18.81¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Taunton / MA ]
City of Taunton electricity rates in Massachusetts
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−12.3%
vs 2024
34,952
residential customers
+22.2%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Taunton's average effective residential rate (18.81¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15.21¢ | — | 32,742 |
| 2016 | 15.52¢ | +2.0% | 25,233 |
| 2017 | 15.47¢ | −0.3% | 33,450 |
| 2018 | 15.56¢ | +0.6% | 33,800 |
| 2019 | 15.40¢ | −1.0% | 34,099 |
| 2020 | 15.39¢ | −0.1% | 34,325 |
| 2021 | 15.40¢ | +0.1% | 34,637 |
| 2022 | 17.22¢ | +11.8% | 34,401 |
| 2023 | 20.73¢ | +20.4% | 34,979 |
| 2024 | 21.46¢ | +3.5% | 35,684 |
| 2025 | 18.81¢ | −12.3% | 34,952 |
How this compares
30.41¢
Massachusetts average, 2025
−38.1%
City of Taunton vs MA 2025 average
+9.2%
vs US 2025 average
#6
priciest in MA
Serves 1 county in Massachusetts: Bristol. 15 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Taunton's average residential rate has gone from 15.21¢ to 18.81¢ per kWh: +23.7% over 10 years, or about +2.1% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +20.4% in 2023. The largest drop was −12.3% in 2025.
For a home using 596 kWh a month, the Massachusetts average, City of Taunton's 2025 rate works out to about $1,345 a year, $830 less than at Massachusetts's average rate of 30.41¢. Of the 20 Massachusetts utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 6th most expensive.
City of Taunton served 32,742 homes in 2015 and 34,952 in 2025 (+6.8%), about 1% of Massachusetts's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Taunton's rates
City of Taunton is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities generally does not.
Commission contact: Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Taunton raising rates in 2026?
City of Taunton's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved −12.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Taunton charge per kWh?
City of Taunton's average effective residential rate was 18.81¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Massachusetts's 2025 average was 30.41¢.
How much have City of Taunton rates gone up in five years?
+22.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.3% for Massachusetts as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Taunton have in Massachusetts?
34,952 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Bristol, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)