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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.
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.
Metering is where Massachusetts Electric Co differs: 13,233 of 1,282,858 home meters are AMI, 1.0%, place 5 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.
| 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 | +6.28 ¢/kWhcompany 21.4% below | +9.26 ¢/kWhcompany 44.3% below | +$34a month at 547 kWh | -42 mincompany 42 above |
| Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co | 23.97 ¢/kWhcompany 3.7% below | 16.66 ¢/kWhcompany 30.1% below | $1315 more than company | 65 mincompany 26 above |
Compare 20 Massachusetts companies
Massachusetts Electric Co: +1.6% on 2024 for homes, Massachusetts +3.9%.
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 +3.9%. Its SAIDI is 91 minutes against 91 in 2024.
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.
17.08 ¢ in 2015, 23.07 ¢ in 2024 (+35.1%); Massachusetts 19.83 to 29.35 ¢.
| Year | Massachusetts Electric Co | Gap to Massachusetts residential | Gap to U.S. residential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17.08 | -2.75 | +4.43 |
| 2016 | 14.74 | -4.26 | +2.19 |
| 2017 | 16.54 | -3.52 | +3.65 |
| 2018 | 17.72 | -3.89 | +4.85 |
| 2019 | 18.28 | -3.64 | +5.27 |
| 2020 | 18.34 | -3.63 | +5.19 |
| 2021 | 19.00 | -3.89 | +5.34 |
| 2022 | 20.87 | -5.10 | +5.83 |
| 2023 | 24.05 | -5.56 | +8.05 |
| 2024 | 23.07 | -6.28 | +6.59 |
10 rows from EIA retail sales.
CSV98 min in 2021, 91 in 2024.
| Year | Massachusetts Electric, no major events |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 98 |
| 2022 | 106 |
| 2023 | 95 |
| 2024 | 91 |
4 rows from EIA-861 survey.
CSV90.7 min, 0.91x the median reporter, rank 305 of 673.
Massachusetts Electric Co, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.
CSVMassachusetts 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.
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 at 91 min in 2024 and the Massachusetts median at 48.
Massachusetts Electric Co: 23.68 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 23.07 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
| Year, Massachusetts Elec | ¢ billed | ¢ in 2025 $ | Price place, Massachusetts | SAIDI min | SAIFI | SAIDI place, Massachusetts | 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 C, EIA utility 11804: EIA-861, CPI-U.
CSV| Massachusetts Electric Co sector | Accounts | Rate ¢/kWh | Gap to Massachusetts ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 1,210,113 | 23.07 | -6.28 |
| Commercial | 160,132 | 11.64 | -9.26 |
| Year | Home accounts, Massachusetts Electric | Home ¢ | Business ¢ | Ratio | SAIDI | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,147,218 | 17.08 | 8.37 | 0.49 | No data | No data |
| 2016 | 1,134,656 | 14.74 | 7.44 | 0.50 | No data | No data |
| 2017 | 1,145,508 | 16.54 | 7.83 | 0.47 | No data | No data |
| 2018 | 1,154,091 | 17.72 | 7.69 | 0.43 | No data | No data |
| 2019 | 1,158,014 | 18.28 | 7.63 | 0.42 | No data | No data |
| 2020 | 1,167,673 | 18.34 | 7.63 | 0.42 | No data | No data |
| 2021 | 1,180,912 | 19.00 | 8.41 | 0.44 | 98 | 0.94 |
| 2022 | 1,190,858 | 20.87 | 8.76 | 0.42 | 106 | 1.05 |
| 2023 | 1,194,413 | 24.05 | 9.84 | 0.41 | 95 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 1,210,113 | 23.07 | 11.64 | 0.50 | 91 | 0.84 |
| Utility near Massachusetts Electric Co on price | SAIDI min, gap to Massachusetts Electric Co | Home ¢, gap to Massachusetts Electric Co | Gap % to Massachusetts Electric Co | Accounts, Massachusetts Electric Co = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. City of Chicopee | No data | -6.91 | -29.9% | 0.02 |
