The power of our community

Needham Power Choice is a group electricity buying program for Needham residents and businesses. Using the purchasing power of our community, the program will provide:

  • More renewable electricity for less than Eversource
  • Three new electricity supply choices
  • Stable and consistent pricing

Needham Power Choice will launch in March 2025. More than 200 other Massachusetts communities have similar programs.

Read the official announcement from the Town of Needham. (PDF)
Download the slides from the launch presentation (PDF)

Program benefits

 

Three consumer-friendly options

Needham Power Choice offers three options for the electricity supply part of your Eversource bill. As a new participant, you will be automatically enrolled in Needham Standard and receive an additional 15% of your electricity from renewable sources. Or you can choose Needham 100% Green to receive 100% of your electricity from renewable sources or Needham Basic to receive the lowest price in the program. Make the choice that is right for you!

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

Needham Power Choice offers long-term prices, while Eversource’s prices change seasonally. Use the price calculator to compare Needham Power Choice prices with Eversource’s average prices.

No interruption in service 

Through Needham Power Choice, the Town has selected Constellation NewEnergy as our electricity supplier (the company that puts electricity on the grid for us) and locked in long-term pricing for the electricity supply charge on our bills. But Eversource remains Needham’s electric utility and will continue to handle our billing, address power outages, and deliver our electricity with no interruption.

Learn how aggregation works.

 

Eversource remains responsible for…

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

Most accounts are eligible for automatic enrollment

Have Eversource’s Basic Service? 

If you did not sign a private electricity supply contract, you have Eversource’s Basic Service. All accounts on Basic Service (except those with a customer-initiated block) will be eligible for automatic enrollment in March. You will receive a notification in the mail from the Town in advance. All similar programs throughout the state use an automatic enrollment model, but you are free to opt out before being automatically enrolled. See the 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 in March, but you can request enrollment online or by contacting customer support with our program consultants. (Restrictions apply for large business 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 about participating.

How to know if you are enrolled

If you are enrolled, Needham Power Choice will be integrated into your existing Eversource electric bill.

Your supplier will appear as Constellation-Needham Power Choice.

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! Two Needham Power Choice prices are currently lower than Eversource’s residential and small business prices. But Needham cannot guarantee that program prices will always be lower than Eversource because Eversource’s prices change seasonally, and we do not know their future prices. 

Learn more

How it works
Participating
FAQ
Program notifications & documents
Price calculator
Renewable energy

Protect your Eversource account number

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