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Connecticut Light & Power Co

Connecticut Light & Power Co served 995,130 residential customers in Connecticut in 2025 (62.9% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 15 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority ISNE.

The meter, one average month.

Scroll to run 30 days of Connecticut Light & Power Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30
Used so far
677 kWh
At 28.88¢/kWh
$195
An average 2025 month: 677 kWh at 28.88¢ comes to about $195, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 28.88¢ sits.

Connecticut Light & Power Co averaged 28.88¢ per kWh against a Connecticut residential average of 29.38¢: 1.7% below the state figure. Among the 2 investor owned utilities in Connecticut with bundled residential sales, it ranks 1st from the lowest price.

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average Connecticut Light & Power Co home used 720 kWh a month at 21.55¢ and paid $155. In 2025 it used 677 kWh at 28.88¢ and paid $195: the price per kWh is up 34%.

Connecticut Light & Power Co, Connecticut, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure20202025
Price, ¢/kWh21.5528.88
Use, kWh a month720677
Bill, US$ a month155.07195.35
Connecticut Light & Power Co customers and sales by class in Connecticut, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
ClassCustomersMWh sold¢/kWh
Residential995,1308,078,62328.88
Commercial75,3681,926,83322.92
Industrial1,616202,29715.61

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 79.1% of the electricity Connecticut Light & Power Co sold in Connecticut in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

90,904 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV
90,904installations reported for 2025
Capacity
749.8 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes
91.3installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

8 counties.

FairfieldHartfordLitchfieldMiddlesexNew HavenNew LondonTollandWindham

Counties in Connecticut where Connecticut Light & Power Co reported serving customers in 2025 (8 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 4176

The filing, line by line.

Connecticut Light & Power Co, Connecticut, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
MeasureValueUnit
Average price28.88¢/kWh
Connecticut average price29.38¢/kWh
Difference from state average-1.7%
Price change over 5 years34.0%
Typical monthly use677kWh
Typical monthly bill195.35US$
Residential customers995,130accounts
Share of CT residential customers62.9%
Size rank in CT1 of 15by customers
Price rank, investor owned peers1 of 21 = lowest

Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB

4 active plans.

Time-of-use
1more than one energy period within a month
Seasonal only
0price changes by month, not by hour
Median fixed charge
$10.31US dollars per month
Median flat energy rate
3.85¢cents per kWh, one period and one tier

Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.

Connecticut: state average, five-year steps and every provider

Read this first

  • Class-wide averages, not a quote or a bill for any one customer.
  • Plan data comes from a public, crowd-maintained database and can be out of date.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

Credits and notices

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