Connecticut · Investor Owned · investor
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
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Connecticut Light & Power Co ranks #9 by average cents per kWh and #33 by residential customers. 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 Form 861 US customer-weighted average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. 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.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release CT-2024 · Connecticut Light & Power Co NEAR STATE
Connecticut Light & Power Co · Form 861 2024 · NEAR STATE
- RATE 28.51¢/kWh
- RANK #12/13
- VS-ST -1.4%
- VS-US +66.6%
- CUST 924k
- BILL $2,245
- OWN IOU
- PHOTO RI 0.24¢
- BOOK 33/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: The Narragansett Electric Co (RI) (-0.24¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Connecticut rates
Connecticut Light & Power Co in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- CA
Sunrun Inc.
26 ¢/kWh
- ME
Versant Power
28 ¢/kWh
- RI
The Narragansett Electric Co
28 ¢/kWh
- this util
Connecticut Light & Power Co
29 ¢/kWh
- MA
NSTAR Electric Company
30 ¢/kWh
What this shows Connecticut Light & Power Co reports 28.51¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 33 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Connecticut Light & Power Co compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Connecticut; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 8/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 8/100
- State renewable generation context
- 12/100
28.51¢/kWh · median 19.33¢/kWh
$2,245/yr · median $1,791/yr
7.1% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
Rate comparison
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, whose customer-weighted average is 34.04¢, Connecticut Light & Power Co is below its own ownership class within the state (-16.3%).
State price distribution
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
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Light & Power Co | 28.51¢ | - |
| Connecticut (customer-weighted, 13 utilities) | 28.90¢ | -1.4% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | +66.6% |
| Investor Owned customer-weighted US avg (183 utilities) | 18.37¢ | +55.2% |
Rate against consumption: Connecticut utilities
Territory and usage
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 - -2.6% against the Connecticut median of 8,088 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,245.
State peers
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.
| 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.
Ownership class peers
Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Connecticut, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Connecticut Light & Power Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Narragansett Electric Co | Rhode Island | 332.5K | 28.26¢ |
| Versant Power | Maine | 130.6K | 28.08¢ |
| NSTAR Electric Company | Massachusetts | 383.4K | 29.91¢ |
| Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp | New York | 229.6K | 25.14¢ |
| Southern California Edison Co | California | 3.2M | 32.43¢ |
FAQ
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, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.
Limitations
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 and comparing utility costs across states .
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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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, the Form 861 US customer-weighted average, the ownership-class customer-weighted average, and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns, never the separate EIA retail-sales statewide series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.