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Direct Energy Services
Direct Energy Services served 83,925 residential customers in New York in 2025 (1.1% of the state's residential customers), the 9th largest of 71 utilities reporting there. Energy-only service; ownership: retail power marketer; balancing authority NYIS.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Direct Energy Services's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 528 kWh
- At 13.17¢/kWh
- $69.55
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.17¢ sits.
This page covers energy-only service, which is only part of a household's bill, so its 13.17¢ is not compared with the New York bundled average of 26.39¢. Both are drawn for scale only.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Direct Energy Services home used 734 kWh a month at 9.54¢ and paid $70.04. In 2025 it used 528 kWh at 13.17¢ and paid $69.55: the price per kWh is up 38%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 9.54 | 13.17 |
| Use, kWh a month | 734 | 528 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 70.04 | 69.55 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 83,925 | 531,726 | 13.17 |
| Commercial | 7,888 | 104,069 | 10.61 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
EIA-8612025Utility 54820
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.17 | ¢/kWh |
| New York average price | 26.39 | ¢/kWh |
| Price change over 5 years | 38.0 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 528 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 69.55 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 83,925 | accounts |
| Share of NY residential customers | 1.1 | % |
| Size rank in NY | 9 of 71 | by customers |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.