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Massachusetts Electric Co in Massachusetts: 23.07 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar
Massachusetts Electric Co is an investor owned utility serving 1,373,756 customer accounts in Massachusetts; 1,210,113 of them are residential. 1% of its home meters are advanced (AMI), against 10% across Massachusetts.
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At 547 kWh a month a Massachusetts Electric Co home pays about $126 in energy: 23.07 ¢/kWh, 21.4% below the Massachusetts average of 29.35 ¢.
1% of its home meters are advanced (AMI), against 10% across Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Electric Co: smart meters and rate options
Home meters that are AMI
1%Massachusetts utilities overall: 10%
Metering is where Massachusetts Electric Co differs: 13,233 of 1,282,858 home meters are AMI, 1.0%, 5th place of 5 Massachusetts utilities that report; the Massachusetts figure for all utilities is 10.4%. It does not offer a time-of-use rate to homes in the EIA filing.
How it compares
Massachusetts Electric Co
Massachusetts Electric Co, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Massachusetts Electric CoLowest in this table
23.07 ¢/kWh
11.64 ¢/kWh
$126at 547 kWh
91 minSAIDI
Massachusetts average against this company, which is 6 of 7 on price
Massachusetts Electric Co: +1.6% on 2024 for homes, Massachusetts +3.6%.
Massachusetts Electric Co home price, 2025
23.44 ¢/kWh+1.6% on 2024, early release
Massachusetts Electric Co SAIDI, 2025
91 minlevel with 2024, early release
Massachusetts Electric Co against Massachusetts, 2025
-2.0 pointsMassachusetts Electric Co +1.6%, Massachusetts +3.6%, price in Massachusetts 30.41 ¢
Massachusetts Electric Co reported 23.44 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +1.6% on its 2024 figure of 23.07, while the Massachusetts average moved +3.6%. Its SAIDI is 91 minutes against 91 in 2024.
Carbon context
Massachusetts Electric Co serves 1,210,113 homes in Massachusetts. At 547 kWh a month that is about 204 kg of CO₂, or 2,450 kg a year, at the Massachusetts plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Massachusetts generation mix.
Massachusetts Electric Co charts
Residential price since 2015: 23.07 ¢ in 2024
17.08 ¢ in 2015, 23.07 ¢ in 2024 (+35.1%); Massachusetts 19.83 to 29.35 ¢.
Massachusetts Electric Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Massachusetts Electric Co billed homes 17.08 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 23.07 ¢ in 2024, +35.1% in all, and lagged the Massachusetts average (+48.0%) by 12.9 points. Full-service customers alone pay 33.60 ¢ per EIA, against 23.07 ¢ for all rows: buyers of energy elsewhere pay Massachusetts Electric Co for delivery only. Massachusetts Electric Co's sharpest move came in 2023, +15.2%. The high is 24.05 ¢ (2023) and the low 14.74 ¢ (2016). 2024: -4.1% here, -0.9% for the Massachusetts average. SAIDI at Massachusetts Electric Co (major events excluded) went from 98 minutes in 2021 to 91 in 2024, -7%, between 91 (2024) and 106 (2022). At 91 minutes in 2024, Massachusetts Electric Co sat -9 from the national SAIDI median, with 2 of 4 years below it. 2021: 472 minutes with major events, 98 without, the widest gap of any year. Massachusetts Electric Co has 5 cheaper and 1 higher-priced Massachusetts peers among 7 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, City of Taunton, bills 21.46 ¢ (-1.61). Next higher-priced, Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co, bills 23.97 ¢ (+0.90).
A 21.4% discount to Massachusetts comes with ordinary reliability, 91 minutes or 0.91x the national median.
Home accounts at Massachusetts Electric Co went from 1,147,218 in 2015 to 1,210,113 in 2024, +5.5%. Business customers paid 0.50 times the home price in 2024 (11.64 against 23.07 ¢); the ratio was 0.49 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.94 in 2021 to 0.84 in 2024, between 0.84 and 1.05.
Outages and home price of Massachusetts Electric Co (EIA utility 11804), 2013 to 2024
Massachusetts Electric Co outage time held near 92 to 91 minutes a customer from 2013 to 2024 (−1%). Its best year was 2024 (91 min), its worst 2022 (106 min), across 6 filed years. Against a Massachusetts median of 48 minutes in 2024, Massachusetts Electric Co was above the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Massachusetts Electric Co home paid 23.68 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 19.29 ¢ in 2013, +22.7%; the bill itself went 13.96 ¢ to 23.07 ¢ (+65.3%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $2,315 for the year at the 2013 real price and $2,841 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 16th cheapest of 31 in 2013, 24th of 27 in 2024 among Massachusetts utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Massachusetts Electric Co outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 91 in 2024
Massachusetts Electric Co at 91 min in 2024 and the Massachusetts median at 48.
