Milford Takes Key Step In Offering Cheaper Electricity To Residents

MILFORD, MA — A new town program that could help residents lower electric bills will take a major step this month with a pending review by state utility overseers.

Milford is in the process of setting up a municipal aggregation program with Good Energy, a company that brokers electricity for about 50 communities across the state. Residents who use municipal aggregation typically pay a lower power supply rate compared to the one offered in Milford by National Grid. The separate distribution rate is set by National Grid as the owner of electrical infrastructure between homes and power plants.

Milford has been developing its municipal aggregation plan since 2023, when Town Meeting approved the effort; the select board signed off in November. A public hearing on the plan on March 25 is the next step, with state approval to follow.

The program may go into effect just in time to save Milford electricity users from impending National Grid increases. The company is seeking state approval to make annual increases over the next five years beginning in October.

Residents who want to attend the public hearing can join at 2 p.m. on March 25 via Zoom, or by phone at (305) 224-1968 using Meeting ID 889 6199 4515. Anyone who wants to submit a comment for the hearing should email lauren.morrris@mass.gov by 5 p.m. on March 24.