It's part of a broader energy-affordability plan that Gov. Maura Healey announced during a stop in Lowell on Monday.

In response to a sudden spike in utility costs, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced a plan to eventually cut billions of dollars from ratepayers’ bills and send everyone a small

The Healey administration hopes to save residents billions of dollars in energy costs over the next five years by pulling a host of executive-branch levers, including redirection of some clean energy development funding to shave $50 off electricity bills in April.