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Rhode Island electric companies, rates and outages

EIA counts 3 utilities in Rhode Island, serving 521,662 accounts for a population of 1,095,371.

Off the coast of Rhode Island, the Block Island Wind Farm is the first offshore wind farm in the United States
Block Island Turbine. Photo by Alex DeCiccio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

In 2025 Rhode Island homes paid 29.46 ¢/kWh: rank 4 of 51, 70.3% above the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 28.65 ¢).

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How it compares

Rhode Island prices
Customer sector2024GapRank
Residential28.65 ¢/kWh+73.8% against the U.S.5 of 511 is highest
Commercial21.09 ¢/kWh+65.4% against the U.S.5 of 511 is highest
Industrial19.70 ¢/kWh+142.3% against the U.S.3 of 511 is highest

Electric companies in Rhode Island

Rhode Island home prices, 2024; lowest filled.

Rhode Island companies
CompanyHome accountsAverage priceReliabilityNet metering
Pascoag Utility DistrictLowest price4,37316.52 ¢/kWh$94 a month at 567 kWhNo data0.0 MW7 systems
The Narragansett Electric Co451,38125.08 ¢/kWh$142 a month at 567 kWh61 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.76588.6 MW17,879 systems
Block Island Utility District1,62939.66 ¢/kWh$225 a month at 567 kWhNo data0.4 MW103 systems

Rhode Island: 2025 and 2026

Rhode Island, data to July 2026.

Rhode Island 2025 average price
29.46 ¢/kWh+2.8% against 2024, U.S. +5.0%
Rhode Island 2025 rank
4 of 51+1 places against 2024
Rhode Island January to Jul 2026
29.22 ¢/kWh-1.1% on Jan-Jul 2025
Rhode Island Last 12 months
29.27 ¢/kWhto July 2026
Rhode Island July 2026
28.29 ¢/kWh+8.1% against July 2025
Rhode Island 2025 costliest month
Feb 33.29 ¢cheapest Jul 26.18 ¢, a 27% spread
Rhode Island Typical 2025 bill
$166 a monthtop Jul $213, low May $131

The Rhode Island residential price averaged 29.46 ¢/kWh in 2025, +2.8% on 2024: Rhode Island ran 2.1 points slower than the nation. From January to July 2026 the Rhode Island average is 29.22 ¢, -1.1% on 2025, 8.2 points below the U.S. change. Seasonality in Rhode Island: 2025 peaked in February at 33.29 ¢ and bottomed in July at 26.18 ¢. A typical residential account in Rhode Island paid about $1,986 for energy over 2025, from $131 in May to $213 in July; use per account ran 451 to 814 kWh a month.

Rhode Island price by month, 2024 to Jul 2026

Price by month, Rhode Island: 12 rows
Month202420252026 to Jul
Jan31.3731.6630.14
Feb31.1733.2929.45
Mar30.4732.3029.91
Apr28.1528.8928.30
May28.2929.0029.46
Jun27.2726.8429.23
Jul25.7626.1828.29
Aug26.8326.52No data
Sep28.7128.30No data
Oct27.7631.16No data
Nov35.6130.82No data
Dec25.4031.15No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What a typical Rhode Island account paid each month

Rhode Island: use per account times price, energy only.

Typical bill by month, Rhode Island: 12 rows
Month20252026 to Jul
Jan208191
Feb182171
Mar169156
Apr132145
May131148
Jun153142
Jul213217
Aug198No data
Sep135No data
Oct137No data
Nov140No data
Dec188No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What Rhode Island power is made of

In plain words. Natural gas is the biggest source in Rhode Island (88%), and the power made there is about as clean as the U.S. average per kWh. New plants with 715 MW are under construction.

In 2025 Rhode Island plants of 1 MW or more made 9.8 TWh. The biggest sources: natural gas 88.3%, utility-scale solar 7.1%, wind 2.0%. For comparison, natural gas makes 40.9% of U.S. generation. Wind, solar and hydro together: 9.2% (22.6% for the U.S.). Rhode Island plants only; imports and rooftop solar are not counted.

Rhode Island, share of net generation, %

  • Coal
  • Natural gas 88.3
  • Nuclear
  • Hydro (conventional) 0.1
  • Wind 2.0
  • Utility-scale solar 7.1
  • Petroleum 0.7
  • Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste 1.9
  • Other

Fuel groups: prices guide.

Rhode Island, share of net generation and operating capacity: 6 rows
SourceRhode Island share of generation, %U.S. share, %Rhode Island generation, TWhRhode Island capacity, MW
Natural gas88.340.98.661,988
Hydro (conventional)0.15.50.014
Wind2.010.40.1978
Utility-scale solar7.16.80.70452
Petroleum0.70.40.077
Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste1.91.40.1945

EIA-923 and EIA-860 for Rhode Island, 2025 data, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Rhode Island plant pipeline

Rhode Island, megawatts: 6 rows
Rhode Island plantsMW
Operating, utility-scale2,574
Battery storage3
Retiring 2026 to 20300
Retiring after 20300
Under construction715
Planned4

EIA-860 generators in Rhode Island, 2025 data.