Massachusetts Electric Co home price since 2013: +22.7% after inflation
Massachusetts Electric Co: 23.68 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 23.07 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Massachusetts Electric Co, EIA utility 11804, year by year among Massachusetts utilities
Massachusetts Electric Co 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Massachusetts Electric Co
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Massachusetts Electric Co
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Massachusetts Electric Co
Massachusetts median SAIDI
2013
13.96
19.29
16 of 31
92
0.98
8 of 9
55
2014
15.55
21.15
25 of 33
97
0.96
7 of 8
65
2015
17.08
23.20
29 of 33
–
–
–
–
2016
14.74
19.78
21 of 35
–
–
–
–
2017
16.54
21.72
33 of 35
–
–
–
–
2018
17.72
22.71
31 of 33
–
–
–
–
2019
18.28
23.02
43 of 46
–
–
–
–
2020
18.34
22.81
25 of 26
–
–
–
–
2021
19.00
22.58
25 of 26
98
0.94
10 of 12
66
2022
20.87
22.96
25 of 26
106
1.05
11 of 12
47
2023
24.05
25.41
26 of 27
95
0.84
11 of 12
59
2024
23.07
23.68
24 of 27
91
0.84
11 of 12
48
Massachusetts Electric Co, EIA utility 11804: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Massachusetts Electric Co?
Massachusetts Electric Co files with EIA as an investor-owned utility. In Massachusetts, investor-owned utilities serve 91% of residential customers at an average 32.2 cents per kWh. Massachusetts Electric Co itself averaged 33.6 cents, 1.4 cents above its type in Massachusetts.
Shutoffs: this utility reported 25,121 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 2.1 per 100 accounts (Massachusetts: 1.9; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.
Reliability and meters, 2024
In 2024 the average Massachusetts Electric Co customer was without power 91 minutes without major events and 134 with them. That is 11th fewest of 12 Massachusetts utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Massachusetts utility reported 48 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 1% of its 1,282,858 residential meters.
How big is Massachusetts Electric Co in Massachusetts, by customer accounts?
1,373,756 accounts in 2024: residential 1,210,113, commercial 160,132, industrial 3,510.
How many cents per kWh does Massachusetts Electric Co charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 23.07 cents; against the Massachusetts average that is -21.4%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Massachusetts Electric Co?
SAIDI 90.7 min and SAIFI 0.84 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.91, CAIDI 108 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Massachusetts Electric Co?
106,902 installations with 1,407.9 MW, of which residential installations number 104,254.
What would a typical Massachusetts Electric Co home pay each month?
547 kWh at 23.07 cents comes to about $126, energy only.
Is Massachusetts Electric Co cheaper than other Massachusetts utilities?
Rank 6 of 7 in Massachusetts on price, -21.4% against the state average; 5 charge less than 23.07 ¢.
How much of the Massachusetts Electric Co load is business?
Homes take 41.8% of 19,027,487 MWh, commercial accounts 45.8%, industrial and other 12.4%; the 160,132 commercial accounts use 54,457 kWh each, 8.3 times a home.
Does Massachusetts Electric Co have smart meters or TOU rates?
13,233 of 1,282,858 home meters are AMI, 1.0%. Massachusetts Electric Co reports no home time-of-use rate; 1 of 17 Massachusetts filers do.
Since 2015, has Massachusetts Electric Co become cheaper than other Massachusetts utilities?
5th cheapest of 7 in 2015, 6th of 7 in 2024; its price rose 35.1% while Massachusetts rose 48.0%.
Where does Massachusetts Electric Co stand among 2 peers?
Place 2 of 3 on home price at 23.07 ¢ (National Grid group); median 23.07 ¢, cheapest member 16.67 ¢.
What did Massachusetts Electric Co charge homes in 2025?
23.44 cents per kWh, +1.6% on the 23.07 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Massachusetts Electric Co at 23.07 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Massachusetts Electric Co in Massachusetts: 23.07 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Massachusetts Electric Co in Massachusetts: 23.07 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar, the state price average
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At 547 kWh a month a Massachusetts Electric Co home pays about $126 in energy: 23.07 ¢/kWh, 21.4% below the Massachusetts average of 29.35 ¢.
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author = "Electric Consumer",
title = {Massachusetts Electric Co smart meters: 23.44 ¢/kWh in 2025, SAIDI 91 min in 2024},
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