Gov. Healey Says Mass. Residents To Receive $50 Credit On April Electric Bills

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
After weeks of outrage at the ballooning cost of home
heating in Massachusetts this winter, the Heally administration is chipping
in a little so on April in.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Your electric bill, you will now be getting a credit
back of fifty dollars. I know that's not a ton
of money compared to what people have been paying, but
it is something.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
The governor announced that rebate. It's part of a plan
to help cut heating costs now and over the next
five or so years. The money for that one time
rebate will come from a pool that was supposed to
go towards green energy. She was asked about the mass
Save program, which is one of the key reasons for
the JackedUp prices this season.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
It's actually served an important purpose and in fact, if
we didn't have mass Save, our electricity bills would be
fourteen percent higher.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
The governor also said Massachusetts would be giving energy discounts
to middle class families, the details of which will be
worked out in the next year or so. She pledged
to work with the utilities to get some of their
fees down, for getting.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
The utilities to agree to remove any that just aren't
absolutely necessary in this time.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Right now, Kyle Shaffele BBZ, Boston's news radio