Welcome!

Chelmsford Choice is a Town electricity aggregation program that gives Chelmsford residents and businesses a Town alternative to other electricity supply offers in the marketplace, without high pressure or fees. For participants, the program changes the price that is used to calculate the Supply Services charge on their National Grid electricity bills.

The program offers consumer protections and the potential for savings (though savings cannot be guaranteed), while also helping to support Chelmsford’s sustainability efforts.

Three consumer-friendly electricity choices

As a new participant in Chelmsford Choice, you will be automatically enrolled in the Chelmsford Choice Basic option for 10.042 ¢/kWh. If you want more clean electricity from renewable sources like the sun and the wind, you can choose from two additional options: The Chelmsford Choice Greener option provides a total of 62% clean, renewable electricity for 11.484 ¢/kWh. The Chelmsford Choice Greenest option provides all (100%) of your electricity from clean, renewable sources for 13.015 ¢/kWh.

Diagram showing the three options in the Chelmsford Choice program

Learn more about program options & pricing

Participate

 All new electricity accounts in Chelmsford will be automatically enrolled in Chelmsford Choice on a periodic basis and after receiving a notification letter from the Town. You may also choose to enroll online or with a phone call. Learn about enrolling.

Compare the cost

 Use this online calculator to compare program prices with the most recent 12-month average of National Grid’s Basic Service prices and to see the greenhouse gas emissions avoided by opting up to the Chelmsford Choice Greener and Chelmsford Choice Greenest options. Or compare program prices with National Grid’s current 6-month price.

How it works

 A municipal electricity aggregation is a group electricity purchasing program. Participating in Chelmsford Choice will change your electricity supplier and the price National Grid uses to calculate the supplier services portion of your electricity bill, but participating will not replace National Grid as your electric utility. How aggregation works.

Diagram showing an electricity supplier, National Grid, and the town of Chelmsford

Example National Grid bill

Chelmsford Choice is integrated into your existing National Grid electricity bill. You can use your National Grid bill to learn if you are enrolled in the program and in which Chelmsford Choice program option you are enrolled.

View an example National Grid bill

Savings cannot be guaranteed

Please note that, while Chelmsford Choice offers the potential for savings when compared with National Grid’s Basic Service price, there is no guarantee of savings. This is because National Grid’s prices change every 6 months for residential and small business customers and every 3 months for large business customers and future National Grid prices are unknown.

Protect your National Grid account number

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