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The Narragansett Electric Co: 25.08 ¢/kWh for homes, 61 minutes of SAIDI

The Narragansett Electric Co is an investor owned utility serving 514,663 customer accounts in Rhode Island; 451,381 of them are residential. Businesses and industry take 58% of the 7,261,391 MWh it sells; homes take 42%.

Manchester Street Power Station in Providence, Rhode Island
Power Station at night (cropped). Photo by Timothy Burling, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

At 559 kWh a month a The Narragansett Electric Co home pays about $140 in energy: 25.08 ¢/kWh, 12.4% below the Rhode Island average of 28.65 ¢.

Businesses and industry take 58% of the 7,261,391 MWh it sells; homes take 42%.

Who buys power from The Narragansett Electric Co

Business share of sales
58%homes 42% of 7,261,391 MWh

The customer mix of The Narragansett Electric Co is its own: 451,381 home accounts buy 41.7% of 7,261,391 MWh, 61,694 commercial accounts buy 49.8%, and the remaining 8.6% goes to 1,587 industrial and other accounts. A typical The Narragansett Electric Co home uses 6,707 kWh a year, a typical business account 58,561.

How it compares

The Narragansett Electric Co
The Narragansett Electric Co, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
The Narragansett Electric Co25.08 ¢/kWh13.49 ¢/kWh$140at 559 kWh61 minSAIDI
Rhode Island average against this company, which is 1 of 1 on price+3.57 ¢/kWhcompany 12.4% below+7.60 ¢/kWhcompany 36.1% below+$20a month at 559 kWh+0 mincompany 0 below
U.S. averageLowest in this table16.48 ¢/kWhcompany 52.2% above12.75 ¢/kWhcompany 5.8% above$9248 less than company99 mincompany 39 below

Compare 3 Rhode Island companies

The Narragansett Electric Co: 2025

The Narragansett Electric Co: +4.5% on 2024 for homes, Rhode Island +2.8%.

The Narragansett Electric Co home price, 2025
26.22 ¢/kWh+4.5% on 2024, early release
The Narragansett Electric Co SAIDI, 2025
60 min-1% on 2024, early release
The Narragansett Electric Co against Rhode Island, 2025
+1.7 pointsThe Narragansett Electric Co +4.5%, Rhode Island +2.8%, price in Rhode Island 29.46 ¢

The Narragansett Electric Co: 26.22 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +4.5% from 25.08 ¢; Rhode Island as a whole went +2.8%, so The Narragansett Electric Co ran ahead of it by 1.7 points. Its SAIDI is 60 minutes against 61 in 2024.

Carbon context

The Narragansett Electric Co serves 451,381 homes in Rhode Island. At 559 kWh a month that is about 213 kg of CO₂, or 2,553 kg a year, at the Rhode Island plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Rhode Island generation mix.

The Narragansett Electric Co charts

Residential price since 2015: 25.08 ¢ in 2024

18.27 ¢ in 2015, 25.08 ¢ in 2024 (+37.3%); Rhode Island 19.29 to 28.65 ¢.

The Narragansett Electric Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearThe Narragansett Electric CoGap to Rhode Island residentialGap to U.S. residential
201518.27-1.02+5.62
201617.37-1.25+4.82
201717.07-1.25+4.18
201819.25-1.30+6.38
201920.41-1.32+7.40
202020.89-1.12+7.74
202121.29-1.01+7.63
202222.26-0.95+7.22
202324.85-2.17+8.85
202425.08-3.57+8.60

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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The Narragansett Electric Co SAIDI, 2015-2024

64 min in 2015, 61 in 2024.

