Does anyone recommend a 3rd party gas supplier?

Submitted by armoguy94 t3_10le64l in boston

I'm looking into optimizing my energy bills and I started with comparing electricity suppliers. I found Energy Switch Massachusetts to be an incredible and straightforward resource for this, showing all 3rd party supplier options based on zip code, and each supplier's rate per kWh. But I cannot find anything for gas suppliers! The closest I found is this page (also a state government page) but they don't list prices, so how am I supposed to know who is most competitive?

Does anyone know of a database that lays out our gas supplier options with pricing attached, just like Energy Switch MA for electricity suppliers? Or any useful resource at all?

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5wbu9e wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,496,017)

Hi, my natural gas bills from National Grid show them as separate, contrary to what you said.

This page (mass.gov) states:

>If you are a gas customer in Massachusetts, you have the option of choosing a natural gas supplier other than your gas company.  

Edit: National Grid also states MA homeowners are encouraged to shop for 3rd party gas suppliers. They link to the second link in my original post, which is the nondescript page to shop for suppliers.

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Electrical_Bed_ t1_j5wcg1w wrote

Did you try the MassSave.com website? They might have more info

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5whi6f wrote

Replying to BobSacamano97 (#1,496,522)

Wow, that's too bad. This is important info missing. Did you make a switch or call places?

In 2022, my overall gas payments were 40% supply and 60% delivery. We may save a lot of money by switching to a cheaper supplier, but because 3rd party supplier pricing is not available, I have no idea how much.

Specifically, I paid an average of $0.92/therm for supply and $1.36/therm for delivery.

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altilly t1_j5yy9oo wrote

I think that 3rd party gas suppliers generally don’t bother with residential customers. Too small and not worth their time. Which is why there isn’t price comparison resources like there is for electricity.

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armoguy94 OP t1_j5z1eyw wrote

Replying to altilly (#1,507,025)

This makes sense except for that electricity suppliers DO bother with residential customers. However, to explain that, there seems to be a lot more competition with electricity supply than natural gas supply (also makes sense - lots of electricity sources out there).

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