Electric companies in Franklin County, Massachusetts

Q: Franklin County, MA: what do homes pay for electricity?

No single price in Franklin County, MA: 2 utilities deliver power and homes pick a plan. Massachusetts average 29.35 cents per kWh, $167 a month at 570 kWh.

Q: Franklin County, MA: how many homes heat with electricity?

Franklin County, MA: 4,559 of 31,498 occupied homes, 14.5%, rank 10 of 14.

Q: Franklin County, MA: median household income?

$72,584 in Franklin County, MA, rank 12 of 14; 70,922 residents, 31,498 households.

Q: Franklin County, MA: outage-linked storms since 2015?

Franklin County, MA: 355 NWS events, peak year 2016.

Q: Franklin County, MA: flood insurance claims since 2015?

Franklin County, MA: 7 NFIP flood claims, $57K paid, 0.3 per 1,000 homes, 0.7% of homes insured.

Q: How old are the homes in Franklin County, MA?

Franklin County, MA: median home built 1961; 71.0% predate 1980, 64.7% detached, 11.7% in 5+ unit buildings.

Q: Franklin County, MA: share of income for energy?

Franklin County, MA homes spend $1,565 a year on electricity, $3,549 on all energy: 4.2% of $85,542; 9.7% for lower incomes.

Franklin County, MA ranks 1st of 14 Massachusetts counties for the share of mobile homes (2%). Franklin County, MA has 70,922 residents. Franklin County, MA: 2 utilities listed by EIA.

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Franklin County, MA on the map

Franklin County, MA darker: more storm events

Electric utilities in Franklin County, MA

Utility listed for Franklin County, MA	Type	Home accounts in Massachusetts
NSTAR Electric Company in Franklin County, MA	Investor Owned	1,303,076
Massachusetts Electric Co in Franklin County, MA	Investor Owned	1,210,113

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Housing and heating in Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA: 24,456 of 34,424 homes were built before 1980 and 3,374 in 2000 or later. Franklin County, MA has 22,266 detached houses, 4,020 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 809 mobile homes, and 9,848 of 31,498 households rent.

Age of homes in Franklin County, MA

% of homes by decade built, Franklin County, MA

36pre-40
440s
950s
860s
1470s
1380s
690s
600s
310s
020+

Heating fuel in Franklin County, MA

% of homes by main fuel, Franklin County

Fuel oil43.1
Utility gas16.4
Electricity14.5
Wood11.5
Propane11.0
Other fuel3.0

Franklin County, MA housing against Massachusetts counties
Franklin County, MA	Value	State median	Gap	Rank (1 = highest)
Franklin County, MA, median year built	1961	1964	-2 years	9 of 14
Franklin County, MA, built before 1980	71.0%	68.1%	+2.9 points	4 of 14
Franklin County, MA, built 2000 or later	9.8%	13.6%	-3.8 points	12 of 14
Franklin County, MA, detached houses	64.7%	58.4%	+6.3 points	6 of 14
Franklin County, MA, apartments in 5+ unit buildings	11.7%	16.1%	-4.5 points	11 of 14
Franklin County, MA, mobile homes	2.4%	0.7%	+1.7 points	1 of 14
Franklin County, MA, renter households	31.3%	31.4%	-0.1 points	8 of 14
Franklin County, MA, median home value	$303,400	$544,450	-$241,050	12 of 14
Franklin County, MA, median gross rent a month	$1,169	$1,484	-$314	12 of 14
Franklin County, MA, people per household	2.20	2.46	-0.26	12 of 14

ZIP codes in Franklin County, MA

01039
01054
01072
01093
01301
01330
01337
01338
01339
01340
01341
01342
01344
01346
01347
01349
01350
01351
01354
01355
01360
01364
01367
01370
01373
01375
01376
01378
01379
01380

