US EditionHealey Orders Regulators to Scour Gas, Electric Bills and Lower Charges
Governor Healey urges the Department of Public Utilities to review all charges amid recent spikes of up to 50% in heating bills and 12% in electric rates, aiming to reduce consumer costs.
- Governor Maura Healey ordered the Department of Public Utilities on Tuesday to conduct a first-of-its-kind comprehensive review of gas and electric bills to identify cost-cutting opportunities.
- After last winter's sticker shock, many Massachusetts residents and businesses saw home heating bills spike by upwards of 50%, while distribution charges rapidly grew and made up most costs.
- In a letter to the DPU, Governor Maura Healey urged the three commissioners to rigorously review proposed rate hikes and hasten solar connections before tax credits expire.
- The Department of Public Utilities faces a Nov. 1 deadline to decide, with Eversource saying, `We share the governor's priority of addressing the energy affordability challenge faced across New England and look forward to working with our regulators and the administration so that customers have full transparency into everything that goes into their utility service`.
- Healey's legislation would deliver more than $13 billion in savings and give the DPU new financing tools, currently under review by the Massachusetts state Legislature.
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In the midst of rising energy bills, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday asked the Department of Public Services (DPU) to conduct an unprecedented comprehensive review of gas and electricity rates. The goal is to find ways to lower costs for residents and businesses. “Energy bills are already too high for Massachusetts residents and businesses. That’s why I’m asking the DPU to make an unprecedented review to identify what charges can …
Governor Healey takes steps to lower utility bills
BOSTON (WWLP) - Governor Maura Healey has announced a plan to reduce energy costs for Massachusetts residents as the colder months approach. The plan involves a comprehensive review of energy bill charges by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and an increase in solar power to boost energy supply. Governor Healey aims to bring the equivalent of one power plant's worth of solar energy online within the next year. Lawmakers consider heal…
Healey calls on utility regulators to slash charges, get moving on solar
Bay State energy bills are too damn high and Gov. Maura Healey says that she’s asking state regulators to do something about it — now. The governor summoned the media to her offices on Tuesday, where alongside Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rebecca Tepper she announced she would call on the Department of Public Utilities to eliminate as many extra charges from consumers’ bills as possible and to seriously c…
Healey calls on Department of Public Utilities to look into lowering energy costs
(WPRI) — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey released a letter on Tuesday, calling on the state's Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to review electric rates, gas rates and related charges in an attempt to lower energy costs. "I'm focused on doubling down on what we can do within our power to lower people's costs and to lower their bills," Healey said Tuesday. "They should make sure that every dollar that utilities collect for infrastructure i…
As rate hikes loom, Healey pressures oversight agency to review utility bill charges, remove those that aren’t ‘justified’ - The Boston Globe
In a two-page letter Tuesday, Governor Maura Healey asked the Department of Public Utilities to review “each and every charge,” and determine whether it can be eliminated, reduced, or its impact pared back.
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