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Why is My Business's Electric Bill So High?
Answers and solutions to your biggest question
Usage
The amount of your bill depends on how much energy you use, your business’s rate class and the temperature outside. Your electricity usage impacts both the supply and delivery portions of your bill.
As temperatures rise, your business’s cooling system has to work harder, so you use more electricity.
Even if you don't change the settings of your air conditioner, the outside temperature will affect your usage as more energy is used to maintain the same temperature. Cooling systems work harder to maintain set temperatures, especially during peak heat. This can lead to longer running times, increased demand and higher seasonal costs.
Without touching the thermostat, you will use more energy on a 95-degree day than a 75-degree day.
What you can do
From closing your blinds to sealing cracks, there is a lot you can do to make your business more efficient during warmer months.
Existing Building Solutions can connect business owners to qualified energy specialists who will perform a comprehensive no-cost evaluation of your building’s energy system and provide you with a plan outlining all eligible measures, costs, and estimated savings.
When summer heat drives up your A/C and other appliances are running at the same time, it can cause short, high demand spikes – and those spikes can lead to higher demand charges on your bill.
Market Influence and Supply
If you don't have a third-party supplier or participate in a municipal aggregation, the cost of electricity supply that we purchase for you changes in the summer. These changes reflect the actual costs paid by Eversource to purchase the energy, as well as market and seasonal conditions.
As temperatures rise, energy use for businesses often increases, resulting in larger overall bills.
Your supply charge is a pass-through cost, we do not make any money from it. What we pay is what you pay.
System Investments and Mandated Charges
Bringing Safe and Reliable Electricity to Your Business
The core of our business is safely and reliably delivering power.
There is a cost to build, maintain and operate the regional transmission system that brings electricity from power generators. These are the large, lattice steel towers you may see while driving along a highway. These charges are federally regulated.
Local delivery is the system of poles and wires you see lining the streets. Beyond delivering the power to you safely and reliably, this charge also includes the cost of local employees and the cost of improvements that make the electric grid more resilient, reliable and modernized for the future.
Unlike a flat charge for the delivery of a package, the local delivery charges on your energy bill are driven by how much energy you use and can vary from month to month.
Diver deeper into elements funded by these costs
See some of our improvement projects in the state
Learn more about the electric grid
Find transmission vegetation updates near you
Required public programs
A portion of your delivery charge includes costs we are required by the state and federal government to pass through to customers for financial assistance and energy efficiency programs, and funding clean energy options.
We offer a variety of programs that help you lower your energy use and receive help with your bill if you need it. You’re contributing to these programs through your bill, so take advantage of the resources available to you.