Electric companies in Providence County, Rhode Island

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Electric utilities in Providence County, RI

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Facts about Providence County, RI

Residents of Providence County, RI, ACS 2023

658,9771 of 5 Rhode Island counties

Households in Providence County, RI

256,5052.57 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Providence County, RI

56.6%145,239 owner and 111,266 renter households

Median household income in Providence County, RI

$78,2045 of 5 Rhode Island counties

Housing units in Providence County, RI

277,11720,612 vacant or seasonal, 7.4% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Providence County, RI

12.4%31,829 homes, 3 of 5 Rhode Island counties

Utilities listed for Providence County, RI

22 with a home price: Pascoag Utility District, The Narragansett Electric Co

ZIP areas touching Providence County, RI

4202802 to 02921

Outage-linked storm events in Providence County, RI

230NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Providence County, RI

75.9%median year built 1956

Flood claims in Providence County, RI

164NFIP 2015 to 2025, $9.7M paid

Home energy burden in Providence County, RI

3.1%$1,311 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Providence County, RI

Providence County, RI has no price series of its own. Providence County, RI: the Rhode Island average was 19.29 ¢/kWh in 2015. Providence County, RI: 28.65 ¢ in 2024, 49% up. Providence County, RI: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Providence County, RI: a 567 kWh month at the Rhode Island price. Providence County, RI: $109 in 2015, $162 in 2024. Providence County, RI: $1,949 a year, 2.5% of the $78,204 median income.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Providence County, RI

Compare Providence County, RI with its neighbours

• Kent County sits 11 miles south of Providence County, RI, with 170,658 residents against 658,977 there, 143 storm events against 230, median home built 1966 against 1956, energy burden 3.0% against 3.1%, income $91,278 against $78,204.
• Bristol County sits 13 miles southeast of Providence County, RI, with 50,568 residents against 658,977 there, 54 storm events against 230, median home built 1959 against 1956, energy burden 2.6% against 3.1%, income $110,926 against $78,204.
• Newport County sits 24 miles southeast of Providence County, RI, with 85,095 residents against 658,977 there, 54 storm events against 230, median home built 1963 against 1956, energy burden 2.9% against 3.1%, income $100,859 against $78,204.
• Washington County sits 29 miles south of Providence County, RI, with 130,073 residents against 658,977 there, 155 storm events against 230, median home built 1976 against 1956, energy burden 2.9% against 3.1%, income $102,478 against $78,204.

Outage risk in Providence County, RI

Providence County, RI, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 230 in all, 34.9 per 100,000 residents of 658,977, rank 1 of 5 Rhode Island counties. Property damage in Providence County, RI: $2.2M, with 6 direct injuries or deaths.

Housing and heating in Providence County, RI

Providence County, RI: 210,406 of 277,117 homes were built before 1980 and 23,549 in 2000 or later. Providence County, RI has 124,193 detached houses, 56,270 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 1,264 mobile homes, and 111,266 of 256,505 households rent.

Cost of living with electricity in Providence County, RI

Providence County, RI: electricity $1,311 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,774, 3.1% of $88,273 income. 253,635 households in Providence County, RI spend about $332.5 million a year on electricity and $703.6 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Providence County, RI ($22,260 a year) spend 8.4% of income, 2.7 times the all-home figure.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Providence County, RI

Providence County, RI: 164 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $9.7M paid, median paid claim $17,997.

834 of 153,665 residential structures in Providence County, RI carry an NFIP contract. 2,220 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Providence County, RI on 8 Sep 2026. Providence County, RI lists 192 repetitive-loss properties, 23 of them severe repetitive loss.

Providence County, RI: claims history, not an outage count.

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

Providence County, RI: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Providence County, RI

Providence County, RI totals 5,945 heating degree days and 552 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Providence County, RI is the 1st coldest of 5 counties in Rhode Island: 5,945 against a median of 5,621. For cooling, Providence County, RI is the 5th hottest: 552 against a median of 564.

Providence County, RI is a cold-winter county, with 5,393 more heating than cooling degree days.

Providence County, RI: 5,581 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 5,945 on the normal, 6% under.

In Providence County, RI, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 12.4% of 256,505, in a 5,945 degree-day climate.

Providence County, RI: ACS B25040, 256,505 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Cities in Providence County, RI

• Providence electricity rates190,214 residents
• Cranston electricity rates82,632 residents
• Pawtucket electricity rates75,280 residents
• East Providence electricity rates46,970 residents
• Woonsocket electricity rates43,074 residents

ZIP codes in Providence County, RI

• 02802
• 02814
• 02815
• 02823
• 02824
• 02825
• 02826
• 02828
• 02829
• 02830
• 02831
• 02838
• 02839
• 02857
• 02858
• 02859
• 02860
• 02861
• 02863
• 02864
• 02865
• 02876
• 02895
• 02896
• 02903
• 02904
• 02905
• 02906
• 02907
• 02908
• 02909
• 02910
• 02911
• 02912
• 02914
• 02915
• 02916
• 02917
• 02918
• 02919
• 02920
• 02921