Average electric bill in Connecticut (CT)
A typical Connecticut household pays
$196a month · $2349 a year
That is 30% above the national average of $151, the 3rd highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 699 kilowatt hours a month at 24.16¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — January 2026
$245
Cheapest — October 2025
$146
The dearest month costs $100 more than the cheapest — 69% higher and it is heating that does it, in a state with 5,800 heating degree days. If that heat is electric, the winter bill is where the savings are.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Connecticut the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Connecticut's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 1,612,706 residential accounts in Connecticut, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Connecticut rate page for the underlying prices.
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