Electricity in Worcester County, Massachusetts

3 electric utilities serve homes in Worcester County, Massachusetts: National Grid (Massachusetts), Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light and Town of Shrewsbury. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $119.61 (Town of Shrewsbury) to $164.23 (Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light) a month. This page covers 3 cities with 25,000 or more people in the county, from Worcester to Fitchburg.

  • 3 cities
  • 3 utilities
  • EIA and Census data, 2025

Electric utilities in Worcester County

EIA lists utilities by county, not by address. Your address has one utility: its name is on your bill, or type your ZIP code in the utility finder.

Electric utilities with 1,000 or more homes in Worcester County: average home bill in 2025 and 1,000 kWh bill in November 2026
UtilityHomes in MassachusettsAverage bill 20251,000 kWh now
National Grid (Massachusetts)Investor-owned utility · bill calculator 1,231,865 $163.79486 kWh, 33.7¢ $410.14
Fitchburg Gas & Electric LightInvestor-owned utility 26,409 $164.23453 kWh, 36.2¢ —
Town of ShrewsburyCity utility 15,206 $119.61770 kWh, 15.5¢ —

8 smaller utilities with fewer than 1,000 homes are also listed in the county. The average bill is the 2025 average of each utility's homes that bought their power from it (EIA-861). The Massachusetts average was $181.08 a month.

Cities in Worcester County

Cities with 25,000 or more people in Worcester County (2025 estimates) and the solar output of 1 kW of panels
CityPeopleCity-owned utilitySolar kWh a year per kW
Worcester213,862—1,280
Leominster44,194—1,276
Fitchburg42,136—1,281

A city-owned utility is a municipal utility in the county with the city's name (EIA data). Solar output: PVWatts version 8 for a south-facing roof; see the solar savings calculator.

Who provides electricity in Worcester County?

3 electric utilities serve homes in Worcester County, Massachusetts: National Grid (Massachusetts), Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light and Town of Shrewsbury. The name of your utility is on your bill.

Which cities in Worcester County are on this page?

Worcester, Leominster and Fitchburg.

Sources: EIA-861 data, 2025 (utilities by county, homes and average bills); Census Bureau city population estimates, Vintage 2025; PVWatts (National Laboratory of the Rockies).