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Rhode Island carbon per kWh

Rhode Island plants emitted 839 lb of CO₂ per MWh in 2023 (0.381 kg per kWh), against 767 lb for the U.S. An average Rhode Island home using 559 kWh a month accounts for about 213 kg of CO₂ a month at that rate. The rate is for Rhode Island plants, not your supplier.

state and national values: 4 rows
MeasureRhode IslandU.S.
CO₂, lb per MWh839.1767.2
CO₂, kg per kWh0.3810.348
NOx, lb per MWh0.3720.452
SO2, lb per MWh0.0130.359

EPA eGRID2023 for Rhode Island, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Who delivers and who sells in Rhode Island

26.0% of Rhode Island home accounts bought energy from a supplier other than the wires company in 2024 (14 suppliers reported), 457,383 accounts in all. Plan prices are not shown here: choosing a supplier.

Rhode Island, largest wires companies: 1 rows
Rhode Island wires companyDelivery-only home accounts
The Narragansett Electric Co118,841

EIA-861 wires companies in Rhode Island, 2024 data.

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Rhode Island, largest suppliers by home accounts: 5 rows
Rhode Island supplierHome accounts
NextEra Energy Services, LLC85,764
SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC8,190
Clearview Electric Inc.5,619
Town Square Energy5,265
Adjustment 20244,409

EIA-861 suppliers in Rhode Island, 2024 data.

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Rhode Island weather

A normal year in Rhode Island brings 6,308 heating and 404 cooling degree-days (1991 to 2020). 2025 had 5,655 heating (10% below normal) and 633 cooling (57% above normal).

Rhode Island degree-days by year

Heating and cooling degree-days, Rhode Island, 2015 to 2025: 11 rows
Rhode Island yearHeating (HDD)Cooling (CDD)Normal HDDNormal CDD
201558806406308404
201653547216308404
201754285316308404
201856397616308404
201958416246308404
202051847566308404
202152207086308404
202254137316308404
202350775666308404
202452466336308404
202556556336308404

NOAA nClimDiv degree-days for Rhode Island, 2015 to 2025, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Rhode Island meters and time-of-use rates

1.1% of Rhode Island home meters are advanced (AMI) meters: 5,151 of 473,736. 0 of 3 reporting utilities offer a home time-of-use rate, and 3 home accounts are enrolled in dynamic pricing programs.

EIA-861 meters in Rhode Island, data year 2024, pulled 2 Oct 2026: homes.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Rhode Island

Rhode Island: 559 NFIP flood claims with a loss date in 2015 to 2025, $18.4M paid, median paid claim $12,676; 40th of 55 states and territories by dollars paid. The peak year was 2024 with 166 claims. FEMA counts 2.7% of Rhode Island residential structures as insured, 9th of 51, and the policy file shows 11,690 NFIP policies in force on 8 Sep 2026. Floods damage substations and lines, and in Rhode Island this is claims history, not an outage count.

Rhode Island counties with the most NFIP flood claims
Top counties in Rhode IslandClaims 2015-2025PaidClaims per 1,000 homes
Providence County164$9.7M1.1
Kent County115$2.8M2.1
Newport County103$2.8M3.2
Washington County94$2.1M1.9
Bristol County83$1.0M5.1

Rhode Island: flood claims by state, flood claims by county. 559 Rhode Island claims as of 8 Sep 2026, OpenFEMA NFIP; counts under 5 hidden.

Rhode Island charts

Price by sector, Rhode Island

Home 28.65, business 21.09, industry 19.70 ¢ in 2024.

Rhode Island price by sector 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearResidentialCommercialIndustrialGap to U.S. residential
201519.2915.7813.76+6.64
201618.6214.8813.48+6.07
201718.3215.2014.57+5.43
201820.5516.5815.39+7.68
201921.7316.3815.59+8.72
202022.0115.9415.76+8.86
202122.3015.5116.06+8.64
202223.2116.2317.96+8.17
202327.0217.6818.98+11.02
202428.6521.0919.70+12.17

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Largest utilities, SAIDI

Median of 1 reporters here: 60.8 minutes.

min

  • The Narragansett Electric Co60.8
  • U.S. median99.5

Rhode Island, SAIDI of the largest Rhode Island utilities: EIA-861 survey.

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Who serves each county

Rhode Island counties shaded by utilities listing them; the table shows the top twelve.

Rhode Island counties by number of electric utilitiesBristolNewportKentWashingtonProvidence

1 utility 2 3 4 or more

Rhode Island counties: 5 rows
CountyUtilitiesNames
Providence2Pascoag Utility District; The Narragansett Electric Co
Washington2Block Island Utility District; The Narragansett Electric Co
Bristol1The Narragansett Electric Co
Kent1The Narragansett Electric Co
Newport1The Narragansett Electric Co

5 rows from EIA-861 Service Territory, Census 2023 county outlines.