Facts about Franklin County, MA

Residents of Franklin County, MA, ACS 2023: 70,92212 of 14 Massachusetts counties
Households in Franklin County, MA: 31,4982.25 people each
Owner-occupied homes in Franklin County, MA: 68.7%21,650 owner and 9,848 renter households
Median household income in Franklin County, MA: $72,58412 of 14 Massachusetts counties
Housing units in Franklin County, MA: 34,4242,926 vacant or seasonal, 8.5% of the units
Homes heated by electricity in Franklin County, MA: 14.5%4,559 homes, 10 of 14 Massachusetts counties
Utilities listed for Franklin County, MA: 22 with a home price: NSTAR Electric Company, Massachusetts Electric Co
ZIP areas touching Franklin County, MA: 3001039 to 01380
Outage-linked storm events in Franklin County, MA: 355NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025
Homes built before 1980 in Franklin County, MA: 71.0%median year built 1961
Flood claims in Franklin County, MA: 7NFIP 2015 to 2025, $57K paid
Home energy burden in Franklin County, MA: 4.2%$1,565 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA has no price series of its own. Franklin County, MA: the Massachusetts average was 19.83 ¢/kWh in 2015. Franklin County, MA: 29.35 ¢ in 2024, 48% up. Franklin County, MA: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Franklin County, MA: a 570 kWh month at the Massachusetts price. Franklin County, MA: $113 in 2015, $167 in 2024. Franklin County, MA: $2,006 a year, 2.8% of the $72,584 median income.

Franklin: 10 yearly prices

Year	Massachusetts average	Franklin: Gap to U.S. average
2015, Franklin	19.83	+7.18
2016, Franklin	19.00	+6.45
2017, Franklin	20.06	+7.17
2018, Franklin	21.61	+8.74
2019, Franklin	21.92	+8.91
2020, Franklin	21.97	+8.82
2021, Franklin	22.89	+9.23
2022, Franklin	25.97	+10.93
2023, Franklin	29.61	+13.61
2024, Franklin	29.35	+12.87

Franklin County, MA: EIA-861 home prices, 2015 to 2024, not a Franklin County, MA price.

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Cost of living with electricity in Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA: electricity $1,565 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $3,549, 4.2% of $85,542 income. 31,234 households in Franklin County, MA spend about $48.9 million a year on electricity and $110.8 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Franklin County, MA ($27,716 a year) spend 9.7% of income, 2.3 times the all-home figure.

Energy burden in Franklin County, MA

% of income on energy, Franklin County, MA

All households4.2
Lower income9.7
Owners4.2
Renters4.0
Massachusetts counties2.5

Franklin County, MA home energy cost by household group
Franklin County, MA	Homes	Income	Power	Gas	Other	Burden
Franklin County, MA, all households	31,234	$85,542	$1,565	$564	$1,420	4.2%
Franklin County, MA, lower income	12,450	$27,716	$1,207	$414	$1,056	9.7%
Franklin County, MA, owners	21,737	$106,380	$1,890	$688	$1,861	4.2%
Franklin County, MA, renters	9,497	$37,848	$821	$279	$409	4.0%

Outage risk in Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 355 in all, 500.5 per 100,000 residents of 70,922, rank 6 of 14 Massachusetts counties. Property damage in Franklin County, MA: $1.8M, with 4 direct injuries or deaths.

Events by year in Franklin County, MA

events a year, Franklin County, MA

41'15
53'16
37'17
23'18
30'19
40'20
37'21
26'22
24'23
27'24
17'25

Events by type

events by type, Franklin County, MA

Thunderstorm and high wind287
Winter storm and heavy snow63
Hurricane and tropical storm2
Tornado1
Ice storm1
Heat wave1

Franklin County, MA outage-linked hazards
Franklin County, MA	FEMA	Score	Rank	Events	Peak	Damage
Franklin County, MA, thunderstorm and high wind	Relatively Moderate	60.8	11 of 14	287	2016 (48)	$1.4M
Franklin County, MA, tornado	Relatively Low	31.6	12 of 14	1	2017 (1)	$400K
Franklin County, MA, hurricane and tropical storm	Relatively Low	78.6	14 of 14	2	2020 (2)	$4K
Franklin County, MA, ice storm	Relatively Moderate	77.7	10 of 14	1	2019 (1)	$300
Franklin County, MA, winter storm and heavy snow	Relatively Low	51.7	5 of 14	63	2018 (10)	$39K
Franklin County, MA, heat wave	Relatively Low	50.7	10 of 14	1	2018 (1)	$0

Flood claims and flood insurance in Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA: 7 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $57K paid.

