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New York State Elec & Gas Corp

New York State Elec & Gas Corp served 747,709 residential customers in New York in 2025 (10.0% of the state's residential customers), the 4th 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 New York State Elec & Gas Corp's average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30
Used so far
744 kWh
At 22.59¢/kWh
$168
An average 2025 month: 744 kWh at 22.59¢ comes to about $168, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 22.59¢ sits.

New York State Elec & Gas Corp averaged 22.59¢ per kWh against a New York residential average of 26.39¢: 14.4% below the state figure. Among the 8 investor owned utilities in New York with bundled residential sales, it ranks 4th from the lowest price.

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average New York State Elec & Gas Corp home used 741 kWh a month at 11.49¢ and paid $85.15. In 2025 it used 744 kWh at 22.59¢ and paid $168: the price per kWh is up 96.6%.

New York State Elec & Gas Corp, New York, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure20202025
Price, ¢/kWh11.4922.59
Use, kWh a month741744
Bill, US$ a month85.15168.05
New York State Elec & Gas Corp customers and sales by class in New York, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
ClassCustomersMWh sold¢/kWh
Residential747,7096,676,12822.59
Commercial92,2742,095,33718.93
Industrial52376,16117.8
Transportation13,98616.32

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 75.4% of the electricity New York State Elec & Gas Corp sold in New York in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

12,620 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV
12,620installations reported for 2025
Capacity
108.5 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes
16.9installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

44 counties.

AlleganyBroomeCattaraugusCayugaChautauquaChemungChenangoClintonColumbiaCortlandDelawareDutchessErieEssexFranklinGreeneHamiltonHerkimerLewisLivingstonMadisonNiagaraOneidaOnondaga

Counties in New York where New York State Elec & Gas Corp reported serving customers in 2025 (44 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 13511

The filing, line by line.

New York State Elec & Gas Corp, New York, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
MeasureValueUnit
Average price22.59¢/kWh
New York average price26.39¢/kWh
Difference from state average-14.4%
Price change over 5 years96.6%
Typical monthly use744kWh
Typical monthly bill168.05US$
Residential customers747,709accounts
Share of NY residential customers10.0%
Size rank in NY4 of 71by customers
Price rank, investor owned peers4 of 81 = lowest

Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB

12 active plans.

Time-of-use
7more than one energy period within a month
Seasonal only
0price changes by month, not by hour
Median fixed charge
$22US dollars per month
Median flat energy rate
16.59¢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.

New York: state average, five-year steps and every provider

Read this first

  • Class-wide averages, not a quote or a bill for any one customer.
  • Plan data comes from a public, crowd-maintained database and can be out of date.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

Credits and notices

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