Eversource and National Grid, Massachusetts’ largest energy companies, proposed 10 percent cuts to gas bill delivery rates on Monday, after the Department of Public Utilities ordered gas companies to lower total gas bills by at least 5 percent last week.

Massachusetts residents who heat their homes with natural gas are experiencing sticker shock this winter. As temperatures have plummeted, natural gas bills have skyrocketed.  People have seen amounts they never expected,

The state’s two biggest utilities said Monday they will reduce gas bills for the next two months, but recoup the costs later this year.

Eversource says it will cut gas bills in Massachusetts for March and April, and recoup the costs in the summer months. WBZ-TV's David Wade reports.