Connecticut · Investor Owned

Connecticut Light & Power Co Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

28.51¢
Avg residential price / kWh
924.1K
Residential customers
-1.4%
vs Connecticut average
$2,245
Implied avg annual bill

Connecticut Light & Power Co charged an average of 28.51¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Connecticut average and far above the US average.

Connecticut Light & Power Co is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is close to the Connecticut customer-weighted average (-1.4%). Its customers used below the national residential norm at about 7,876 kWh a year each.

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 13 utilities reporting residential rates in Connecticut, Connecticut Light & Power Co comes 12th of 13. The state's range runs from Town of Wallingford - (CT) at 15.65¢ to United Illuminating Co at 34.04¢, so where a household sits inside Connecticut depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 1 other investor owned utilities reporting in Connecticut, which averaged 34.04¢, Connecticut Light & Power Co is below its own ownership class within the state (-16.3%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 13 reporting utilities.

Where Connecticut Light & Power Co sits among Connecticut utilities

2024 average residential price across the 13 utilities reporting a rate in Connecticut

28.51¢/kWh 8th affordability percentile More affordable than 8% of 12 other utilities

Connecticut Light & Power Co

average residential price, equal-width bands

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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Connecticut Light & Power Co average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Connecticut Light & Power Co 28.51¢ -
Connecticut (customer-weighted, 13 utilities) 28.90¢ -1.4%
United States average 16.48¢ +73.0%
Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) 17.36¢ +64.2%

Rate against consumption: Connecticut utilities

Each dot is one of the 13 Connecticut utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Connecticut Light & Power Co is highlighted. In Connecticut the cheapest rate belongs to Town of Wallingford - (CT) (15.65¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to Tesla Inc. ($976) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 13 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use -50050100150 -50050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 13 Connecticut utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Connecticut Light & Power Co is highlighted. In Connecticut the cheapest rate belongs to Town of Wallingford - (CT) (15.65¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to Tesla Inc. ($976) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists.

Scale and consumption

Connecticut Light & Power Co reported 924.1K residential customers, ranking 1st of 13 utilities in Connecticut by customers served and covering 71.8% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 7,876 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $2,245.

Within Connecticut the median reporting utility sells about 8,088 kWh per customer, so Connecticut Light & Power Co customers use -2.6% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.

Every utility reporting in Connecticut

All 13 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Connecticut, largest first, with Connecticut Light & Power Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in Connecticut, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Connecticut Light & Power Co (this page) Investor Owned 924.1K 28.51¢
United Illuminating Co Investor Owned 256.3K 34.04¢
Town of Wallingford - (CT) Municipal 21.4K 15.65¢
Sunnova Behind the Meter 20.4K 21.24¢
City of Norwich - (CT) Municipal 18.9K 22.78¢
Sunrun Inc. Behind the Meter 17.3K 24.36¢
Groton Dept of Utilities - (CT) Municipal 12.3K 18.70¢
Tesla Inc. Behind the Meter 8.4K 17.11¢
SunPower Capital, LLC Behind the Meter 3.5K 18.03¢
Bozrah Light & Power Company Municipal 2.4K 19.33¢
Spruce Finance Behind the Meter 1.8K 16.33¢
EverBright, LLC Behind the Meter 489 17.81¢
Palmetto Solar, LLC Behind the Meter 46 28.09¢

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Connecticut.

Common questions about Connecticut Light & Power Co rates

How much does Connecticut Light & Power Co charge per kWh?
Connecticut Light & Power Co reported an average residential price of 28.51¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
Is Connecticut Light & Power Co expensive compared with the rest of Connecticut?
Its average residential price is close to the Connecticut customer-weighted average of 28.90¢ per kWh, a difference of -1.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 13 utilities reporting residential service in Connecticut.
What is the average electricity bill for Connecticut Light & Power Co customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 7,876 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,245 a year, or about $187 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Connecticut Light & Power Co?
EIA classifies Connecticut Light & Power Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

What this page does and does not tell you

  • An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
  • Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.