Malden Community Electricity is a program offered by the City to provide residents and businesses more electricity supply options and more renewable energy. The program is a City-vetted alternative to National Grid’s default supply and other third party electricity suppliers.
Anyone can get a lower supplier rate through Malden Basic. Discounts are available if you are a low-income customer. You can also reduce your bill through heat pump discounts. Learn more below.
The Malden Community Electricity program has officially been active for a year! In the first year program participants:
- Purchased almost 10 million kWh of extra renewable energy (beyond the state’s requirement) which helped mitigate over 5 million pounds of CO2.
- Saved a collective $1.5M compared to the National Grid Basic Service rate. Residential customers on average saved $103 per account in the first year of the program.
Program Products
 Malden Standard (community default) |
 Malden Basic |
 Malden 100 |
National Grid Basic Service Residential |
| 13.758 ¢/kWh | 13.345 ¢/kWh | 14.696 ¢/kWh | 15.484 ¢/kWh |
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Adds 10% voluntary renewable energy (MA Class I RECs) |
No additional renewable energy |
Adds voluntary renewable energy (MA Class I RECs) to total 100% |
No additional renewable energy |
| June 2024 through December 2027 | August 2025 through January 2026 | ||
Customers eligible for automatic enrollment are enrolled in Malden Standard (13.758 ¢/kWh). If you are enrolled, you may always leave the program at any time, without penalty. Join the program or change your option at any time here. Compare costs with our calculator here.
Future savings cannot be guaranteed. The additional RECs qualify for MA Class I designation and come only from solar, wind, anaerobic digestion and low impact hydro. RECs are the accepted legal instrument used to track renewable energy generation and to substantiate claims of renewable energy use. Learn more about the product details and renewable energy content here.
If you do not receive a letter, you will not be automatically enrolled. You may join the Program by submitting a request to enroll here.
Are you participating in the program? Check your electricity bill to see if you’re one of them: the Supplier should be listed as
Malden Community Elec – Dynegy.
More Ways to Save
- Opt-down to Malden Basic: Customers seeking greater financial relief can opt down to Malden Basic. Click here to enroll.
- Low-Income Discount: National Grid in Massachusetts has transitioned to a tiered low-income discount rate, replacing the previous flat 32% discount. Discounts now range from 32% to 71% based on income level and apply to the entire bill, including the cost of Malden Community Electricity supply. Go to this page to enroll.
- Heat Pump Discount Rate: Starting November 1, 2025, most electricity customers with heat pumps will receive a discount through National Grid’s ‘heat pump’ delivery rate. This discount applies only to the delivery portion of electric bills, so customers in this community’s aggregation program remain eligible and can enjoy added savings.
- Automatic enrollment: Customers with Mass Save®-supported heat pumps installed on or after Jan 1, 2019 will be automatically enrolled starting Nov 1, 2025 — no action needed.
- Winter discount: Reduced delivery rates apply Nov 1 – Apr 30 each year.
- Estimated savings: About $540 per winter (Mass. DPU).
- No impact on supply: Only affects delivery charges; aggregation supply rates stay the same.
- Non-heat-pump customers: Remain on standard delivery rates.
- Enrollment notices: Sent by late Oct 2025.
- Manual enrollment: All other customers need to reach out to National Grid to enroll.
Check National Grid’s heat pump rate page to find more information about signing up. For more information on heat pumps, check out this helpful FAQ from Mass Save.
Data Dashboard
Questions about the program? We’re here to help! You can find our contact information here.