Now there's an energy choice that you can feel good about. It's call New England GreenStartSM . Make sure electricity from renewable resources like wind, solar, and hydropower go onto the electricity grid on your behalf, pushing off dirty fossil fuels.
Call us today with questions or sign up at 1-800-287-3950
Pricing
You can choose New England GreenStart for either 100% or 50% of your monthly electricity usage, and pay for it right on your monthly National Grid bill.
- New England GreenStart 100% costs an extra 2.4 cents/kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- New England GreenStart 50% costs an extra 1.25 cents/kWh
The premium costs the average household $12 per month. You can calculate your average premium with our calculator
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Tax-deductible!
100% of your payments for New England GreenStart can be deducted from your federal taxes if you itemize charitable contributions.
Where does your electricity come from?
New England GreenStart is part of a program called GreenUp that is being offered by your local utility, National Grid. GreenUp allows you to choose cleaner, healthier electricity right on your regular utility bill and is available to all National Grid residential and small commercial customers.
Based off Fall 2010 Disclosure Label
How does this work?
Mass Energy will match your electrical usage with renewable energy sources like solar panels and wind turbines. You will receive service from National Grid, as well as be charged their standard offer rate for electricity. New England GreenStart is an additional fee per kilowatt-hour that goes to support renewable energy resources. We would love to talk to you about the program, please call 1-800-287-3950 with any questions. Also, please read our Frequently Asked Questions.
Live Outside National Grid Territory?
Currently, only customers of National Grid are able to participate in New England GreenStart. If your utility is NSTAR, Unitil, or Western Mass. Electric, please participate in New England Wind FundSM !
Every contribution to the New England Wind Fund and GreenStart will add clean energy to the energy pool, wich means over time, there's less room for dirtier sources.
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