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Massachusetts Electric Co
Massachusetts Electric Co served 793,715 residential customers in Massachusetts in 2025 (27.2% of the state's residential customers), the 2nd largest of 59 utilities reporting there. Delivery-only service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority ISNE.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Massachusetts Electric Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 584 kWh
- At 18.73¢/kWh
- $109
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 18.73¢ sits.
This page covers delivery-only service, which is only part of a household's bill, so its 18.73¢ is not compared with the Massachusetts bundled average of 30.48¢. Both are drawn for scale only.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Massachusetts Electric Co home used 611 kWh a month at 12.25¢ and paid $74.79. In 2025 it used 584 kWh at 18.73¢ and paid $109: the price per kWh is up 52.9%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 12.25 | 18.73 |
| Use, kWh a month | 611 | 584 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 74.79 | 109.28 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 793,715 | 5,557,934 | 18.73 |
| Commercial | 117,441 | 8,029,099 | 10.77 |
| Industrial | 2,722 | 2,198,691 | 8.75 |
| Transportation | 1 | 699 | 26.39 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 35.2% of the electricity Massachusetts Electric Co sold in Massachusetts in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
114,502 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 114,502installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 763.2 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 144.3installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
12 counties.
BarnstableBerkshireBristolEssexFranklinHampdenHampshireMiddlesexNorfolkPlymouthSuffolkWorcester
Counties in Massachusetts where Massachusetts Electric Co reported serving customers in 2025 (12 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 11804
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 18.73 | ¢/kWh |
| Massachusetts average price | 30.48 | ¢/kWh |
| Price change over 5 years | 52.9 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 584 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 109.28 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 793,715 | accounts |
| Share of MA residential customers | 27.2 | % |
| Size rank in MA | 2 of 59 | by customers |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.
Massachusetts: state average, five-year steps and every provider