| 4. NSTAR Electric Company | -25 | -3.15 | -13.6% | 1.11 |
| 5. City of Taunton | +102 | -1.61 | -7.0% | 0.03 |
| 6. Massachusetts Electric Co (this utility) | 91 | 23.07 | - | 1.00 |
| 7. Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co | -26 | +0.90 | +3.9% | 0.02 |
| Class at Massachusetts Electric Co | Accounts | Of Massachusetts Electric Co accounts | Of Massachusetts Electric Co MWh sold | kWh a year per Massachusetts Electric Co account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 1,210,113 | 88.1% | 41.8% | 6,568 |
| Commercial | 160,132 | 11.7% | 45.8% | 54,457 |
| Industrial and other | 3,510 | 0.26% | 12.4% | 672,151 |
| Massachusetts Electric Co and its neighbours on price | SAIDI min, gap to Massachusetts Electric Co | Home ¢, gap to Massachusetts Electric Co | Accounts, Massachusetts Electric Co = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (NY) | +50 | -6.40 | 1.25 |
| 2. Massachusetts Electric Co (MA, this utility) | 91 | 23.07 | 1.00 |
| 3. The Narragansett Electric Co (RI) | -30 | +2.01 | 0.37 |
| Measure | Massachusetts Electric Co | Massachusetts context | Massachusetts Electric Co detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Electric Co home meters on AMI | 1.0% | Massachusetts 10.4% | 13,233 of 1,282,858 meters |
| Home meters, AMR (drive-by read) | 1,231,116 | Massachusetts figure not published | 96.0% of meters |
| Time-of-use rate for Massachusetts Electric Co homes | Not on file | 1 of 17 Massachusetts utilities offer one | no dynamic-pricing count filed by Massachusetts Electric Co |
| Net-metered installations | 106,902 | 98% residential | 86.2 homes per 1,000 accounts, 13.2 kW average |
| kWh | Share of a 547 kWh month | Cost a month at 23.07 ¢ | vs U.S. | Cost a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 46% | $57.68 | +$16.48 | $692 |
| 500 | 91% | $115.35 | +$32.95 | $1,384 |
| 750 | 137% | $173.03 | +$49.43 | $2,076 |
| 1,000 | 183% | $230.70 | +$65.90 | $2,768 |
| 1,500 | 274% | $346.05 | +$98.85 | $4,153 |
| 2,000 | 365% | $461.40 | +$131.80 | $5,537 |
| Measure, Massachusetts Electr | No events | All events | Converted |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAIDI minutes | 90.7 | 133.7 | 1.51 h |
| SAIFI interruptions | 0.842 | 1.001 | 1.19 yr apart |
| CAIDI minutes | 107.7 | 133.6 | 1.80 h |
12 Massachusetts counties, region NPCC:
Massachusetts other states: 12 of 12 counties of Massachusetts Electric Co drawn
Massachusetts Electric Co: 12 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.
CSV1,373,756 accounts in 2024: residential 1,210,113, commercial 160,132, industrial 3,510.
In 2024 homes paid 23.07 cents; against the Massachusetts average that is -21.4%.
SAIDI 90.7 min and SAIFI 0.84 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.91, CAIDI 108 min.
106,902 installations with 1,407.9 MW, of which residential installations number 104,254.
547 kWh at 23.07 cents comes to about $126, energy only.
Rank 6 of 7 in Massachusetts on price, -21.4% against the state average; 5 charge less than 23.07 ¢.
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.
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.
5th cheapest of 7 in 2015, 6th of 7 in 2024; its price rose 35.1% while Massachusetts rose 48.0%.
Place 2 of 3 on home price at 23.07 ¢ (National Grid group); median 23.07 ¢, cheapest member 16.67 ¢.
23.44 cents per kWh, +1.6% on the 23.07 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Home prices nearest to Massachusetts Electric Co at 23.07 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
12 home plan records, energy charges: 7.5 to 43.4 ¢/kWh.
Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).