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The Narragansett Electric Co
The Narragansett Electric Co served 338,735 residential customers in Rhode Island in 2025 (72.9% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 19 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority ISNE.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of The Narragansett Electric Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 563 kWh
- At 29.45¢/kWh
- $166
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 29.45¢ sits.
The Narragansett Electric Co averaged 29.45¢ per kWh against a Rhode Island residential average of 29.46¢: in line with the state figure.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average The Narragansett Electric Co home used 597 kWh a month at 21.81¢ and paid $130. In 2025 it used 563 kWh at 29.45¢ and paid $166: the price per kWh is up 35%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 21.81 | 29.45 |
| Use, kWh a month | 597 | 563 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 130.14 | 165.83 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 338,735 | 2,288,894 | 29.45 |
| Commercial | 35,997 | 740,744 | 26.82 |
| Industrial | 962 | 107,295 | 26.1 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 73.0% of the electricity The Narragansett Electric Co sold in Rhode Island in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
19,892 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 19,892installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 125.4 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 58.7installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
5 counties.
BristolKentNewportProvidenceWashington
Counties in Rhode Island where The Narragansett Electric Co reported serving customers in 2025 (5 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 13214
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 29.45 | ¢/kWh |
| Rhode Island average price | 29.46 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 0.0 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 35.0 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 563 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 165.83 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 338,735 | accounts |
| Share of RI residential customers | 72.9 | % |
| Size rank in RI | 1 of 19 | by customers |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
2 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 0more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 0price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $12.54US dollars per month
- Median flat energy rate
- 13.95¢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.
Rhode Island: state average, five-year steps and every provider