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'Are you kidding me?' Mass. gas customers react to temporary rate cut

  • The Department of Public Utilities ordered six gas companies in Massachusetts to lower customers' gas bills by at least 5% starting in March and April.
  • This order affects residential customers of Berkshire Gas, Boston Gas d/b/a National Grid, Eversource, NSTAR Gas, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light, and Liberty Utilities.
  • Eversource expressed that energy affordability is a priority and welcomed the rate relief, highlighting the impact of the high gas bills this winter.
  • The DPU plans to investigate shifting certain delivery costs to summer months to reduce year-round expenses.
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Massachusetts DPU’s gas price reduction order viewed as a ‘slap in the face’ by ratepayers

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is calling on the state DPU to “prioritize affordability over company profits” as Bay Staters voice sharp opposition to the agency’s order for a 5% gas reduction deferral which they say is a “slap in the face.” Campbell has called on the Department of Public Utilities to “implement immediate and long-term rate relief measures Massachusetts ratepayers are burdened with ‘sky-high gas and electric bill…

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Mass LiveMass Live

Mass. gas companies ordered by state to reduce bills by at least 5%

The cost savings for Mass. gas utility customers are only temporary. Here's what to know about the order.

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Department of Public Utilities says gas companies must cut bills by 5 percent

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - The state Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is now responding to the high utility bills people are seeing.  Springfield residents without power in area of Cambridge Street Lawmakers asked the DPU to take immediate action to bring relief to customers, and now they're asking utility companies to lower prices by at least 5% for March and April. In a letter to local gas companies, the DPU called current prices unsus…

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DPU orders six gas companies to reduce total gas bills by 5% amid soaring delivery charges

“Customer affordability lies at the core of the Department of Public Utilities’ priorities and we must use all available tools at our disposal,” the letter read.

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DPU orders gas companies in Mass. to reduce total gas bills by at least 5%

In the letter, which was issued to Berkshire Gas, Eversource, Liberty, National Grid and Unitil, the DPU states the reduction will apply to bills in March and April, which is when the winter heating season officially ends.

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DPU orders gas companies in Massachusetts to reduce gas bills by 5% - Boston News, Weather, Sports

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is directing six gas companies in Massachusetts to immediately reduce total gas bills by five percent. The reduction will reportedly apply to March and April bills for residential customers. The DPU wrote in part, “given the unprecedented combination of circumstances in effect this winter weather-driven high usage, lingering customer sensitivity to recent high inflation, and exceptionally high, program-dr…

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NBC Boston broke the news in Boston, United States on Thursday, February 20, 2025.
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