Product Details
| Electricity Product | Year | Required MA Class I | Required Other Renewables | Voluntary MA Class I Renewables added by Scituate CCE | Total Renewables |
| Scituate Basic | 2024 | 24% | 38% | - | 62% |
| 2025 | 27% | 36% | - | 63% | |
| 2026 | 30% | 39% | - | 69% | |
| 2027 | 33% | 42% | - | 75% | |
| Scituate Standard (community default) | 2024 | 24% | 38% | 10% | 72% |
| 2025 | 27% | 36% | 10% | 73% | |
| 2026 | 30% | 39% | 10% | 79% | |
| 2027 | 33% | 42% | 10% | 85% | |
| Scituate Plus | 2024 | 24% | 38% | 38% | 100% |
| 2025 | 27% | 36% | 37% | 100% | |
| 2026 | 30% | 39% | 31% | 100% | |
| 2027 | 33% | 42% | 25% | 100% | |
| Eversource and National Grid Basic Service(if you opt out) | 2024 | 24% | 38% | - | 62% |
| 2025 | 27% | 36% | - | 63% | |
| 2026 | 30% | 39% | - | 69% | |
| 2027 | 33% | 42% | - | 75% |
MA Class I renewables come from new, regional sources (i.e., generation located within, or delivered to, New England, built after 1997). For details on all required renewable resources, see www.mass.gov/service-details/program-summaries.
Additional Product Details
The program will appear on your bill as “ScituateCommChoiceElec-Direct”.
Prices for all program options in the Scituate CCE program include a 0.1 ¢/kWh administration fee. Program prices could increase as a result of a change in law that results in a direct, material increase in costs during the term of the electricity supply agreement. Program prices apply only to the electricity supply portion of your utility – National Grid or Eversource – electric bill. Delivery charges on your utility electric bill are not affected by the Scituate CCE program.
Future savings against your utility’s fixed Basic Service rate cannot be guaranteed because National Grid and Eversource’s rates change every six months for residential and commercial customers and every three months for industrial customers.
- For Commercial and Industrial National Grid Basic Service Rates please check out the National Grid supply rates page.
- For Commercial and Industrial Eversource Basic Service Rates please check out the Eversource supply rates page.
If you participate in Scituate CCE, you will be automatically enrolled at a new price at the end of the contract term, unless you inform the Town otherwise. The new price may be higher or lower than the existing price and the voluntary renewable energy content may change. The Town will contact you no later than 30 days before each automatic renewal to notify you of your supply options.
Sourcing the Additional Renewable Energy
The Scituate Community Choice Electricity (CCE) Program presents a unique opportunity for the Town to influence the development of renewable energy resources by going above and beyond the requirements in Massachusetts – this means voluntarily purchasing additional renewable energy. See the Massachusetts’ renewable energy requirements.
For Scituate CCE, all purchases of renewable electricity will be certified by purchasing and retiring Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), the accepted legal instrument used to track renewable energy generation and substantiate claims of renewable energy use. Learn more about why we need RECs.
On Our Grid
All of the additional renewable energy in the Scituate CCE program come from sources designated as MA Class I. These sources must be physically part of our New England electricity grid. This stands in contrast to some electricity supplies that obtain their renewable energy from national sources (e.g. Texas) that are not physically connected to our New England electricity grid. While those sources provide very cheap electricity, you get what you pay for: including them in the electricity mix does not move our region away from fossil fuels.
A Local Option
All of the extra renewable energy in the Scituate CCE program qualifies as MA Class I, and is provided through the local non-profit, Green Energy Consumers Alliance. Purchasing through Green Energy Consumers Alliance provides two important benefits for our renewable energy:
Only Zero-Emission or Methane-Destroying Sources
Scituate CCE’s extra renewable electricity only comes from zero emission sources, such as solar, wind, low impact hydropower2, and sources that destroy methane, such as anaerobic digestion. Methane has a global warming potential (GWP) 28-36 times greater than CO2 over a 100 year period3. Combustion destroys methane and releases some CO2, resulting in a net reduction in GWP. Other forms of biomass are explicitly not purchased, due to their positive emissions of CO2 during their life cycles.
Only New England Sources
MA Class I renewable energy can come from New England or adjacent parts of Canada and New York. Scituate CCE exclusively sources its extra renewable energy from within New England. We’re helping to keep our energy impact local, supporting New England’s clean energy economy. See below for a map of sources.
Green Energy Consumers Alliance helps bring new renewable projects to New England through strategic support of development opportunities with short and long-term contracts. The map below shows the sources from which Green Energy Consumers Alliance has been purchasing as of April 2025.
What Are RECs and Why We Need Them
When electricity generated by renewable sources such as solar and wind is put onto our regional electricity grid, it becomes mixed in with and indistinguishable from other electricity on the grid. It is not possible to physically separate out renewable electricity from the grid mix for your individual consumption.
As a result, a tracking system called Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) has been created to enable the purchase and use of renewable electricity. For every one megawatt-hour (mWh) of renewable electricity generated, one REC is created. In order to use renewable electricity, one must purchase a quantity of RECs equal to the amount of electricity purchased from the grid. Once used, a REC is retired so that no one else can purchase that same REC or claim to use it.