ELECTRIC RATES
Electric Rates
| Customer Charge | Distribution Charge | Purchase Power Charge | |
| Residential | $9.11 | $0.0942/kWh | $0.100 |
| Small Power | $12.15 | $0.0880/kWh | $0.145 |
| Large Power | $106.34 | $13.55/kWh | $0.145 |
| Municipal | $8.28 | $0.0869/kWh | $0.100 |
| Temporary Service | $27.44 | $0.1215/kWh | $0.100 |
| Area Lights (250 watts) | $35.24 | ||
| Area Lights (400 watts) | $49.92 |
| Minimum Monthly Bill | Net Metering Credit | ||
| Residential Solar | $4.05 per installed kW per month | Residential Customer Charge + Installed kW Charge | HMLP credits customer monthly day ahead on peak LMP at the SEMA load zone. Credits expire at the end of the calendar year. |
Detailed Rate Information
REGULAR RESIDENTIAL
Electricity is available under this schedule for all residential purposes in an individual residence or an individual apartment. Electricity is also available for farm use.
Customer Charge: $9.11 per month
Distribution Charge: $0.0942 per kWh
PPC: As per MDPU #50
SMALL POWER
Customer Charge: $12.15 per month
Distribution Charge: $0.0880 per kWh
PPC: As per MDPU #50
LARGE POWER
Customer Charge: $106.34 per month
Distribution Demand Charge: $13.55
PPC: As per MDPU #50
MUNICIPAL POWER
Electricity is available under this schedule for all municipal facilities other than street lighting, security lighting, and traffic signal systems within the service territory of HMLP.
Customer Charge: $8.28 per month
Distribution Charge: $0.0869 per kWh
PPC: As per MDPU #50
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING
TEMPORARY SERVICE
Customer Charge: $27.44 per month.
Distribution Charge: $0.1215 per kWh
PPC: As per MDPU #50
FLOOD LIGHTS
250 Watt – $35.24
400 Watt – $49.92
NET METERING POLICY
Distribution Charge: $4.05 per kilowatt of installed solar generation capacity per month
Minimum Monthly Bill: Customer Charge + Installed kW charge
Net Metering Credit: HMLP credits customer monthly day ahead on peak LMP at the SEMA load zone. Credits expire at the end of the calendar year.
FIXED MONTHLY CHARGE FOR WINTER GENERATORS
The generator surcharge will be in effect starting with the September 2025 billing period and will last for one year, concluding with the August 2026 billing period. The surcharge will raise $823,545.24 to pay for renting six generators for the winter months. This surcharge is in addition to the standard monthly fixed charges.
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REGULAR RESIDENTIAL
MDPU #51
Replaces MDPU #41
Availability
Electricity is available under this schedule for all residential purposes in an individual residence or an individual apartment. Electricity is also available hereunder for farm use. Service under this tariff schedule is not available for resale.
Rate – Applied Monthly
Customer Charge: $9.11 per month.
Distribution Charge: $0.0942 per kWh
PPA Charge: As per MDPU #50
PASNY CREDIT
Customers served under this tariff are entitled to receive a credit for PASNY power delivered to them under a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. PASNY power is Federal Preference Power received from hydroelectric projects in upstate New York at below the wholesale market cost of power.
Minimum Charge
The minimum charge will be the Customer Charge.
FARM DISCOUNT
Those accounts certified eligible through the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture will receive an additional ten percent (10%) discount.
Terms of Contract
Service may be terminated at any time upon at least 24 hours’ notice to the Light Plant during normal business hours.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The Light Plant’s Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this schedule.
Effective: May 1, 2025
SMALL POWER RATE
MDPU #54
Replaces MDPU #44
Availability
Electricity is available under this schedule for all general service purposes to any single-phase customer with less than 10 kW of demand. If electricity is delivered under this schedule at a specific location, through more than one meter, the COST OF SERVICE shall be computed separately for the electricity delivered through each meter, unless such multiple metering is for the Light Plant’s convenience. Service under this tariff schedule is not available for resale.
Rate – Applied Monthly
Customer Charge: $12.15 per month
Distribution Charge: $0.0880 per kWh
PPA Charge: As per MDPU #50
LATE PAYMENT PENALTY
On accounts twenty-five (25) or more days in arrears, a service charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month will be assessed at the beginning of each month on the gross balance outstanding at the end of the previous month. No discount will be available if any such service charge has been assessed.
Minimum Charge
The minimum charge will be the Customer Charge.
Terms of Contract
Service may be terminated at any time upon at least 24 hours’ notice to the Light Plant during normal business hours.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The Light Plant’s Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this schedule.
FARM DISCOUNT
Those accounts certified eligible through the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture will receive an additional ten percent (10%) discount.
Small Power Rate Taxable
MDPU #58
Replaces MDPU #48
6.25% Tax
Effective: May 1, 2025
LARGE POWER RATE
MDPU #55
Replaces MDPU #45
Availability
Electricity is available under this schedule for all purposes to any customer with greater than 10 kW of demand or for any three-phase customer. If electricity is delivered under this schedule at a specific location, through more than one meter, the COST OF SERVICE shall be computed separately for the electricity delivered through each meter, unless such multiple metering is for the Light Plant’s convenience.
If any electricity is delivered under this schedule at a specific location, then all electricity delivered by the Light Plant at such location shall be billed under this schedule.
Service under this tariff schedule is not available for resale.
