Electricity in Worcester, Massachusetts
3 electric utilities serve homes in Worcester County, where Worcester is: National Grid (Massachusetts), Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light and Town of Shrewsbury. The name of your utility is on your bill. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $119.61 (Town of Shrewsbury) to $164.23 (Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light) a month. The Massachusetts average was $181.08.
- 213,862 people (2025 estimate)
- Worcester County
- EIA data, 2025
Electric utilities in Worcester
EIA lists utilities by county, not by city. These utilities serve homes in Worcester County. Your address has one utility: its name is on your bill, or type your ZIP code in the utility finder.
| Utility | Homes in Massachusetts | Average bill 2025 | 1,000 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); a dash means that its homes buy power from a retail supplier. The 1,000 kWh bill is from the official tariff, before taxes, for the utilities that have a calculator on this site. The Massachusetts average was $181.08 a month for 596 kWh (30.4¢ per kWh).
Solar power in Worcester
A home solar system on a south-facing roof in Worcester makes about 1,280 kWh a year for each kW of panels (PVWatts, National Laboratory of the Rockies). A 6 kW system makes about 7,682 kWh a year. See what that saves on your utility's rates with the solar savings calculator.
Lower your electric bill in Worcester
- Open your utility above for its average bill, outages and rates, or the bill calculator to check your own bill.
- Help paying the electric bill in Massachusetts: bill assistance, payment plans and discounts.
- Why is my electric bill so high? and the appliance cost calculator.
More about Massachusetts: Massachusetts electric rates and all Massachusetts utilities, business electricity rates and natural gas bills. All cities of the county: electricity in Worcester County. Other cities: Boston, Barnstable, Braintree, Brockton, Cambridge, Chicopee, Holyoke, Lynn, New Bedford, North Attleborough, Peabody, Pittsfield.
Who provides electricity in Worcester, MA?
3 electric utilities serve homes in Worcester County, where Worcester is: National Grid (Massachusetts), Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light and Town of Shrewsbury. The name of your utility is on your bill.
What is the average electric bill in Worcester, MA?
In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $119.61 (Town of Shrewsbury) to $164.23 (Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light) a month. The Massachusetts average was $181.08 a month for 596 kWh. Your bill depends on your kWh and your rate plan.
utilityratecalc.com is not part of any utility or city government. Sources: Census Bureau city population estimates, Vintage 2025 (the city and its counties); EIA-861 data, 2025 (utilities by county, homes and average bills).