Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 27 utilities reporting residential rates in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Electric Co comes 25th of 27. The state's range runs from Town of Hudson - (MA) at 13.39¢ to Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co at 40.08¢, so where a household sits inside Massachusetts depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Massachusetts, whose customer-weighted average is 30.10¢, Massachusetts Electric Co is above its own ownership class within the state (+11.6%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Massachusetts Electric Co reported 526.4K residential customers, ranking 1st of 27 utilities in Massachusetts by customers served and covering 41.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 5,909 kWh per customer per year - -29.0% against the Massachusetts median of 8,321 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,985.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Massachusetts

All 27 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Massachusetts, largest first, with Massachusetts Electric Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

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

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Massachusetts, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Massachusetts Electric Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Massachusetts Electric Co rates

How much does Massachusetts Electric Co charge per kWh?

Massachusetts Electric Co reported an average residential price of 33.60¢ 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 Massachusetts Electric Co expensive compared with the rest of Massachusetts?

Its average residential price is above the Massachusetts customer-weighted average of 28.21¢ per kWh, a difference of +19.1%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 27 utilities reporting residential service in Massachusetts.

What is the average electricity bill for Massachusetts Electric Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 5,909 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,985 a year, or about $165 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Massachusetts Electric Co?

EIA classifies Massachusetts Electric 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 why energy prices vary .

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