mass Save 安裝熱泵的客戶可能會自動註冊，但應與其公用事業供應商確認。
All Electric Utility Customers Will Soon Be Eligible for Heat Pump Discount Rate
With the DPU’s order on Eversource’s heat pump rate today, eligible customers of all three electric utilities could save around $540 off their heating bills this winter
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) recently issued an order approving a new heat pump rate that eligible Eversource customers can start taking advantage of this winter. Customers of all three electric utilities that use heat pumps will be able to enroll in the seasonal electric rates which could save them an average of $540 this winter.
Last summer, the DPU approved a seasonal heat pump rate for Unitil electric customers, and it approved a similar rate in September of 2024 for National Grid customers. The DPU worked quickly to approve Eversource’s rate, taking only four months to conduct the proceeding before issuing its order. Now, customers of all three electric utilities can access heat pump rates. The new rates will be available every winter for qualifying customers.
“With heat pump adoption picking up statewide, these discount rates will further help make a dent in winter heating bills,” said Chair James Van Nostrand. “The seasonal rates we approved for heat pump households puts money back into customers’ pockets.”
“This new order makes it possible for electric customers with heat pumps to lower their utility bills in the winter while strengthening our grid and reducing harmful emissions,” said Commissioner Cecile Fraser.
“By approving these flexible rates for the winter, we make heat pumps more cost-effective, and improve air quality and public health,” said Commissioner Staci Rubin. “The new rates effective this winter make our clean energy transition more affordable and accessible.”
Heat pumps make it possible for households to decarbonize quickly and efficiently, with minimal impacts to their homes. Heat pumps use electricity to both cool and heat homes, making them an economical solution to mitigate volatile winter utility bills.
These seasonal rates are at a lower cost than the average base distribution rates from the electric utilities. The new rates for heat pump households will have no financial impact on other electric customers: non-heat pump households will not pay more for electricity this winter because of the new rate.
To be eligible for the new rates, households must be customers of one of the three electric utilities (Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil), have a heat pump installed in their homes, and communicate to their electric provider that they wish to enroll in the seasonal rate before the winter heating season starts on November 1, 2025. Residential customers in the electric utilities’ low-income discount program that use a heat pump are able to also enroll in the new seasonal rate.
Customers who installed their heat pumps through Mass Save may be automatically enrolled in the new rates but should call their electric utility provider to confirm their enrollment.
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