26.3¢per kWh, customer-weighted average60% higher than the U.S. average
$175average monthly bill
1utilities with a pending rate case
Connecticut is a retail-choice state
Your utility delivers the power and its rate cases set the delivery charges. The supply portion comes from the supplier you choose, or the default rate if you never chose. Both move independently.
About +$32/month on a typical bill. Eversource filed its first full CT distribution rate case since 2017 on July 14, 2026, seeking up to $727 million more per year (about $451 million or 11% excluding storm costs); the AG estimates an 18% residential increase including recovery of 2018-2025 storm costs. Money is for unrecovered infrastructure investment, O&M, vegetation management and storm response. PURA review runs about 11 months with rates proposed for July 1, 2027.
About +$-30/month on a typical bill. PURA's annual Rate Adjustment Mechanism review (decided April 22, 2026) cut Eversource residential rates by 4.3 cents/kWh, about $30 on an average bill (about $43 at 1,000 kWh, scaled from the per-kWh figure), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027. Decrease reflects lower public benefits charges tied to Millstone/Seabrook contracts and lower hardship-program costs. A prudence review may adjust rates September 1.
About +$-9/month on a typical bill. PURA's April 23, 2025 RAM decision lowered the public benefits and transmission portions of bills, about $13/month for an average Eversource residential customer starting May 1, 2025, after approving a $142 million customer credit from Millstone/Seabrook contract gains (Eversource had sought $275 million plus a $75 million storm reserve, both rejected). Supply and distribution rates were unchanged.