Electricity and gas prices in Massachusetts

Households in Massachusetts paid an average of 29.61¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $30.66 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 3rd highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$31.12
Heat pump at COP 3.0$28.93
Heat pump at COP 2.0$43.39
Electric resistance$86.78

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Massachusetts

Five years of prices

July 202122.88¢
October 202122.48¢
January 202225.27¢
April 202224.21¢
July 202223.76¢
October 202226.15¢
January 202332.19¢
April 202332.36¢
July 202327.43¢
October 202328.19¢
January 202428.35¢
April 202429.51¢
July 202428.92¢
October 202429.25¢
January 202530.07¢
April 202530.63¢
July 202530.07¢
October 202531.37¢
January 202631.16¢
April 202629.45¢

Who sells electricity in Massachusetts

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Massachusetts Electric Co	Investor Owned	526,437	33.60¢
Nstar Electric Company	Investor Owned	383,373	29.91¢
Sunrun Inc.	Behind the Meter	57,153	24.62¢
City Of Taunton	Municipal	35,684	21.46¢
Town Of Reading - (Ma)	Municipal	27,405	15.86¢
City Of Chicopee - (Ma)	Municipal	23,218	16.16¢
City Of Peabody - (Ma)	Municipal	22,546	15.71¢
Tesla Inc.	Behind the Meter	19,248	16.10¢
Sunnova	Behind the Meter	16,865	23.80¢
City Of Westfield - (Ma)	Municipal	16,200	17.59¢
Town Of Shrewsbury - (Ma)	Municipal	15,713	14.27¢
City Of Holyoke - (Ma)	Municipal	15,040	16.58¢
Town Of Middleborough - (Ma)	Municipal	14,884	15.84¢
Town Of Braintree - (Ma)	Municipal	14,039	15.79¢
City Of Norwood - (Ma)	Municipal	13,601	17.67¢
Adjustment 2024		13,197	19.29¢
Town Of North Attleborough - (Ma)	Municipal	12,607	15.91¢
Town Of Danvers	Municipal	11,594	16.45¢
Town Of Hudson - (Ma)	Municipal	11,448	13.39¢
Town Of Wellesley - (Ma)	Municipal	9,437	16.20¢
Town Of Mansfield - (Ma)	Municipal	9,399	15.16¢
Town Of Littleton - (Ma)	Municipal	6,738	14.12¢
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co	Investor Owned	6,168	40.08¢
Spruce Finance	Behind the Meter	3,401	14.86¢
Nantucket Electric Co	Investor Owned	2,055	35.11¢
Everbright, LLC	Behind the Meter	1,401	21.09¢
Sunpower Capital, LLC	Behind the Meter	1,363	19.95¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.