Commercial electricity rates in Rhode Island

What businesses in Rhode Island actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 18.59¢ to 32.31¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Rhode Island by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Rhode Island.

Commercial customers in Rhode Island pay 17% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is narrower than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Rhode Island used 5,551 kWh in August 2026. At 23.31¢ per kWh that is about $1,294 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Rhode Island's commercial price rose 22.2%, from 19.07¢ in September 2023 to 23.31¢. The high point was 32.31¢ in November 2024 and the low 18.59¢ in March 2024 — a spread of 74% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was November (24.72¢) and the cheapest October (20.73¢), a seasonal swing of 19%.

Rhode Island against its region

Rhode Island is in EIA's New England division, where the commercial average was 22.24¢ in August 2026. Rhode Island is 5% above that, and 5 of 6 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts.

States priced near Rhode Island

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states