Options & Pricing

Your options are as follows. National Grid Basic Service prices are available below for comparison.

  • If you want the lowest-priced program offering and you do not want any additional renewable energy, choose Energy Choice Standard, which is the default program offering.
  • If you want 100% renewable electricity, Energy Choice Green is available by request.

Electricity supplier: If you participate in Grafton Energy Choice, you will see First Point Power listed on your National Grid electricity bill as your electricity supplier. See an example National Grid bill.

Electricity mix: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires that all electricity supply products include a minimum of 59.2% from renewable energy resources in 2023. Grafton Energy Choice Standard meets this minimum requirement. Grafton Energy Choice Green exceeds this requirement. Visit the Resources page to download the most recent electricity generation disclosure label.

Compare prices: Use the tables below to compare Grafton Energy Choice prices with National Grid’s current 6-month Basic Service price or use the online calculator to compare with National Grid’s most recent 12-month average price.

(automatic enrollment)

 

 100% renewable energy (option available by request) **  

 

National Grid’s
Basic Service
(if you opt out)
Prices 10.80 ¢/kWh* 11.708 ¢/kWh* 14.115 ¢/kWh – residential
13.393 ¢/kWh – commercial
12.900 ¢/kWh – industrial, SEMA zone
12.940 ¢/kWh – industrial, WCMA zone
Renewable energy content

Renewable or clean energy, added by Grafton

 – 78% –
Premium renewable resources in the New England region (MA Class I RECs), required by law 22% 22% 22%
Additional renewable or clean energy, required by law 37.2% 37.2% 37.2%
Price period October 2021 – October 2024  October 2021 – October 2024 May 1, 2023 – October 31, 2023, residential & commercial. May 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023, industrial.
Exit terms Leave any time. No fee or penalty. Leave any time. No fee or penalty. Leave any time. No exit charge. However, industrial customers only (rates G-2 and G-3) on the fixed-price Basic Service option may receive a billing adjustment, which may be a credit or a charge.

* Grafton Energy Choice prices include a $0.001/kWh administrative fee and also a $0.001/kWh fee to support energy initiatives in the Town of Grafton and Grafton Energy Choice program management. Program prices could increase as a result of a change in law that results in a direct, material increase in costs during the term of the electricity supply agreement.
** Grafton Energy Choice Green is a 100% renewable offering. It includes the minimum amount of MA Class I RECs required by law each year plus additional renewable energy added voluntarily by Grafton needed to reach 100%. Grafton’s electricity supplier must also purchase other renewable or clean energy to meet state requirements. As a result, the total of the renewable amount for Grafton Energy Choice Green exceeds 100%.

How we buy renewable electricity

Grafton Energy Choice purchases renewable energy certificates, or RECs, from renewable energy projects to integrate renewable energy into Grafton’s electricity supply.

RECs are used to determine the environmental content of electricity. Each REC represents proof that 1 megawatt-hour of electricity was generated by a renewable energy resource.

For more information about RECs, visit the Definitions page on this website or visit this page on Mass.gov.