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Why is My Summer Electric Bill So High?
Answers and solutions to your biggest question
Uso
The amount of your bill depends on how much energy you use. Your electricity usage impacts both the supply and delivery portions of your bill.
As temperatures rise in the summer, your home cooling system has to work harder, so you use more electricity. Most people use about 35% more electricity during the summer months to keep cool, and that increase can be even greater when there are multiple heat waves like last year.
Even if you don't change the settings of your air conditioner, the outside temperature will affect your usage as more energy is used to maintain the same temperature.
Without touching the thermostat, you will use more energy on a 95-degree day than a 75-degree day.
Lo que puedes hacer
From closing your blinds to sealing cracks, there is a lot you can do to make your home more efficient during warmer months.
A Home Energy Assessment can connect homeowners, renters and landlords with a specialist to find energy-saving opportunities in your home and connect you with rebates to help make improvements. Income-eligible options are also available.
If you have an online account, you can view your usage history in an interactive graph, compare your bills across months and years, and see where in your house is using the most electricity.
Market Influence and Supply
The majority of customers have a third-party supplier or participate in a municipal aggregation program, which means adjustments to the Basic Service supply rate does not impact them.
Energy market volatility continues to have the biggest impact on electric supply prices and bills. This is the result of several factors, including one of the coldest winters in more than a decade driving the cost of natural gas and electric prices higher, as well as global events such as the conflict in Iran further disrupting energy markets and causing costs to surge.
Starting August 1, the rate will change from 15.6 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 17.3 cents per kWh. Your supply charge is a pass-through cost, we do not make any money from it. What we pay is what you pay.
Public benefits
A portion of your delivery charge includes costs we are required by the state and federal government to pass through to customers for financial assistance and energy efficiency programs, and funding clean energy options.
These statewide efforts help support Massachusetts’ greenhouse gas reduction goals. The costs of these growing programs, like the costs of system investments, are recovered through rates paid by all customers.
Make the Most of Programs You Contribute to
We offer a variety of programs that help you lower your energy use and receive help with your bill if you need it. You're contributing to these programs through your bill, so take advantage of the resources available to you.
Manage Seasonal Bill Spikes
Tired of seeing spikes in your bill? You may want to consider our Budget Billing program, which lets you divide your annual energy costs into fixed monthly payments so you know exactly how much your bill will be each month.