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Rate changes will take effect starting with the January 2026 billing cycle. Please click here to review the General Managers letter regarding these changes.

Hudson Light & Power will be offering a new low-income residential rate to customers that meet specific qualifications. This rate will be 20% off the rate portion of your electric bill. Please click here to download the application and see if you qualify for this rate.

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Hudson Light & Power customers can Opt-in to Outage Alerts; Call 888-404-4573, Press 2

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Hudson Light and Power has been designated a Platinum Level “reliable public power provider” by the American Public Power Association. This “RP3” designation certifies that Hudson Light has demonstrated leading practices in reliability, safety, workforce development, and system improvement. Hudson Light takes pride in powering our communities because our customers are not only our owners, but also our neighbors. As a community-owned, not-for-profit utility, our focus is squarely on the customer and community. The prestigious RP3 designation indicates that our service meets high industry standards. The RP3 designation is good for three years, but we will not rest on our laurels. Hudson Light continues to look for ways to improve service to the community and welcomes suggestions from our customers. Many thanks to the hard-working men and women of Hudson Light for earning this prestigious honor.

A brief study in how power gets to you! Distribution involves the lines leaving our substation in various routes (circuits) across the system and, eventually, to your meter. Hudson Light’s service territory is 30 square miles and consists of 158 miles of overhead lines and 56 miles of underground lines. We serve all of Hudson and Stow and parts of surrounding areas. Constant maintenance of the lines and our Vegetation Management Program helps reduce the number of outages. Distribution ends at your meter, which records your electric consumption. Generation is where it all begins – the source of electric power. Hudson Light has its own generating facility in Hudson. We also have power contracts with generating facilities and purchase power on the open market. According to a study by the Analysis Group entitled “Fuel Mix and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Municipal Electric Light Plants in Massachusetts,” MLPs are leading the State and the New England region in reducing carbon emissions in their power portfolio. Hudson Light and Power is proud to provide an energy portfolio that is greater than 90% greenhouse-gas free. Following is our current 2019 Carbon Footprint: Transmission involve the high lines that bring electricity from outside sources to our substation, where it is “stepped down” to a level that can be used by local homes and businesses. Hudson Light is currently fed by two transmission lines. A third proposed Eversource line may also feed into Hudson, enhancing reliability and helping reduce costs. For more information on the proposed line, see the Light Board’s position paper.

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Hudson Light & Power is upgrading customer AMR (Automated Meter Reading) meters with new AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) devices. Both metering types provide electric readings electronically to the utility. Currently, readings are collected with drive-by and hand-held devices and uploaded to a server. With AMI, readings will be automatically collected by “gateways” situated strategically across the system. There are many benefits to AMI for both the consumer and the utility: Improved Customer Service – Meter readings will be able to be obtained instantaneously for billing, customer questions, etc. instead of sending a meter technician to the site. Outage Management and Communications – The system will send alerts if a meter is not operating and/or power is out to a neighborhood, greatly enhancing outage response time and facilitating communications during outage situations. This also eliminates the need for customers to report outages since the system will be continuously monitoring every meter. Demand Management – AMI’s Time of Use component offers the ability to expand rate offerings, reduce peak demands and related costs, and offer customers increased savings. Hudson Light & Power will notify customers when actual meter changes take place in their neighborhoods. For further information on AMI, see https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/12/f34/AMI%20Summary%20Report_09-26-16.pdf