The Narragansett Electric Co SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearThe Narragansett Elect, no major events
201564
201669
201759
201865
201968
202069
202169
202263
202352
202461

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 60.8 min

60.8 min, 0.61x the median reporter, rank 198 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events60.8
  • Company, with major events104.2

The Narragansett Electric Co, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 18.27 ¢ in 2015 to 25.08 ¢ in 2024, a move of +37.3%: The Narragansett Electric Co lagged its state (+48.5%) by 11.3 points, and +7.0 points against the U.S. Full-service customers alone pay 28.26 ¢ per EIA, against 25.08 ¢ for all rows: buyers of energy elsewhere pay The Narragansett Electric Co for delivery only. The Narragansett Electric Co's sharpest move came in 2018, +12.7%. The latest year is the high at 25.08 ¢; the low was 17.07 ¢ (2017). 2024: +0.9% here, +6.0% for the Rhode Island average. SAIDI at The Narragansett Electric Co (major events excluded) went from 64 minutes in 2015 to 61 in 2024, -5%, between 52 (2023) and 69 (2016). At 61 minutes in 2024, The Narragansett Electric Co sat -39 from the national SAIDI median, with 10 of 10 years below it. 2017: 728 minutes with major events, 59 without, the widest gap of any year.

The data favor customers here: bills run 12.4% under the Rhode Island norm, and 61 outage minutes sit 39% under the national median.

Home accounts at The Narragansett Electric Co went from 434,749 in 2015 to 451,381 in 2024, +3.8%. Business customers paid 0.54 times the home price in 2024 (13.49 against 25.08 ¢); the ratio was 0.57 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.94 in 2015 to 0.76 in 2024, between 0.67 and 1.02.

Facts

Customer accounts
514,66398.7% of Rhode Island total
Residential accounts
451,38198.7% of Rhode Island homes
Commercial accounts
61,69412.0% of the base
Residential rate
25.08 ¢/kWhplace 1 of 1, -12.4% against the state
Commercial rate
13.49 ¢/kWhplace 1 of 1, -36.1% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
60.8 minbetter than 71% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
0.760.75x the median
SAIDI with major events
104.2 min41.7% from event days
Net-metered capacity
588.6 MW17,879 installations
Counties served
5all in Rhode Island
Average residential use
6,707 kWh/yr559 a month
Implied monthly bill
$140+$48 on the U.S. rate, 559 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
+37.3%18.27 to 25.08 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
-5%64 min in 2015, 61 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, The Narragansett Electric Co

The Narragansett Electric Co sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Rhode Island ¢/kWh
Residential451,38125.08-3.57
Commercial61,69413.49-7.60

Year by year, The Narragansett Electric Co

YearHome accounts, The Narragansett ElectHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
2015434,74918.2710.490.57640.94
2016433,05117.379.390.54690.97
2017431,63717.079.900.58590.78
2018436,44219.2510.570.55651.00
2019437,96420.4110.640.52681.02
2020435,83420.8910.550.51690.94
2021440,38621.2910.270.48690.95
2022442,22822.2610.430.47630.81
2023444,20724.8510.680.43520.67
2024451,38125.0813.490.54610.76

Peers of The Narragansett Electric Co in Rhode Island, place 1 of 1 on home price

Utility near The Narragansett Electric Co on priceSAIDI min, gap to The Narragansett Electric CoHome ¢, gap to The Narragansett Electric CoGap % to The Narragansett Electric CoAccounts, The Narragansett Electric Co = 1
1. The Narragansett Electric Co (this utility)6125.08-1.00

Who buys The Narragansett Electric Co's electricity

Class at The Narragansett Electric CoAccountsOf The Narragansett Electric Co accountsOf The Narragansett Electric Co MWh soldkWh a year per The Narragansett Electric Co account
Residential451,38187.7%41.7%6,707
Commercial61,69412.0%49.8%58,561
Industrial and other1,5870.31%8.6%391,413

The Narragansett Electric Co among National Grid group

The Narragansett Electric Co and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to The Narragansett Electric CoHome ¢, gap to The Narragansett Electric CoAccounts, The Narragansett Electric Co = 1
1. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (NY)+80-8.413.34
2. Massachusetts Electric Co (MA)+30-2.012.67
3. The Narragansett Electric Co (RI, this utility)6125.081.00

