New rate filings by Eversource with the Massachusetts DPU for Large C&I customers are more than double for the same periods last year, following significant increases in the cost of natural gas in New England over the past 9 months.
The announced rates are as follows:
Large C&I in SEMA:
Oct: $0.21053
Nov: $0.28610
Dec: $0.40476
Large C&I in WMECO:
Oct: $0.17874
Nov: $0.23398
Dec: $0.32962
The rate filing from Eversource for Large C&I in NEMA has not yet been published.
Natural gas is the marginal fuel for the majority of electricity produced in the region and their relative costs are tightly correlated.