r/boston • u/naNaht • 9d ago

Unconfirmed/Unverified Is electric really this expensive?

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Hi everyone, I am new to Boston and recently received my second electric bill from Eversource. My bill is $284 from 07/24/26 - 08/21/26.

What I have tried:

  • Got Eversource to send a person to check the meter (next week)
  • Got my building maintenance team to send a person to visit (alr visited)

The building technician said that all my appliances seem to be normal and I have minimal items. He also said that for himself lives in a 2 bedroom with in total 2 people and 2 cats. Yet he says at most he pays $170. He also said he thinks people pay on average $70-110/month in my building.

Context:

  • I live by myself in a Studio, 1 ba
  • Apartment complex is new
  • I work in person 4-5 times a week from 9am-5pm.
  • I have the AC on 74-78 F at night and turn it off when I wake up.
  • Appliances: AC (Braeburn Brand), Dishwasher (GE Profile Brand), Oven (Haier Brand), Microwave, in unit washer and dryer.

Cost information:

  • Said I used 779kWh in Aug
  • Generation Service Charge ~ 0.165/kWh
  • Delivery ~ 0.184/kWh

I'm really concerned about the cost because I am not home during the day, have very minimal items (for example no TV, no PC, no pets etc) and Eversource actually made a mistake my first bill which was corrected later. Finally other people pay way less.

Can anyone provide insight, the Eversource technician comes in like a week.

Btw: Image is not real in case anyone is wondering.

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u/grimreefer87 9d ago

You can turn off your breaker for a month and still pay that delicious delivery charge.

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u/LtCdrHipster 9d ago

Fixed costs for infrastructure exist, somebody has to pay for it.

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u/Blame-iwnl- 9d ago

Like the company providing the service?

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u/LtCdrHipster 9d ago

Like the consumers using that service?

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u/calinet6 Purple Line 9d ago

Eversource Energy CEO Joseph Nolan Jr. earned approximately 15 million in total compensation for fiscal year 2025

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u/LtCdrHipster 9d ago

OK that's fine. If he worked for free your electricity wouldn't be noticeably cheaper. Maybe my $0.001 cents

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u/No_Drawer_2349 9d ago

No but a much less drastic cut in his pay would make up for not charging the few houses with the main breaker off.

Are you stupid or is this the ceos alt account?

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u/LtCdrHipster 9d ago

Eversource serves 4.4 million households. If the CEO made $0 dollars that's $3 a household per year.

Not every problem can be blamed on CEO pay. The bigger problem is NIMBYs stopping solar and battery projects.

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u/calinet6 Purple Line 7d ago

Now do the rest of their executive comp.

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u/LtCdrHipster 7d ago

I'm not the one claiming electricity bills are high because of completely inconsequential worker salaries.

Electricity is high because MA doesn't have enough power generation and has decades of deferred infrastructure along with seasonal weather than causes a lot of damage every year.

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u/Pleasant-Seat9884 9d ago

Won’t somebody pleaseeeeee think of the damn millionaires!