The power of our community

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

  • Three new electricity supply choices
  • Fixed pricing until May 2027
  • Leave anytime with no fee or penalty

The program will launch in May 2025. More than 200 other Massachusetts communities have similar programs.

Read the official announcement from the Town of Northborough.

Ask questions and get answers at a public information session:

March 27, 2025, 6:00 PM – Northborough Free Library, 34 Main Street
April 3, 2025, 1:00 PM – Northborough Senior Center, 119 Bearfoot Road

Program benefits

Three consumer-friendly options

Northborough Power Choice offers three options for the electricity supply price on your National Grid bill. As a new participant, you will be automatically enrolled in Northborough Economy, which is the lowest-priced option in the program. Or you can make another choice. Northborough Green provides an additional 20% of your electricity from renewable sources. Northborough Green Plus provides all of your energy from renewable sources. Make the choice that is right for you!

 

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

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

No interruption in service 

Through Northborough Power Choice, the Town has selected First Point Power as our electricity supplier (the company that puts electricity on the grid for us) and locked in long-term pricing for the electricity supply price on our bills. But National Grid remains Northborough’s electric utility and continues to handle our billing, address power outages, and deliver our electricity with no interruption.

Learn how Northborough Power Choice works

 

 

National Grid remains responsible for…

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

Most new accounts are eligible for automatic enrollment

Have National Grid’s Basic Service? 

If you did not sign a private electricity supply contract, you have National Grid’s Basic Service. All accounts on Basic Service (except those with a customer-initiated block) will be eligible for automatic enrollment in May. 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 May, but you can request enrollment online or by contacting customer support with our program consultants. (Restrictions apply for industrial 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.

Make sure you’re enrolled

If you are enrolled, Northborough Power Choice will be integrated into your existing National Grid electric bill.

Your supplier will appear as First Point Power – Northborough 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! The Northborough Economy option is currently lower than National Grid’s residential price. But Northborough cannot guarantee that program prices will always be lower than National Grid because National Grid’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 National Grid account number

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