[ City of Peabody / MA ]
City of Peabody electricity rates in Massachusetts
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at City of Peabody's average effective residential rate (16.88¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.00¢ | — | 21,699 |
| 2016 | 12.41¢ | +3.4% | 22,394 |
| 2017 | 11.65¢ | −6.1% | 21,904 |
| 2018 | 11.28¢ | −3.2% | 21,368 |
| 2019 | 11.09¢ | −1.7% | 24,017 |
| 2020 | 10.53¢ | −5.0% | 22,191 |
| 2021 | 10.63¢ | +0.9% | 22,162 |
| 2022 | 12.59¢ | +18.4% | 22,203 |
| 2023 | 14.71¢ | +16.8% | 22,369 |
| 2024 | 15.71¢ | +6.8% | 22,546 |
| 2025 | 16.88¢ | +7.5% | 22,697 |
How this compares
Serves 1 county in Massachusetts: Essex. 11 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is City of Peabody raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for City of Peabody is on file with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +7.5% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does City of Peabody charge per kWh?
City of Peabody's average effective residential rate was 16.88¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Massachusetts's 2025 average was 30.41¢.
How much have City of Peabody rates gone up in five years?
+60.3% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.3% for Massachusetts as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Peabody have in Massachusetts?
22,697 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Essex, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey; rate-case facts are from the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities docket linked on this page. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
