Bellingham Power Choice is a group electricity buying program for Bellingham residents and businesses. Using the purchasing power of our community, the program provides:
More than 200 other Massachusetts communities have similar programs.
Bellingham Power Choice offers two options for the electricity supply part of your electric utility bill. As a new participant, you will be automatically enrolled in Power Choice Standard. Power Choice Green provides 100% of your electricity from new, renewable sources and is available by request. Make the choice that’s right for you!
Learn more about program options and prices. Need help deciding? Contact customer support.
Bellingham Power Choice offers long-term prices, while National Grid’s and Eversource’s prices change seasonally. Use the calculator to compare Bellingham Power Choice prices with your utility’s average prices.
Through Bellingham Power Choice, the Town has selected Gridwealth Electric 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 your utility (National Grid or Eversource) remains unchanged and will continue to handle your billing, address power outages, and deliver your electricity with no interruption.
New accounts on their utility’s Basic Service are eligible for automatic enrollment. (If you did not sign a private electricity supply contract, you have your utility’s Basic Service.) The automatic enrollment process happens on a roughly quarterly basis throughout the year. All similar programs throughout the state use an automatic enrollment model, but you are free to opt out before being automatically enrolled. You will receive a notice in the mail from the Town of Bellingham in advance. See the most recent notice of automatic enrollment.
If you signed a private electricity supply contract, your account will not be eligible for automatic enrollment, but you can request enrollment online or by contacting customer support with our program consultants. (Restrictions apply for industrial and 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.
If you are enrolled, Bellingham Power Choice will be integrated into your existing National Grid or Eversource electric bill. Your supplier will appear as Gridwealth-Bellingham Power Choice. But you will not see any additional charges on your bill or receive any additional electric bills because of participating in the program.
Maybe! The Power Choice Standard price is currently lower than National Grid’s and Eversource’s residential Basic Service prices. But Bellingham cannot guarantee that program prices will always be lower than National Grid and Eversource because National Grid’s and Eversource’s prices change seasonally, and we do not know their future prices.
National Grid and Eversource will never knock on your door or call you to talk about your electric bill.
Only provide your electricity account number if you are ready to change your electricity supplier.
