Chancellor George Osborne today announced that employers will no longer have to pay national insurance contributions (NIC) on apprentices aged 24 and under.
The average household in Massachusetts uses about 630 kilowatts of electricity a month, according to the most recent US government data. With National Gridâs new winter rate of 24.24 cents per kilowatt-hour, a typical monthly bill would run slightly more than $150. A National Grid spokesman, Jake Navarro, said that two-thirds of the cost comes from the purchase of electricity from power plants, compared to just over half last winter.
Prices paid by Boston area consumers for utility (piped) gas, commonly referred to as natural gas, were $1.352 per therm, 34.8 percent higher than the national average in February 2017 ($1.003 per therm). In February of 2016 local prices were $1.167 per therm or 30.4 percent higher than those of the nation ($0.895).