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Fitchburg Community Electricity Aggregation (CEA) is a program offered by the city of Fitchburg to provide new electricity supply options and more renewable energy to Fitchburg residents and businesses.

Fitchburg Community Electricity Aggregation is the only electricity program offered by the City – beware of look-alike offers and always look for the town seal on materials sent to you.

Please note, most residential and small business customers will not need to take any action to participate in the Program. See the “How It Works” section below for details on enrollment.

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Discounts are available if you are a low-income customer. You can also reduce your bill through heat pump discounts. Learn more below.

Fitchburg CEA has a standard product, Fitchburg Standard, which has more renewable energy certificates (MA Class I RECs) than required by the Commonwealth. Participants in the program receive Fitchburg Standard unless they affirmatively choose one of the other electricity products. 

Fitchburg CEA Rates December 2024 through December 2027

Future savings compared to Unitil Basic Service cannot be guaranteed.

Products described as Green contain Renewable Energy Certificates (MA Class I RECs) above that required by Massachusetts and come only from solar, wind, anaerobic digestion, and low-impact hydro located within New England.

All of the additional RECs included in the Program are designated as Massachusetts Class I RECs and are the accepted legal instrument used to track renewable energy generation and to substantiate claims of renewable energy use. Learn more about the RECs that are included on the Renewable Energy page.

Please note: Customers that opt-out of the program and then seek to re-join, as well as new medium, large and very large business customers joining the program, may be offered a market price, rather than the program price shown in the table above. Such market price will be offered by the electricity supplier in writing or phone, and you will not be enrolled in that price unless you affirmatively accept. The market price will be based on current prices and the supplier’s costs at the time the you seek to enroll, and the price will be fixed for the remainder of the City’s contract with the supplier. At the start of the City’s next supply contract, you will be transferred to the then-current program pricing.

More Ways to Save Today

• Low-Income Discount: Unitil in Massachusetts provides a 40% discount to low-income customers that apply to the entire bill, including the cost of Fitchburg Community Electricity aggregation supply. Go to this page to enroll. 

• Heat Pump Discount Rate:  Starting November 1, 2025, most electricity customers with heat pumps will receive a discount through Unitil’s ‘heat pump’ delivery rate. Unitil briefly offered the rate last winter, but will fully implement it this winter. This discount applies only to the delivery portion of electric bills, so customers in this community’s aggregation program remain eligible and can enjoy added savings. 

Key details:

• Automatic enrollment: Customers with Mass Save®-supported heat pumps installed on or after Jan 1, 2022 will be automatically enrolled starting Nov 1, 2025 — no action needed.
  
• Winter discount: Reduced delivery rates apply Nov 1 – Apr 30 each year.
  
• Estimated savings: About $540 per winter (Mass. DPU).
  
• No impact on supply: Only affects delivery charges; aggregation supply rates stay the same.
  
• Non-heat-pump customers: Remain on standard delivery rates.
  
• Enrollment notices: Will be sent prior to the November 1 2025 enrollment date.
  
• Manual enrollment: All other customers need to reach out to Eversource to enroll. 

Check Unitil’s heat pump rate page to find more information about signing up. For more information on heat pumps, check out this helpful FAQ from Mass Save. 

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