Does anyone recommend a 3rd party gas supplier?

Submitted by armoguy94 t3_10le64l in boston

I'm looking into optimizing my energy bills and I started with comparing electricity suppliers. I found Energy Switch Massachusetts to be an incredible and straightforward resource for this, showing all 3rd party supplier options based on zip code, and each supplier's rate per kWh. But I cannot find anything for gas suppliers! The closest I found is this page (also a state government page) but they don't list prices, so how am I supposed to know who is most competitive?

Does anyone know of a database that lays out our gas supplier options with pricing attached, just like Energy Switch MA for electricity suppliers? Or any useful resource at all?

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Electrical_Bed_ t1_j5wcg1w wrote

Did you try the MassSave.com website? They might have more info

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5wde1k wrote

Great suggestion, thank you. Unfortunately they do not provide any information that I see.

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altilly t1_j5yy9oo wrote

I think that 3rd party gas suppliers generally don’t bother with residential customers. Too small and not worth their time. Which is why there isn’t price comparison resources like there is for electricity.

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5z1eyw wrote

This makes sense except for that electricity suppliers DO bother with residential customers. However, to explain that, there seems to be a lot more competition with electricity supply than natural gas supply (also makes sense - lots of electricity sources out there).

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5wbu9e wrote

Hi, my natural gas bills from National Grid show them as separate, contrary to what you said.

This page (mass.gov) states:

>If you are a gas customer in Massachusetts, you have the option of choosing a natural gas supplier other than your gas company.  

Edit: National Grid also states MA homeowners are encouraged to shop for 3rd party gas suppliers. They link to the second link in my original post, which is the nondescript page to shop for suppliers.

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BobSacamano97 t1_j5wfnvk wrote

Same for Eversource. I found the list by clicking around on their website. Unfortunately looks like you have to call/email every single one to figure out prices and pick one.

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5whi6f wrote

Wow, that's too bad. This is important info missing. Did you make a switch or call places?

In 2022, my overall gas payments were 40% supply and 60% delivery. We may save a lot of money by switching to a cheaper supplier, but because 3rd party supplier pricing is not available, I have no idea how much.

Specifically, I paid an average of $0.92/therm for supply and $1.36/therm for delivery.

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BobSacamano97 t1_j5wihe7 wrote

I intend to but just found the list yesterday, hoping to have to make some calls time this week.

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dabesdiabetic t1_j5whxwk wrote

Let me know what u think. I have a 4 bedroom top floor apartment, was gonna for 2 weeks over Xmas with heat off and still paid 300 dollars for gas. It’s pure fucking insanity to ne

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5wijsc wrote

That's a lot, about the same as our peak bills, granted it's hard to compare our homes.

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