Rate – Applied Monthly
Customer Charge: $106.34 per month
Distribution Demand Charge: $13.55
PPA Charge: As per MDPU #50
LATE PAYMENT PENALTY
On accounts twenty-five (25) or more days in arrears, a service charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month will be assessed at the beginning of each month on the gross balance outstanding at the end of the previous month. No discount will be available if any such service charge has been assessed.
Large Power Rate Taxable
MDPU #59
Replaces MDPU #49
6.25% Tax
Minimum Charge
The minimum charge will be the Customer Charge.
Terms of Contract
Service may be terminated at any time upon at least 24 hours’ notice to the Light Plant during normal business hours.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The Light Plant’s Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this schedule.
Effective: May 1, 2025
MUNICIPAL POWER RATE
MDPU #56
Replaces MDPU #46
Availability
Electricity is available under this schedule for all municipal facilities other than street lighting, security lighting, and traffic signal systems within the service territory of the Hull Municipal Light Plant. Service under this tariff schedule is not available for resale.
Rate – Applied Monthly
Customer Charge: $8.28 per month
Distribution Charge: $0.0869 per kWh
PPA Charge: As per MDPU #50
Minimum Charge
The minimum charge will be the Customer Charge.
Terms of Contract
Service may be terminated at any time upon at least 24 hours’ notice to the Light Plant during normal business hours.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The Light Plant’s Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this schedule.
Effective: May 1, 2025
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING RATE
MDPU #53
Replaces MDPU #43
Availability
Service is available under this schedule for all municipal street lighting, security lighting, and traffic signal lighting systems within the service territory of the Hull Municipal Light Plant. Service under this tariff schedule is not available for resale.
Rate – Applied Monthly
Minimum Charge
The minimum charge will be the Customer Charge.
Terms of Contract
Service may be terminated at any time upon at least 24 hours’ notice to the Light Plant during normal business hours.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The Light Plant’s Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this schedule.
Effective: May 1, 2025
TEMPORARY SERVICE
MDPU #52
Replaces MDPU #42
Availability
Electricity is available under this schedule for temporary service to contractors during construction or renovation to property within the service territory of the Hull Municipal Light Plant. Service under this tariff schedule is not available for resale.
Rate – Applied Monthly
Customer Charge: $27.44 per month.
Distribution Charge: $0.1215 per kWh
PPA Charge: As per MDPU #50
LATE PAYMENT PENALTY
On accounts twenty-five (25) or more days in arrears, a service charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month will be assessed at the beginning of each month on the gross balance outstanding at the end of the previous month. No discount will be available if any such service charge has been assessed.
Minimum Charge
The minimum charge will be the Customer Charge.
Terms of Contract
Service may be terminated at any time upon at least 24 hours’ notice to the Light Plant during normal business hours.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The Light Plant’s Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this schedule.
Effective: May 1, 2025
PURCHASED POWER CHARGE
MDPU #50
APPLICABLE TO
All filed rate schedules referencing this clause.
Rate Charges
The object of the PPC clause is to recover the total cost of power supply including losses.
The “total cost of power supply” is defined as the sum of the fixed and variable costs of power (including fuel and pool interchange net costs), and the cost of transmission of electricity by others, recorded in the FERC Uniform System of Accounts under account numbers; 555 Purchased Power; 557 Other
Purchased Power; and 565 Transmission of Electricity by Others.
There shall be added to each monthly bill, for each schedule, an amount equal to the total kWh billed during the month multiplied by the Purchased Power Charge determined as follows:
PPC = A+C
Where:
PPC = Purchased Power Charge
A = Estimated average cost of purchased power for the calendar year per kilowatt-hour sold as forecast by the Light Plant, net of charges or credits for ISO interchange, plus the total savings credited to Residential customers under the PASNY Power Credit Clause.
C = Adjustment for past differentials between purchased power cost incurred and Power Cost Adjustment revenues collected.
Effective: May 1, 2025
FIXED MONTHLY CHARGE FOR WINTER GENERATORS
The Light Board at its July 17, 2025 meeting voted to increase the fixed monthly customer charge to pay for the costs to have temporary generators in place from December 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. The temporary generators will power the entire town.
While no one wants to increase monthly costs, the impacts of loss of power in the winter months is challenging for residents and businesses. Loss of power and heat during the winter months can lead to serious safety issues. In addition, the loss of power and heat often results in costly repairs for frozen pipes and other building features.
The generator surcharge will be in effect starting with the September 2025 billing period and will last for one year, concluding with the August 2026 billing period. The surcharge will raise $823,545.24 to pay for renting six generators for the winter months. This surcharge is in addition to the standard monthly fixed charges.
| Rate Class | Number of Customers | Additional Monthly Charge | Total Annual Additional Charge | Total Revenue Raised |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 5858 | $10.43 | $125.16 | $733,187.28 |
| Small Power | 296 | $14.05 | $168.60 | $49,905.60 |
| Large Power | 20 | $120.86 | $1,450.32 | $29,006.40 |
| Municipal Power | 75 | $8.99 | $107.88 | $8,091.00 |
| Temporary Service | 7 | $39.94 | $479.28 | $3,354.96 |
| Totals: | 6256 | $823,545.24 |
We hope you will agree the benefits of having energy security during the coldest months of the year is worth this temporary increase to your fixed monthly charges. Thank you.
For any questions, please contact the Light Plant at 781-925-0051.