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Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp served 246,232 residential customers in New York in 2025 (3.3% of the state's residential customers), the 6th largest of 71 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority NYIS.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 696 kWh
- At 27.67¢/kWh
- $193
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 27.67¢ sits.
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp averaged 27.67¢ per kWh against a New York residential average of 26.39¢: 4.9% above the state figure. Among the 8 investor owned utilities in New York with bundled residential sales, it ranks 6th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp home used 701 kWh a month at 17.57¢ and paid $123. In 2025 it used 696 kWh at 27.67¢ and paid $193: the price per kWh is up 57.5%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 17.57 | 27.67 |
| Use, kWh a month | 701 | 696 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 123.11 | 192.6 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 246,232 | 2,056,458 | 27.67 |
| Commercial | 40,341 | 1,004,181 | 19.71 |
| Industrial | 624 | 58,163 | 19.4 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 65.9% of the electricity Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp sold in New York in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
18,214 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 18,214installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 150.5 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 74.0installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
7 counties.
AlbanyColumbiaDutchessGreeneOrangePutnamUlster
Counties in New York where Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp reported serving customers in 2025 (7 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 3249
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 27.67 | ¢/kWh |
| New York average price | 26.39 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 4.9 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 57.5 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 696 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 192.6 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 246,232 | accounts |
| Share of NY residential customers | 3.3 | % |
| Size rank in NY | 6 of 71 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 6 of 8 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
5 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 3more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 0price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $22.74US dollars per month
- Median flat energy rate
- 20.97¢cents per kWh, one period and one tier
Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.