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Rochester Gas & Electric Corp

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp served 302,692 residential customers in New York in 2025 (4.1% of the state's residential customers), the 5th 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 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp's average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30
Used so far
699 kWh
At 22.01¢/kWh
$154
An average 2025 month: 699 kWh at 22.01¢ comes to about $154, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 22.01¢ sits.

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp averaged 22.01¢ per kWh against a New York residential average of 26.39¢: 16.6% below the state figure. Among the 8 investor owned utilities in New York with bundled residential sales, it ranks 3rd from the lowest price.

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average Rochester Gas & Electric Corp home used 681 kWh a month at 12.61¢ and paid $85.90. In 2025 it used 699 kWh at 22.01¢ and paid $154: the price per kWh is up 74.6%.

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp, New York, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure20202025
Price, ¢/kWh12.6122.01
Use, kWh a month681699
Bill, US$ a month85.9153.76
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp customers and sales by class in New York, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
ClassCustomersMWh sold¢/kWh
Residential302,6922,537,86622.01
Commercial22,855776,38318.01
Industrial22448,27815.95

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 75.5% of the electricity Rochester Gas & Electric Corp sold in New York in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

3,405 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV
3,405installations reported for 2025
Capacity
28.7 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes
11.2installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

7 counties.

AlleganyGeneseeLivingstonMonroeOntarioWayneWyoming

Counties in New York where Rochester Gas & Electric Corp reported serving customers in 2025 (7 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 16183

The filing, line by line.

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp, New York, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
MeasureValueUnit
Average price22.01¢/kWh
New York average price26.39¢/kWh
Difference from state average-16.6%
Price change over 5 years74.6%
Typical monthly use699kWh
Typical monthly bill153.76US$
Residential customers302,692accounts
Share of NY residential customers4.1%
Size rank in NY5 of 71by customers
Price rank, investor owned peers3 of 81 = lowest

Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB

6 active plans.

Time-of-use
4more than one energy period within a month
Seasonal only
0price changes by month, not by hour
Median fixed charge
$27.93US dollars per month
Median flat energy rate
12.51¢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

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  • 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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