Market Affairs

Massachusetts Electric Market Update – 8.5.11

August 5, 2011

A recent recap of electric market news, notes, and updates from around the state of Massachusetts for the week ending August 5, 2011 – as compiled by the Massachusetts Energy News Board.

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MA DPU Approves New WMECO Basic Service Rates Effective July 2011

May 23, 2011

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved new default Basic Service electric rates effective July 1, 2011 in the WMECo service territory. According to a recent news release, beginning July 1, WMECo’s residential customers will see a new supply rate of 6.998 cents per kWh (a one percent decrease in price from the [...]

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MA DPU Approves New NSTAR Basic Service Rates Effective July 2011

May 8, 2011

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved new default Basic Service electric rates effective July 1, 2011 in the Boston Edison, Cambridge Electric, and Commonwealth Electric (NSTAR) service territories. According to a recent press release, NSTAR’s residential customers can expect to pay the lowest electricity supply price that the company has offered, in [...]

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MA DPU Approves New National Grid Basic Service Rates Effective May 2011

March 28, 2011

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved new default Basic Service electric rates effective May 1, 2011 in the Massachusetts Electric and Nantucket Electric (National Grid) service territories.

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MA ENB Regulatory Update: 2.28.11

February 28, 2011

This post includes a short summary of some of the latest government and regulatory affairs developments impacting the competitive energy market across the Commonwealth, during the month of February 2011.

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MA Residential Electric Customer Switching Remains Flat at Year-end 2010

January 25, 2011

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) recently released its final December 2010 electric customer migration statistics. Overall, in 2010, residential customer switching activity in MA continued to remain relatively flat from month-to-month across each rate class segment. While Purchase of Receivables (POR) programs are expected to be in place later this year, current switching trends are forecasted [...]

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MA C&I Electric Customer Switching Holding Flat at Year-end 2010

January 21, 2011

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) recently released its final December 2010 electric customer migration statistics. Throughout 2010, overall commercial and industrial customer switching activity in MA continued to hold flat from month-to-month across each rate class segment. Current switching trends are forecasted to stay the same into 2011 as utility basic service rates in [...]

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