17.78¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Town of Wallingford / CT ]
Town of Wallingford electricity rates in Connecticut
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+13.6%
vs 2024
21,426
residential customers
+35.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Town of Wallingford's average effective residential rate (17.78¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.80¢ | — | 21,131 |
| 2016 | 12.87¢ | +0.6% | 21,169 |
| 2017 | 13.52¢ | +5.0% | 21,264 |
| 2018 | 13.79¢ | +2.0% | 21,361 |
| 2019 | 14.11¢ | +2.3% | 21,536 |
| 2020 | 13.09¢ | −7.2% | 21,614 |
| 2021 | 13.57¢ | +3.7% | 21,589 |
| 2022 | 15.81¢ | +16.5% | 21,543 |
| 2023 | 16.73¢ | +5.8% | 21,370 |
| 2024 | 15.65¢ | −6.5% | 21,405 |
| 2025 | 17.78¢ | +13.6% | 21,426 |
How this compares
29.31¢
Connecticut average, 2025
−39.3%
Town of Wallingford vs CT 2025 average
+3.2%
vs US 2025 average
#6
priciest in CT
Serves 1 county in Connecticut: New Haven. 11 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Town of Wallingford's average residential rate has gone from 12.80¢ to 17.78¢ per kWh: +38.9% over 10 years, or about +3.3% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +16.5% in 2022. The largest drop was −7.2% in 2020.
For a home using 704 kWh a month, the Connecticut average, Town of Wallingford's 2025 rate works out to about $1,502 a year, $974 less than at Connecticut's average rate of 29.31¢. Of the 6 Connecticut utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the least expensive.
Town of Wallingford served 21,131 homes in 2015 and 21,426 in 2025 (+1.4%), about 1% of Connecticut's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Town of Wallingford's rates
Town of Wallingford 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 Public Utilities Regulatory Authority generally does not.
Commission contact: Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Town of Wallingford raising rates in 2026?
Town of Wallingford's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +13.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Town of Wallingford charge per kWh?
Town of Wallingford's average effective residential rate was 17.78¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Connecticut's 2025 average was 29.31¢.
How much have Town of Wallingford rates gone up in five years?
+35.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +9.3% for Connecticut as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Town of Wallingford have in Connecticut?
21,426 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including New Haven, 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)