The Narragansett Electric Co: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureThe Narragansett Electric CoRhode Island contextThe Narragansett Electric Co detail
The Narragansett Electric Co home meters on AMI0.0%Rhode Island 1.1%55 of 464,172 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)463,294Rhode Island figure not published99.8% of meters
Time-of-use rate for The Narragansett Electric Co homesNot on file0 of 3 Rhode Island utilities offer oneno dynamic-pricing count filed by The Narragansett Electric Co
Net-metered installations17,87996% residential38.2 homes per 1,000 accounts, 32.9 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, The Narragansett Electric Co

kWhShare of a 559 kWh monthCost a month at 25.08 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25045%$62.71+$21.51$753
50089%$125.42+$43.02$1,505
750134%$188.13+$64.53$2,258
1,000179%$250.84+$86.04$3,010
1,500268%$376.25+$129.05$4,515
2,000358%$501.67+$172.07$6,020

Outage record, The Narragansett Electric Co

Measure, The Narragansett EleNo eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes60.8104.21.01 h
SAIFI interruptions0.7610.8961.31 yr apart
CAIDI minutes79.9116.41.33 h

Territory of The Narragansett Electric Co

5 Rhode Island counties, region NPCC:

Counties served by The Narragansett Electric CoBristolNewportKentWashingtonProvidence

Rhode Island other states: 5 of 5 counties of The Narragansett Electric Co drawn

The Narragansett Electric Co: 5 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Bristol
  • Kent
  • Newport
  • Providence
  • Washington

Questions on The Narragansett Electric Co

How many customers does The Narragansett Electric Co serve in Rhode Island?

514,663 accounts in 2024: residential 451,381, commercial 61,694, industrial 1,587.

What is the average residential rate of The Narragansett Electric Co?

In 2024 homes paid 25.08 cents; against the Rhode Island average that is -12.4%.

How reliable is The Narragansett Electric Co by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 60.8 min and SAIFI 0.76 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.61, CAIDI 80 min.

How much solar net metering is on the The Narragansett Electric Co grid?

17,879 installations with 588.6 MW, of which residential installations number 17,230.

What is the monthly bill at The Narragansett Electric Co for average use?

559 kWh at 25.08 cents comes to about $140, energy only.

How does The Narragansett Electric Co rank on price within Rhode Island?

Rank 1 of 1 in Rhode Island on price, -12.4% against the state average; 0 charge less than 25.08 ¢.

How much of the The Narragansett Electric Co load is business?

Homes take 41.7% of 7,261,391 MWh, commercial accounts 49.8%, industrial and other 8.6%; the 61,694 commercial accounts use 58,561 kWh each, 8.7 times a home.

Does The Narragansett Electric Co have smart meters or TOU rates?

55 of 464,172 home meters are AMI, 0.0%. The Narragansett Electric Co reports no home time-of-use rate; 0 of 3 Rhode Island filers do.

Since 2015, has The Narragansett Electric Co become cheaper than other Rhode Island utilities?

1st cheapest of 1 in 2015, 1st of 1 in 2024; its price rose 37.3% while Rhode Island rose 48.5%.

Where does The Narragansett Electric Co stand among 2 peers?

Place 3 of 3 on home price at 25.08 ¢ (National Grid group); median 23.07 ¢, cheapest member 16.67 ¢.

Did The Narragansett Electric Co cut or raise its 2025 home price?

26.22 cents per kWh, +4.5% on the 25.08 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to The Narragansett Electric Co at 25.08 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on The Narragansett Electric Co

Rate plans on file

4 home plan records, energy charges: 13.8 to 24.1 ¢/kWh.

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for The Narragansett Electric Co: 25.08 ¢/kWh for homes, 61 minutes of SAIDI

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At 559 kWh a month a The Narragansett Electric Co home pays about $140 in energy: 25.08 ¢/kWh, 12.4% below the Rhode Island average of 28.65 ¢.