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wittgensteins-boat t1_iva44mj wrote

Reply to comment by Twombls in New England may not have enough natural gas to last the winter by mycophdstudent

Municipalities can own distribution in Massachusetts.

Forty-one municipal electric companies serve 50 municipalities.

Via Mass. Municipal Wholesale Electric company, these municipalities have long term contracts and partial ownership of base load nuclear plants, and conventional fossil fuel plants. Their rates will be steadier and have smaller rise than in commercial electric company territories in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts municipally-owned electric companies.
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-municipally-owned-electric-companies.

Mass. Municipal Wholesale Electric Company.
https://www.mmwec.org/

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Twombls t1_ivapoy0 wrote

They can but not all municipalities do. If you live outdide of a municipal electric company you are kind of screwed.

But still having a monopolistic energy company like vermont does help a lot during times of energy shortage because they are better able to negotiate prices. Even though during surplus times you may pay more.

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wittgensteins-boat t1_ive57s4 wrote

Also in the vicinity of 200 non-municipal electric providing locales of the 351 total Massachusetts municipalities have engaged in aggregation contracts making for longer-term term price stability of more than a year, depending on when the contract was negotiated and whom is the provider, for consumer choice on power providers.

Municipal Aggregation.
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/municipal-aggregation.

Separately state-wide there is choice on power process, in towns without municipal electric companies. Service rates apply for transport distribution of power.

https://www.energyswitchma.gov

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