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Analyst note

Rhode Island residential power was 5th highest of 51 in 2015 at 19.29 ¢ and is 5th in 2024 at 28.65 ¢, so the state held the same place. The U.S. figure went 12.65 to 16.48 ¢ while Rhode Island went +48.5%. The biggest annual move was 2023 at +16.4%; the latest year, 2024, came in at +6.0% against +3.0% for the U.S. Business customers paid 15.78 ¢ in 2015 and 21.09 ¢ in 2024, a gap to homes of -3.51 ¢ then and -7.56 ¢ now; industry went from 13.76 to 19.70 ¢ (+43.2%). The Narragansett Electric Co is the largest by accounts with 514,663, 98.7% of the 521,662 accounts in Rhode Island, and the top three hold 100.0%. Territory overlaps: 2 of 5 counties are listed by two or more utilities, led by Washington with 2. Net-metered capacity totals 589 MW over 17,989 installations, 34.5 per 1,000 electric accounts.

At 28.65 ¢/kWh, Rhode Island residential power is among the costliest in the country: 5th of 51, 12.17 ¢ above the U.S. figure. Since 2015 the residential price moved +48.5% against +30.3% nationally, so Rhode Island has pulled away from the national trend by 18.2 points.

Businesses pay 7.56 ¢ less than households here (-26.4%); business is under home price in 51 of 51. SAIDI for the typical reporter is 60.8 minutes across 1 utility, under the national 99.5. Three utilities serve 100.0% of accounts.

By revenue, Rhode Island electricity splits 49.9% residential, 43.3% commercial and 6.8% industrial; by kWh the split is 42.1%, 49.6% and 8.3%. Residential accounts are the largest revenue source here. Home accounts are 87.7% of 521,661 accounts and use 567 kWh a month, a commercial account 4,878 and an industrial one 31,063.

Facts

Residents (ACS 2023)
1,095,371436,902 households
Electric accounts
521,662476 per 1,000 residents
Residential price
28.65 ¢/kWh+12.17 ¢ against the U.S.
Commercial price
21.09 ¢/kWh+8.34 ¢ against the U.S.
Industrial price
19.70 ¢/kWh+11.57 ¢ against the U.S.
Residential since 2015
+48.5%+18.2 points vs U.S.
Retail sales
7.4 TWh6,769 kWh a resident
Utilities listed
31 investor owned, 1 municipal, 1 political subdivision
Median SAIDI
60.8 min1 utility, 0.61x U.S.
Net-metered capacity
589 MW17,989 installations
Top three utilities
100.0%of utility accounts
Business minus home
-7.56 ¢-26.4% of the home price
Counties with 2+ utilities
2 of 5most: Washington, 2 utilities

Data tables

Rhode Island: price by year

YearHomeBusinessIndustryHome vs U.S.
201519.2915.7813.76+6.64
201618.6214.8813.48+6.07
201718.3215.2014.57+5.43
201820.5516.5815.39+7.68
201921.7316.3815.59+8.72
202022.0115.9415.76+8.86
202122.3015.5116.06+8.64
202223.2116.2317.96+8.17
202327.0217.6818.98+11.02
202428.6521.0919.70+12.17

Questions on Rhode Island

How many cents per kWh do Rhode Island homes pay?

28.65 cents in 2024, which is +12.17 cents against the U.S. figure.

Did Rhode Island electricity get more expensive after 2015?

It went from 19.29 to 28.65 cents, +48.5% in total, +18.2 points against the U.S.

How many utilities does EIA list for Rhode Island?

3 utilities have Rhode Island as their largest state, and 1 of them report SAIDI.

How much solar net metering exists in Rhode Island?

589 MW over 17,989 installations.

How many electric accounts does Rhode Island have per 1,000 residents?

476: 521,662 accounts for 1,095,371 residents.

Do Rhode Island businesses pay more than households?

Businesses pay 21.09 ¢ and homes 28.65 ¢, a difference of -7.56 ¢.

What did Rhode Island residential electricity cost in 2025?

Rhode Island averaged 29.46 cents per kWh, +2.8% against 28.65 in 2024, and 4 of 51 among states.

Are Rhode Island residential electricity prices rising in 2026?

Rhode Island is -8.2 points against the U.S.: 29.22 cents from January to July 2026, -1.1% on 2025.

When in 2025 did Rhode Island residential power cost most, February or July?

February at 33.29 cents in Rhode Island; July was the lowest at 26.18, a 27% spread.

Does Rhode Island residential power cost more than the national average in 2026?

11.01 cents above the national average; Rhode Island 29.22 cents over January to July 2026, -1.1% on 2025.

States with a similar home price

Closest to Rhode Island at 28.65 ¢/kWh, by 2024 average home price.

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How Rhode Island ranks and compares

Rhode Island is 48th cheapest of 51 on price (29.46 ¢); 37th cleanest grid (839 lb CO2 per MWh); 23rd highest income burden (2.30%).

All rankings, price, income and outages explorer, compare two states.

Help paying the bill in Rhode Island

Rhode Island has $26.8 million in federal energy-assistance money for FY2026, shutoff rules and phone lines. Open the Rhode Island help page.

Counties in Rhode Island ranked: highest and lowest energy burden, storm reports and old homes, county by county.

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In 2025 Rhode Island homes paid 29.46 ¢/kWh: rank 4 of 51, 70.3% above the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 28.65 ¢).

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