Program prices

Bellingham Power Choice offers two options.

As a new participant, you will be automatically enrolled in Power Choice Standard.
The Power Choice Green option is available by request and provides 100% of your electricity from new, renewable sources in the New England region.

As a participant in Bellingham Power Choice, your electricity supplier will be Direct Energy until December, changing to Gridwealth Electric with your December 2025 meter read.

If you are eligible for a low-income discount or fuel assistance, you continue to receive that benefit as a participant in Bellingham Power Choice.

If you have National Grid’s Budget Plan or Eversource’s Budget Billing, it continues to apply to your whole bill.

What happens in December 2026?

The Town intends to sign a new, long-term contract when the contract with Gridwealth Electric expires. The Town will announce the new prices before they take effect, and your account will be automatically enrolled into the new price for your program option unless you opt out or choose a different option.

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New prices taking effect in December 2025

Bellingham prices will change in December 2025. The new prices will be fixed until December 2026.

Power Choice Standard

12.964 ¢/kWh

Receive the minimum amount of your electricity from renewable sources required by law.
Renewable energy content detail.

Choose Power Choice Standard

Power Choice Green

15.774 ¢/kWh

Receive 100% of your electricity from new, renewable sources in the New England region.
Renewable energy content detail.

Choose Power Choice Green

Prices ending in December 2025

Current Bellingham Power Choice prices will end in December 2025.

Power Choice Standard

13.950 ¢/kWh

Receive the minimum amount of your electricity from renewable sources required by law.
Renewable energy content detail.

Power Choice Green

16.770 ¢/kWh

Receive 100% of your electricity from new, renewable sources in the New England region.
Renewable energy content detail.

Compare to your utility

Bellingham Power Choice offers long-term prices, but utility prices change seasonally. It is normal for Bellingham’s prices to be lower than your utility’s price sometimes and higher at other times. The goal of Bellingham Power Choice is to provide savings when compared with the average of your utility’s changing prices. Use the price calculator to compare Bellingham Power Choice with an average of your utility’s recent prices.

National Grid’s Basic Service

15.484 ¢/kWh – residential
14.411 ¢/kWh – commercial
August 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026

17.430 ¢/kWh – industrial
November 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026

Receive the minimum amount of your electricity from renewable sources required by law.

Renewable energy content detail.

Eversource’s Basic Service

14.884 ¢/kWh – residential
15.150 ¢/kWh – small business
August 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026

18.037 ¢/kWh – large business
November 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026

Receive the minimum amount of your electricity from renewable sources required by law.

Renewable energy content detail.