146 of 21,928 residential structures in Franklin County, MA carry an NFIP contract. 162 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Franklin County, MA on 8 Sep 2026.

Franklin County, MA: claims history, not an outage count.

Franklin County, MA flood claims and flood insurance
Franklin County, MA	Value	Median county	Rank (1 = highest)
Franklin County, MA, claims 2015-2025	7	—	14 of 14
Franklin County, MA, paid 2015-2025	$57K	—	14 of 14
Franklin County, MA, median paid claim	<5	—	—
Franklin County, MA, claims per 1,000 homes	0.3	0.9	13 of 14
Franklin County, MA, homes with flood insurance	0.7%	1.7%	12 of 14
Franklin County, MA, policies in force	162	—	—
Franklin County, MA, repetitive-loss properties	<5	—	—

Franklin County, MA: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Franklin County, MA: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA totals 6,878 heating degree days and 403 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Franklin County, MA is the 2nd coldest of 14 counties in Massachusetts: 6,878 against a median of 6,064. For cooling, Franklin County, MA is the 12th hottest: 403 against a median of 492.

Franklin County, MA is a cold-winter county, with 6,475 more heating than cooling degree days.

Franklin County, MA: 6,422 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 6,878 on the normal, 7% under.

In Franklin County, MA, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 14.5% of 31,498, in a 6,878 degree-day climate.

Franklin County, MA

Heating degree days, 6,878 vs 6,064113
Cooling degree days, 403 vs 49282
Electric heat, 14.5% vs 17.0%85
MA median county100

Franklin County, MA: degree days, electric heat
Franklin County, MA	Value	MA median county	Franklin County, MA, rank (1 = highest)
Franklin County, MA, heating degree days, 1991-2020 normal	6,878	6,064	2 of 14
Franklin County, MA, heating degree days, 2016-2025 mean	6,422	5,647	2 of 14
Franklin County, MA, cooling degree days, 1991-2020 normal	403	492	12 of 14
Franklin County, MA, cooling degree days, 2016-2025 mean	517	587	12 of 14
Franklin County, MA, electric heating, ACS 2019-2023	14.5%	17.0%	10 of 14

Franklin County, MA: ACS B25040, 31,498 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Analyst note on Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA touches 30 ZIP areas, 01039 to 01380, about 2,364 residents each. Household income in Franklin County, MA is $72,584; 21,650 of its 31,498 households own. Franklin County, MA counts 70,922 residents in 31,498 households.

4,559 of the 31,498 homes in Franklin County, MA heat with electricity. Franklin County, MA has 34,424 housing units, 2,926 (8.5%) vacant or seasonal, and 9,848 rented homes. Franklin County, MA logged 355 storm events for its 70,922 residents.

The median home in Franklin County, MA dates from 1961. Homes in Franklin County, MA pay $1,565 a year for electricity.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Franklin County, MA

Compare Franklin County, MA with its neighbours

Hampshire County sits 18 miles south of Franklin County, MA, with 156,595 residents against 70,922 there, 299 storm events against 355, median home built 1970 against 1961, energy burden 3.2% against 4.2%, income $86,391 against $72,584.
Hampden County sits 31 miles south of Franklin County, MA, with 462,853 residents against 70,922 there, 297 storm events against 355, median home built 1958 against 1961, energy burden 3.6% against 4.2%, income $70,535 against $72,584.
Berkshire County sits 35 miles southwest of Franklin County, MA, with 128,047 residents against 70,922 there, 506 storm events against 355, median home built 1955 against 1961, energy burden 3.8% against 4.2%, income $72,565 against $72,584.
Worcester County sits 43 miles southeast of Franklin County, MA, with 861,664 residents against 70,922 there, 560 storm events against 355, median home built 1966 against 1961, energy burden 3.3% against 4.2%, income $93,561 against $72,584.
Middlesex County sits 64 miles east of Franklin County, MA, with 1,622,896 residents against 70,922 there, 599 storm events against 355, median home built 1961 against 1961, energy burden 2.1% against 4.2%, income $126,779 against $72,584.

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Questions on Franklin County, MA

Franklin County, MA: what do homes pay for electricity?