Massachusetts electricity supply · ISO-NE
Massachusetts Electricity Rates & Fixed Supply Options
In Massachusetts your rate changes twice a year. You find out afterwards.
Massachusetts pays 28.82¢/kWh — among the highest rates in the country — and basic service resets in six-month blocks. Regulators split January from February on purpose, to soften the winter jump. A twelve-month fixed rate spans both resets. That's what it's for.
One fixed supply rate. 12 months. Set on a two-minute call.
About 2 minutes • No obligation to switch
- No obligation to switch
- Same utility
- Same poles and wires
- Nothing installed
- Rate and terms explained before you decide
≈45% of the average Massachusetts bill. No supplier can change it.
≈55% — the half a fixed rate applies to.
Modelled on the average bill — not a quote.
108 days until Basic service resets February 1 — 2027-02-01. verified 2026-09-03
No obligation
What happens when you call?
Call us
Speak with an agent.
Tell us your utility
Have a recent electric bill nearby if possible.
Hear current options
The agent checks available fixed-rate supply options for your utility and service area.
You decide
The rate and terms are explained before you agree to anything.
Staffed call center — call to check current availability
CALL NOW — (833) 840-5043About 2 minutes • No obligation to switch
Why fixed
Your default rate has a
behavior problem.
It doesn't stand still.
Massachusetts basic service runs in six-month blocks — February through July, and August through January. The DPU deliberately split January and February across two blocks to blunt the winter spike, which tells you how sharp that spike was. Your winter rate is already set. The next reset is February 1, 2027.
Uncertainty is what you're buying now.
Unless you lock a rate, your supply price is set by a process you're not part of — and you find out what it did when the bill arrives. Over twelve months that can mean resets you never saw coming, each one priced before you could react.
One fixed number, twelve months.
One fixed supply rate. 12 months. Set on a two-minute call. The rate and the term are read to you out loud on a recorded verification before anything is authorized.
How it works, in three lines
- 1. Your bill has two halves.
- 2. Supply is the shoppable half.
- 3. That's the half a fixed rate applies to.
What it's worth
About two months of your electric bill. Every year.
Supply is roughly 55% of your bill and we model a 30% improvement on that half — about 1.98 months of the modelled bill per year. For the average Massachusetts household that's roughly $325 a year. It's a model, not a promise — what you're buying is the rate and the term.
Category chips are illustrative uses of money, not price claims.
Massachusetts at a glance
The receipts.
- 01
28.82¢/kWh average residential rate — among the highest in the United States
- 02
Basic service is reset twice a year, in six-month blocks: February–July and August–January
- 03
The DPU split January and February across two blocks specifically to reduce winter price volatility
- 04
Massachusetts is in ISO-NE, where winter prices turn on pipeline capacity and fuel — not on data-center growth
Rate data May 2026 · reset timing verified 2026-09-03 · re-verified quarterly
Utilities in Massachusetts
Who delivers your power — and where to check officially
Supply choice in Massachusetts applies whichever utility serves your address (currently: Eversource, National Grid, Unitil). Your utility still owns the poles, wires and meter, still restores your power after an outage, and still sends your bill. What you can shop is the supply rate itself — basic service resets february 1, on a schedule your utility follows.
Your state's official shopping resource is Energy Switch Massachusetts — a good place to verify supplier licensing. For background on how the market works, read how electricity choice works or our guide to utility default supply rates.
All-in residential average, May 2026. Roughly 55% of that is supply — the half a fixed rate applies to.
about two months of your electric bill, every year
Want the actual current rate for your utility? Call (833) 840-5043 — an agent can check current options in about two minutes.
Modelled, not quoted. Assumes supply is about 55% of your all-in rate and applies a 30% improvement to the supply portion only. Delivery charges don't change. What you're buying is a fixed 12-month supply rate — not a savings guarantee.
Three questions
See what a fixed rate looks like in Massachusetts.
Are you the person named on the electric bill?
Only the account holder can authorize a change — that's a state rule, not ours.
How we operate
Six checks between you and a bad deal.
This industry has a reputation, and it earned it. Here's exactly what happens before we hand you to anyone.
If it doesn't, we tell you and stop. We don't route calls we can't serve.
Switching an account you don't hold is illegal. We check before we connect you.
A recorded third-party verification confirms your identity, the rate, the term and the terms — in your own words.
Out loud, on the recording, before anything is authorized. No fine print doing the talking.
Every choice market provides one after enrollment begins. We'll explain yours on the call.
Same delivery, same outage response, same bill. We say it because it's the question everyone asks.
Questions
The things you're actually wondering.
Massachusetts suppliers have been in the news, and not in a good way.
They have, and you should know why before you decide anything. The Attorney General's office publishes findings that Massachusetts households on competitive supply have paid more in aggregate than they would have on basic service, and has argued for restricting the residential market. So in Massachusetts we don't lead with a savings number — we lead with the rate you'd be locking and the term. If the fixed rates available this week don't beat what basic service is charging you, the honest answer is don't switch, and that's the answer you'll get.
Does my power go out during the switch?
No. Nothing is disconnected and nothing is installed. Your utility keeps delivering the electricity over the same wires it always has. The switch happens on paper between your utility and the supplier, and it takes effect on your next meter read.
What happens when the twelve months are up?
The contract states what the rate rolls into when the term ends, and the agent states it on the call before you agree. At the end of the term you are free to shop again, sign another fixed term, or return to your utility's default rate.
Is there a fee to switch?
Your utility does not charge you to change suppliers. Fixed-rate contracts can carry an early cancellation fee if you leave before the term ends. The agent states that fee on the call before you agree, and it appears in the contract you receive.
Want to compare offers yourself? Massachusetts runs an official comparison site: Energy Switch Massachusetts.
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It takes about two minutes to find out what fixed electricity supply options may currently be available for your utility.
Staffed call center — call to check current availability
- No obligation to switch
- Same utility
- Same poles and wires
- Nothing installed
- Rate and terms explained before you decide
