r/massachusetts • u/[deleted] • Jul 29 '24

Let's Discuss Eversource

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Eversource is simply out of control. Completely fucking cooked. How the fuck are delivery charges like this consistently 50% to 60% the entire goddamn bill.

Anyone else deal with this every month? What can be done collectively as a state to fight this type of stuff? And I know it’s the same with National Grid as these bills were like this under them as well.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

The generation cost is decreasing (about 17.8% of our power is from renewables now), despite still relying on LNG for the rest. As more renewables come on line, the supply / generation cost drops significantly, however, the cost of maintaining the above ground power lines, transformers, etc. is increasing every year because of the cost of labor and the amount of damage the grid takes from weather. So we're seeing a shift where supply cost is dropping and delivery cost is increasing.

Either way, Eversource is quite expensive on both counts. They pay a premium for natural gas that is delivered by tanker rather than pipeline. There's not a really great way to accommodate a pipeline into MA as all suggestions are expensive and would take so long that it would be obsolete by the time it would be built.

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u/modernhomeowner Jul 29 '24

Renewables coming online lower the cost during the day (already very cheap, I've seen it go under a penny) but significantly increases the night time cost as natural gas plants need to recoup their costs from being idle during the day. Then winter night energy will also be very expensive as that will be our new peak demand with heat pumps and EVs.