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Healy touts 25% energy-bill cut and $25,000 down-payment aid to address affordability

Office of the Governor · January 24, 2026
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Governor Mara Healy said she is cutting energy bills by 25% in coming months, launching a $25,000 down-payment assistance program and eliminating prior authorizations to improve health-care access as part of a broader affordability agenda.

Governor Mara Healy, the Democratic governor of Massachusetts, told an interviewer that affordability is the core focus of her administration and laid out several measures the state is taking to ease household costs.

"Yesterday, I announced that I'm cappingI'm cutting your energy bills next month and March, by 25%," Healy said. She also described a program to deliver $25,000 toward a home down payment for residents and…

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