The power of our community

Important program news: Southborough Community Power Choice will change to new, 12-month prices in December as the program’s current electricity supply contract ends and a new contract takes effect. While changes in the electricity market have increased prices overall, most participants will continue to pay less than National Grid’s current residential Basic Service price.

The Town selected a shorter, 12-month contract to secure competitive pricing now without locking participants into higher prices for several years. Southborough Community Power Choice has saved Southborough electricity customers more than $11 million compared with National Grid’s prices since launching in 2018.

See the new prices.

Read the official announcement from the Town of Southborough.

Southborough Community Power Choice is a group electricity buying program for Southborough residents and businesses. Using the purchasing power of our community, the program provides:

  • Three consumer-friendly electricity supply options
  • Stable and consistent pricing until December 2027
  • Consumer protections, like the ability to leave at any time with no fee or penalty

More than 200 other Massachusetts communities have similar programs, known as municipal electricity aggregations.

Program benefits

Three consumer-friendly options

Southborough Community Power Choice offers three options for the electricity supply price on your National Grid bill. As a new participant, you will be automatically enrolled in Power Choice Standard. The Power Choice Greener and Power Choice Greenest options provide more of your electricity from renewable sources and are available by request. Make the choice that’s right for you!

Power Choice Standard: 15.883 cents per kilowatt hour. Power Choice Greener: 16.572 cents per kilowatt hour. Power Choice Greenest: 18.572 cents per kilowatt hour. National Grid residential: 17.185 cents per kilowatt hour.

Learn more about program options and prices. Need help deciding? Contact customer support.

Southborough Community Power Choice offers long-term prices, while National Grid’s prices change seasonally. Use the calculator to compare Southborough Community Power Choice prices with National Grid’s average prices.

No interruption in service 

Through Southborough Community Power Choice, the Town has selected First Point Power as our electricity supplier (the company that puts electricity on the grid for us) and locked in long-term pricing for the electricity supply price on our bills. But National Grid remains Southborough’s electric utility and continues to handle our billing, address power outages, and deliver our electricity with no interruption. Learn more about how aggregation works.

Learn how Southborough Community Power Choice works.

 

National Grid remains responsible for…

Delivering your electricity
National Grid continues to deliver your electricity with no interruption (and they are 100% OK with your participation in Southborough Community Power Choice).
Sending your electric bill
Your electric bill continues to come from National Grid, and this is the only electric bill you receive as a participant in Southborough Community Power Choice.
Accepting your electric bill payment
You continue to pay National Grid using whatever existing arrangement you have.
Addressing power outages
Call National Grid if your power goes out, as you do now.
Providing a low-income discount or fuel assistance
If you are eligible for these benefits, you continue to receive them with no change.
Providing bill credits or incentive payments from solar panels
You continue to receive your credits or payments, and participating in Southborough Community Power Choice does not impact their calculation.
Applying bill credits from community solar to your bill
You continue to receive bill credits, and participating in Southborough Community Power Choice does not impact their calculation.
Applying the Budget Plan to your bill
If you have National Grid's Budget Plan, it continues to apply to your total bill.

Most new accounts are eligible for automatic enrollment

Have National Grid’s Basic Service? 

New accounts on National Grid’s Basic Service are eligible for automatic enrollment. (If you did not sign a private electricity supply contract, you have National Grid’s Basic Service.) The automatic enrollment process happens on a roughly quarterly basis throughout the year. All similar programs throughout the state use an automatic enrollment model, but you are free to opt out before being automatically enrolled. You will receive a notice from the Town of Southborough in the mail in advance. See the most recent notice of automatic enrollment.

 

Have a private electricity supply contract?

If you signed a private electricity supply contract, your account will not be eligible for automatic enrollment, but you can request enrollment online or by contacting customer support with our program consultants. (Restrictions apply for industrial accounts.) We recommend that you carefully check the terms and conditions of your supplier agreement. Your ability to terminate your agreement with your supplier may be restricted. Learn more.

Make sure you’re enrolled

If you are enrolled, Southborough Community Power Choice will be integrated into your existing National Grid electric bill. Your supplier will appear as First Point Power (Southborough Aggregation). But you will not see any additional charges on your bill or receive any additional electric bills because of participating in the program. 

See an example bill

Will you save money?

Maybe! The Power Choice Standard and Power Choice Greener options are lower than National Grid’s current residential price. But Southborough cannot guarantee that program prices will always be lower than National Grid because National Grid’s prices change seasonally, and we do not know their future prices. 

Learn more

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How it works
Participating
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Program notifications & documents
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Protect your National Grid account number

National Grid will never knock on your door or call you to talk about your electric bill.
Only provide your National Grid account number if you are ready to change your electricity supplier.