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Residential customers
35 thousand
34,952 homes
Average price
18.81 cents
Massachusetts average 30.41
Average bill
$130.41
Per month at 693 kWh
Price rank
12 of 15
Lowest to highest in Massachusetts
City of Taunton rates and average bill
City of Taunton reported 34,952 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 693 kWh a month on average at 18.81 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 15 Massachusetts utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, City of Taunton ranks 12 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Taunton | 18.81 | 693 | $130.41 |
| Massachusetts (all utilities) | 30.41 | 596 | $181.08 |
| United States | 17.23 | 874 | $150.68 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.
Service area
EIA lists the counties where City of Taunton has distribution equipment. That covers 1 county in Massachusetts. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
Massachusetts (1 county)
Bristol
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Reliability
For 2025, City of Taunton reported an average of 64 minutes without power per customer and 1.41 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 45 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
City of Taunton had about 64 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Massachusetts figure across its utilities was 76 minutes. One interruption lasting 45 minutes and 1.41 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 64 minute total.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.
Rate options and rooftop solar
- Time-of-use pricing. City of Taunton does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
- Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 485 residential net-metered systems on the City of Taunton grid in 2025, with 4.1 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.
Who owns and regulates it
Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it.
For questions about state consumer protections, see the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.
City of Taunton is a municipal utility based in Massachusetts.
City of Taunton operates in the ISONE power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.
City of Taunton compared with Massachusetts
Of the 20 utilities listed for Massachusetts, City of Taunton is the 3rd largest by homes, at roughly 1.2% of the state total. Its price of 18.81 cents per kWh is 2.65 cents above the median of 15 other municipal utilities in Massachusetts (16.17 cents). At $130.41 a month, an average City of Taunton home pays about $608 a year less than the Massachusetts average of $181.08, and uses 98 kWh a month more. City of Taunton lists distribution equipment in a single county, so its service area is easy to check against your address. 485 of its residential customers use net metering, or 13.9 per 1,000 homes, against 74.4 for Massachusetts as a whole.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Massachusetts with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.
Other Massachusetts utilities
| Utility | Type | Homes | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Taunton | Municipal | 34,952 | 18.81 |
| Eversource (NSTAR Electric) | Investor-owned | 1,274,856 | 21.49 |
| National Grid Massachusetts | Investor-owned | 1,231,865 | 33.66 |
| Town of Reading | Municipal | 26,573 | 19.95 |
| Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light | Investor-owned | 26,409 | 36.24 |
| City of Chicopee | Municipal | 23,231 | 16.21 |
See every one on the electric companies in Massachusetts page.
Official site and where to get help
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- Massachusetts allows retail choice in part or all of the state. See the provider guide.
City of Taunton questions
What is the average residential electric rate for City of Taunton?
City of Taunton residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 18.81 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 693 kWh a month and an average bill of $130.41 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Massachusetts average was 30.41 cents.
How many customers does City of Taunton have?
EIA reports about 34,952 residential customers for City of Taunton in 2025.
Who regulates City of Taunton?
Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it. See the regulator for Massachusetts on the Massachusetts state page.
How reliable is City of Taunton?
For 2025, City of Taunton reported an average of 64 minutes of outage per customer and 1.41 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.