Mass. orders gas utilities to slash delivery fees for residential customers

Financial relief for natural gas ratepayers in Massachusetts is coming — though the changes won’t take effect until March.

On Thursday, the Department of Public Utilities ordered the six gas utilities in the state to slash delivery fees, by enough to reduce the average customer bill at least 5% over the next two months. The utilities can collect the deferred costs when the weather is warmer and gas bills tend to be much lower, DPU officials said.

Kyle Murray, Massachusetts program director at the nonprofit Acadia Center, said the rate cut could make a meaningful difference for people in Massachusetts.

“I appreciate the Department’s announced steps to lower energy costs for consumers, he wrote in an email. “These measures will begin to provide much-needed relief to households that have been struggling with persistently high heating bills”

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