The City of Worcester announced price changes in its Green Worcester ElectriCITY program that reduce program prices from its current level starting in December. The new rates are guaranteed for the next 24 months.
The pricing changes for the program’s two options are:
Worcester Standard Green: 16.31 cents/kWh (reduced 0.602 from 16.912 cents/kWh)
Worcester 100% Green: 17.73 cents/kWh (reduced 1.033 from 18.763 cents/kWh)
Most households in Worcester range from 477 kWh to 963 kWh of electricity usage per month. That equals savings of around $3 to $6 per month on the standard plan, and around $5 and $10 per month on the 100% plan compared to current prices.
Residents in Worcester are automatically enrolled in the Worcester Standard Green plan and may opt-out for National Grid‘s Basic Service. National Grid’s 9-month winter residential price, which takes effect Nov. 1 and is guaranteed through July 2024, is 18.213 cents/kWh.
Future savings with the Green Worcester ElectriCITY program compared to National Grid pricing cannot be guaranteed when National Grid prices change in August 2024. However, those enrolled in either Green Worcester plan can leave at any time with no exit charge.
The new Standard Green plan includes 40 percent more renewable electricity than the state minimum, an increase of 10 percent over the minimum from last year. The Standard Green plan sources a total of 64 percent from renewable sources in starting in 2024.
Green Worcester ElectriCITY has saved participants more than $12 million since the program’s launch in 2020 and helped the community to avoid more than 155 million pounds of CO2 emissions, according to the City of Worcester. This is equivalent to the emissions associated with 15,645 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles for a year.
Both Green Worcester ElectriCITY prices include a $0.001/kWh operational fee that will support aggregation program management and energy initiatives in the City.
Residents currently enrolled have to do nothing to continue in the same option they previously selected through their December 2023 meter read with the new price on January 2024 National Grid electric bills. The supplier will be listed as “Green Worc Electricity Aggregation Prog.” You can change the program option or leave the program before before December with no penalty or fee.
Green Worcester ElectriCITY is a group electricity purchasing program from the City of Worcester for Worcester residents and businesses. Massachusetts state law allows cities and towns to choose the electricity supplier for their electricity customers rather than have the local electric utility, which is National Grid for Worcester, buy their electricity.
To enroll, make changes to enrollment, or get more information, visit GreenWorcesterElectriCITY.com or contact customer support with Worcester’s program consultants at (833) 926-1207.
