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courtesy Energy Choice Matters – released on December 18th, 2014 National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new default service rates for industrial customers for the period February through April 2015. Rates, in cents per kWh, are below for each zone: National Grid-MA Industrial (G-2, G-3) Basic Service Rates Variable Prices NEMA SEMA WCMA Feb […]

From the Boston Business Journal: Three major construction unions in New England are throwing their considerable weight behind a controversial proposal by Kinder Morgan Inc  to build a new natural gas pipeline across western Massachusetts and through southern New Hampshire. Representing a total of 84,000 workers, the Massachusetts Building Trades Council, New Hampshire Building and […]

Worcester Telegram Sunday, December 14, 2014 Manufacturing Energy Collaborative, or MassMEC, a buying group of manufacturers that reduces energy costs by purchasing energy supply in bulk, has signed more than 100 businesses to participate in the collaborative to save on the rising cost of electricity and natural gas this winter. The cost of electricity for […]

Worcester Business Journal DECEMBER 9, 2014 More than 100 businesses have signed on to the Massachusetts Manufacturing Energy Collaborative (MassMEC) to reduce energy costs by joining in on bulk purchases of power and natural gas, the Milton-based group announced Tuesday. The group of manufacturers is made up of businesses such as metal manufacturers, restaurants and […]

Utility companies have warned customers in New England of high electric prices for the winter, but electric bills are already hitting customers harder than expected before winter begins. In New England, electricity prices are driven in part by natural gas prices and transportation costs. Because New England relies heavily on natural gas and because there […]

By Simón Rios New Bedford Standard Times Posted Dec. 7, 2014 NEW BEDFORD — Precix, one of the city’s largest manufacturers and a global player in the o-ring industry, was on edge about its finances this fall. Though the company projects its growth at 11 percent in the coming year, skyrocketing energy prices had officials […]

New England can breathe a sigh of relief for natural gas prices next winter.  The Federal Energy Commission has approved the 124-mile Constitution Pipeline project that will bring Marcellus Shale natural gas from Pennsylvania up into the high priced natural gas markets of New York and New England.  The project’s backers – Tulsa, Oklahoma based […]

Mass. manufacturers make the switch to state sponsored energy buying program as electricity prices spike   Boston (December 3, 2014) –  The Massachusetts Manufacturing Energy Collaborative (MassMEC), a buying group of manufacturers that reduces energy costs by purchasing energy supply in bulk, today announced that more than 100 businesses have signed on to participate in […]

For the past three months, oil prices have been falling sharply – leaving huge implications for not only the U.S. energy market but the world marketplace.  However the events of Friday can possibly continue to send oil prices to tumble. On Friday November 27th, OPEC – a cartel of oil producers that includes Saudi Arabia, […]

  On November 20th, the director of the National Security Agency issued a warning that China and “one or two” other countries have the capabilities to mount cyberattacks that would shut down the electric grid and other critical infrastructure systems.  Before a House Intelligence Committee, Admiral Michael Rogers, director of NSA, said that he expects […]