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.
Utility (piped) gas prices averaged $1.352 per therm in the Boston area in February 2017. Area natural gas prices increased 18.5 cents from one year ago when they averaged $1.167 per therm. The average cost of electricity at 20.1 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) in February was similar to the 20.3 cents spent last year.