Electricity and gas prices in Rhode Island

Households in Rhode Island paid an average of 29.23¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $25.75 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 6th 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$26.14
Heat pump at COP 3.0$28.56
Heat pump at COP 2.0$42.83
Electric resistance$85.67

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

Five years of prices

July 202120.51¢
October 202122.39¢
January 202223.56¢
April 202220.27¢
July 202219.40¢
October 202224.60¢
January 202328.94¢
April 202323.54¢
July 202324.31¢
October 202330.08¢
January 202431.37¢
April 202428.15¢
July 202425.76¢
October 202427.76¢
January 202531.66¢
April 202528.89¢
July 202526.18¢
October 202531.16¢
January 202630.14¢
April 202628.30¢

Who sells electricity in Rhode Island

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
The Narragansett Electric Co	Investor Owned	332,540	28.26¢
Pascoag Utility District	Municipal	4,373	16.52¢
Sunrun Inc.	Behind the Meter	3,252	26.92¢
Sunnova	Behind the Meter	2,246	22.75¢
Block Island Utility District	Political Subdivision	1,629	39.66¢

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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.