Heating Bills Are Rising – What Are Your Options?

Massachusetts Energy

Heating Bills
Are Rising –
What Are Your Options?

Homes heated with natural gas are seeing their bills go up, and fuel oil prices are spiking. Is it time to consider a heat pump?

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Modest single-family home
$42B
in benefits generated for Bay Staters through MassSave

Why It Matters Now

Last year, Massachusetts electric utilities began offering a lower rate during the winter heating season for homeowners with heat pumps, to reduce the cost of heating your home. High efficiency heat pumps also provide best-in-class air conditioning that can add cooling or lower summer bills.

Savings at Home: Reducing your energy consumption will help lower your energy bills. The MassSave energy efficiency and electrification programs offer a range of options, such as incentives for insulation, heat pumps and new windows, to help customers manage their energy use, which increases cost savings and increases comfort. Over the years, the program has generated $42 billion in benefits for Bay Staters.
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Heat pump unit mounted outside a home

High-Efficiency Heat Pumps + Discounted Rates

Do you have a heat pump in your home?

High-efficiency cold weather heat pumps can be used for both heating in winter and cooling in summer while potentially saving energy and money all year long.

Heat pumps come in a range of shapes and sizes to fit single family houses, condos, and apartments. Rebates are available to lower the upfront cost of heat pumps for Massachusetts residents and business via Masssave.com – and there are no-cost options for income-qualifying households.

Customers of Massachusetts electric utilities can also participate in seasonal heat pump rates designed to decrease winter energy charges for homes that use their electric heat pump for heating.

By the Numbers

The Cost of Staying on Gas

10%
Average Annual Increase
Massachusetts gas bills have risen an average of 10% each year over the last five years — and are projected to keep climbing.
133%
Higher Gas Costs This Winter
The cost of gas in New England this winter is 133% higher than in 2024, with the U.S. EIA projecting costs even higher in 2027.
⅔
Of Your Bill: Infrastructure
Paying for aging gas pipeline projects now makes up two-thirds of customers’ monthly bills — regardless of how much gas you use.
2020 Baseline
Baseline
+10% yr avg
5-yr trend
Winter 2024
Elevated
Winter 2025
+133% vs ’24
2027 (proj.)
Even Higher

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration · Massachusetts Gas Utility Data

Know Your Options

Energy affordability is on everyone’s mind.

Understanding how you can reduce your electricity usage and take advantage of existing programs and rates may help you save money.

Did you know?

The Mass Save program delivers a strong return on the investment. Investing in energy efficiency and electrification will help reduce your energy demand and deliver long-term savings to you and your neighbors.

High-efficiency cold weather heat pumps can be used for both heating in winter and cooling in summer while potentially saving energy and money all year long.

Heat pumps come in a range of shapes and sizes to fit single family houses, condos, and apartments. Rebates are available to lower the upfront cost of heat pumps for Massachusetts residents and business via Masssave.com – and there are no-cost options for income-qualifying households.

Customers of Massachusetts electric utilities can also participate in seasonal heat pump rates designed to decrease winter energy charges for homes that use their electric heat pump for heating.

Gas pipeline infrastructure
10%
average annual increase in Massachusetts gas bills over the past five years

Why Switch Off of Gas?

Over the last five years, Massachusetts gas bills have increased on average by 10% each year and will only continue to rise.

Aging Infrastructure and price volatility: Gas pipelines in the Commonwealth are costly to maintain and replace. Paying for pipeline projects now makes up two-thirds of customers’ monthly bills – if you are a gas utility customer, you pay this cost regardless of how much gas you use.

At the same time, gas supply is prone to price spikes. This winter, the cost of gas in New England is 133% higher than in 2024, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts the cost to be even higher in 2027.

Boston Globe (op-ed) · November 2025

Savings at Home

The MassSave energy efficiency and electrification programs offer a range of options to help customers manage their energy use, which increases cost savings and increases comfort. Over the years, the program has generated $42 billion in benefits for Bay Staters.

Visit MassSave.com