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Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co in Massachusetts: 23.97 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co is an investor owned utility serving 30,884 customer accounts in Massachusetts; 26,290 of them are residential. It connects 133.5 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 15.3 times the national median.
At 520 kWh a month a Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co home pays about $125 in energy: 23.97 ¢/kWh, 18.3% below the Massachusetts average of 29.35 ¢.
It connects 133.5 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 15.3 times the national median.
Rooftop solar on the Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co grid
Net-metered homes per 1,000
133.515.3x the national median of 8.7
Net metering stands out at Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co: 3,509 residential installations on 26,290 home accounts, 133.5 per 1,000. That is place 1 of 7 Massachusetts utilities and 15.3 times the national median (8.7). All installations together total 37.6 MW, an average of 10.5 kW each, and 3,809 MWh went back to the utility.
How it compares
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co
23.97 ¢/kWh
16.66 ¢/kWh
$125at 520 kWh
65 minSAIDI
Massachusetts average against this company, which is 7 of 7 on price
No 2025 early-release row for Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co; 2024 stays the latest year.
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co 2024 against Massachusetts 2025
-6.51 ¢23.97 ¢ for Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co in 2024, 30.48 ¢ for Massachusetts in 2025
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co has no 2025 early-release row; for its 26,290 home accounts the latest year is 2024, at 23.97 ¢/kWh and 65 SAIDI minutes.
Carbon context
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co serves 26,290 homes in Massachusetts. At 520 kWh a month that is about 194 kg of CO₂, or 2,329 kg a year, at the Massachusetts plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Massachusetts generation mix.
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co charts
Residential price since 2015: 23.97 ¢ in 2024
20.75 ¢ in 2015, 23.97 ¢ in 2024 (+15.5%); Massachusetts 19.83 to 29.35 ¢.
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co billed homes 20.75 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 23.97 ¢ in 2024, +15.5% in all, and lagged the Massachusetts average (+48.0%) by 32.5 points. Full-service customers alone pay 40.08 ¢ per EIA, against 23.97 ¢ for all rows: buyers of energy elsewhere pay Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co for delivery only. Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co's sharpest move came in 2022, +14.9%. The high is 25.39 ¢ (2022) and the low 18.96 ¢ (2016). 2024: -3.3% here, -0.9% for the Massachusetts average. SAIDI at Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co (major events excluded) rose from 55 minutes in 2015 to 65 in 2024, +17%; worst year 2018 at 108. Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co filed SAIDI under the national median in 9 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 65 minutes, -35 from that year's median. 2023: 1015 minutes with major events, 90 without, the widest gap of any year.
Two good signs together. Rates are 18.3% below Massachusetts and outage time of 65 minutes beats the national median by 35%.
Home accounts at Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co went from 24,939 in 2015 to 26,290 in 2024, +5.4%. Business customers paid 0.69 times the home price in 2024 (16.66 against 23.97 ¢); the ratio was 0.73 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.02 in 2015 to 1.05 in 2024, between 1.02 and 1.57.
Outages and home price of Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co (EIA utility 6374), 2013 to 2024
By 2024 the average Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co customer sat through 65 minutes of outage, against 112 in 2013 (−42%). Its best year was 2015 (55 min), its worst 2013 (112 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Massachusetts median of 48 minutes in 2024, Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co was above the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co home paid 24.60 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 25.13 ¢ in 2013, −2.1%; the bill itself went 18.18 ¢ to 23.97 ¢ (+31.8%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $3,015 for the year at the 2013 real price and $2,952 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 31st cheapest of 31 in 2013, 26th of 27 in 2024 among Massachusetts utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 65 in 2024
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co at 65 min in 2024 and the Massachusetts median at 48.
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co home price since 2013: −2.1% after inflation
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co: 24.60 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 23.97 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co, EIA utility 6374, year by year among Massachusetts utilities
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Fitchburg Gas & El
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Fitchburg Gas
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Fitchburg Gas
Massachusetts median SAIDI
2013
18.18
25.13
31 of 31
112
1.07
9 of 9
55
2014
19.39
26.37
33 of 33
92
1.24
6 of 8
65
2015
20.75
28.18
32 of 33
55
1.02
4 of 6
38
2016
18.96
25.44
33 of 35
88
1.45
7 of 8
24
2017
19.48
25.58
34 of 35
75
1.34
6 of 7
72
2018
20.47
26.25
33 of 33
108
1.57
10 of 10
34
2019
20.92
26.34
44 of 46
84
1.24
13 of 14
27
2020
21.14
26.30
26 of 26
65
1.27
6 of 9
57
2021
22.09
26.25
26 of 26
77
1.27
8 of 12
66
2022
25.39
27.93
26 of 26
71
1.10
8 of 12
47
2023
24.79
26.19
27 of 27
90
1.21
10 of 12
59
2024
23.97
24.60
26 of 27
65
1.05
9 of 12
48
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Lig, EIA utility 6374: EIA-861, CPI-U.
How big is Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co in Massachusetts, by customer accounts?
30,884 accounts in 2024: residential 26,290, commercial 4,564, industrial 30.
How many cents per kWh does Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 23.97 cents; against the Massachusetts average that is -18.3%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co?
SAIDI 64.6 min and SAIFI 1.05 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.65, CAIDI 62 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co?
3,591 installations with 37.6 MW, of which residential installations number 3,509.
What would a typical Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co home pay each month?
520 kWh at 23.97 cents comes to about $125, energy only.
Is Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co cheaper than other Massachusetts utilities?
Rank 7 of 7 in Massachusetts on price, -18.3% against the state average; 6 charge less than 23.97 ¢.
How much of the Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co load is business?
Homes take 37.6% of 435,960 MWh, commercial accounts 21.7%, industrial and other 40.7%; the 4,564 commercial accounts use 20,728 kWh each, 3.3 times a home.
Does Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co have smart meters or TOU rates?
27,893 of 27,893 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co reports no home time-of-use rate; 1 of 17 Massachusetts filers do.
Since 2015, has Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co become cheaper than other Massachusetts utilities?
7th cheapest of 7 in 2015, 7th of 7 in 2024; its price rose 15.5% while Massachusetts rose 48.0%.
Has Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co filed 2025 data with EIA?
Not yet: 23.97 cents and 65 SAIDI minutes (2024) remain the newest Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co record.
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