Eversource on Friday submitted its proposed standard offer electric rates it plans to charge Connecticut customers beginning Jan. 1.

The electric supply rate changes twice a year. It’s typically higher in the winter than in the summer. This year, compared to last year, Eversource said the winter rate is down by about 24% for standard service customers — the lowest it’s been in a few years.

An overwhelming majority of Eversource Energy's residential electric customers will see the amount they pay for power increase by 2.2 cents per kilowatt hour, based on a regulatory filing officials submitted with the utility on Friday. If Eversource's ...