The cost of electricity and it’s transmission is already way over the top.
This is what they currently charge (all per kWh except Customer Charge) The customer charge is relatively new. These charges do not include the cost of electicity, which is currently .09714 per kWh.
Customer Charge $6.30/month
Distribution Charge 2.548¢/kWh
Transmission Charge 1.602¢/kWh
Transition Charge 0.119¢/kWh
Demand Side Management Charge 0.250¢/kWh
Renewables Charge 0.050¢/kWh
How about we ask them to cut their costs instead of allowing them to continue to pillage the people who have no choice but use this company?
Please share widely!
Your wallet would be lighter!
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p>As Usual just my Opinion
charges higher by approx. 2 cents. That’s significant when
your talking per kWh.
for delivery? So with the cost of electicity, you’re paying 17+ cent/kWh. That’s outrageous.
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p>Thanks for the insight, but not making me feel better about National Grid rates. These companies are making comfortable if not ridiculous profits(didn’t check Unitil or NStar, just assuming), they can cut the consumer a little slack, at least for now, until the economy improves.
According to U.S. government, electrical prices in MA are slightly below the New England average. With the exception of New York, all the areas serviced by NGrid electric have rates below the area average.
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p>Readers here may also want to know about the low-income rates available from NGRID:
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Well, gee, we’re below the average so we have no right to complain. Well what if the average is too high?
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p>According to the company description, the Northeast provides most of the companies revenue, even while they provide service to the entire UK.
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p>Also, let’s here it for a company doing well, and wanting to do even better. And let’s do this by taking more from the middle class. After all, the middle class is heading straight for “crash and burn”, let’s just get to them before it happens.
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p>*Low income rates do not help the middle class.
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p>*You know, the funny thing about efficiency programs, they don’t seem to put a dent in usage, at least in my household. I have taken manys steps to be energy efficient, my usage never budges. Huh! Puzzling!
even though NatGrid will still do the delivery. For instance. That doesn’t affect NatGrid’s various Transition, Transmission, Translation, Transgender, Transcendental and Transmigration charges, but it can lower the cost of the power itself.
One of the smartest ides from the O’Reilly campaign was an emphasis on locally based and locally owned energy producers. My municipal energy company is responsive (never lost power for more than 10 minutes), economical (cheaper than any of these companies), and focused on customers, not shareholders.
That was one of my favorite proposals. And it just makes so much sense.
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p>So how did your municipal energy company come to be? Who was the driving force behind it? Is there a website?
Middleboro Gas and Electric. The company’s over a century old, and possibly the best thing about living in M’boro after Persy’s Place.
They want the people who actually pay their taxes mortgages utility bills to pay for the customer who won’t pay theirs!!!!! How about we shut off the service of the people not paying. I’m sure Barney Frank will come up with a plan to have the productive members of society pay for the slackers (Utility welfare).
Assuming that people intentionally milk the system (and maybe some do). However, I’m pretty sure there are laws preventing such a draconian shut off. You want electricity shut off to the elderly person struggling to pay the bill, but who needs an electric powered oxygen tank to breathe? That could be deadly! Of course we could just go straight public utility with this covered by taxes and the whole point would be moot.