Protection from Third-Party Electric Suppliers

Once again, we’re calling on our state leaders to pass bold, comprehensive legislation this session to protect Massachusetts consumers and Stop Predatory Electric Suppliers.

The 2025-2026 legislative session presents a critical opportunity for House and Senate lawmakers to act on this pressing issue and it is essential that they hear from advocates, impacted community members, and local leaders from throughout the Commonwealth that third-party suppliers are harming residents and threatening their financial well-being. At a time when affordability remains a pressing issue for Massachusetts residents, passing legislation to ban these suppliers and protect consumers must be an urgent priority.

For updates on actions you can take to support this effort, sign up with the Campaign to Stop Predatory Electric Suppliers.

Last year, over 100 organizations signed up in favor of this legislation. It passed the State Senate, but not the House.

In 1997, Massachusetts deregulated its electricity market. Today, consumers can elect to purchase their electric supply from their utility, their local municipal aggregation program (for the 177 towns and cities that have them currently and another 40 or more that could be operating in 2025), or third-party electric suppliers.

While deregulation benefited many commercial customers and municipal aggregation programs, third-party electric suppliers have been harming Massachusetts residents for decades, using unethical, predatory practices to entice consumers before suddenly raising their electricity costs. We believe that the industry is beyond repair and needs to be stopped now.

We’re not alone. The effort to ban third-party suppliers has been underway for years, with strong support from Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. And as mentioned above, the bill was passed by the State Senate.