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Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

25.14¢
Avg residential price / kWh
229.6K
Residential customers
-4.5%
vs New York average
$2,014
Implied avg annual bill

Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp ranks #13 by average cents per kWh and #114 by residential customers. Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp charged an average of 25.14¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the New York average and far above the Form 861 US customer-weighted average.

San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is close to the New York customer-weighted average (-4.5%). Its customers used below the national residential norm at about 8,011 kWh a year each.

  • San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
  • Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122

Highest average rate is not the most customers

Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers

residential customers
  • FL size
    5,236,277
  • CA rate
    307,982

What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.

Source EIA Form 861 residential survey, latest release. Average cents per kWh and customer counts from the same rows; no tariff or bill is implied. As of 2024

EIA Form 861 utility filing desk

Release NY-2024 · Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp NEAR STATE

Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp · Form 861 2024 · NEAR STATE

  • RATE 25.14¢/kWh
  • RANK #17/21
  • VS-ST -4.5%
  • VS-US +46.9%
  • CUST 230k
  • BILL $2,014
  • OWN IOU
  • PHOTO NY 0.57¢
  • BOOK 114/194

Nearest Form 861 price peer: Long Island Power Authority (NY) (-0.57¢ gap)

EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · New York rates

Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp in the Form 861 price neighbourhood

Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers

¢/kWh
  • ME
    23
  • CA
    24
  • NY
    25
  • this util
    25
  • CA
    26

What this shows Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp reports 25.14¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 114 of 194.

Source EIA Form 861 residential survey As of 2024
F28/100

RateWatt cost context

How Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp compares on reported cost context

A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in New York; the state generation context is shown separately.

Price against state peers
20/100

25.14¢/kWh · median 18.53¢/kWh

Implied annual bill against state peers
20/100

$2,014/yr · median $1,527/yr

State renewable generation context
60/100

32.1% · median 22.8%

Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.

Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 21 utilities reporting residential rates in New York, Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp comes 17th of 21. The state's range runs from City of Plattsburgh - (NY) at 5.02¢ to Fishers Island Utility Co Inc at 38.17¢, so where a household sits inside New York depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 7 other investor owned utilities reporting in New York, whose customer-weighted average is 27.01¢, Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp is close to its own ownership class within the state (-6.9%).

State price distribution

Where Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp sits among New York utilities

2024 average residential price across the 21 utilities reporting a rate in New York

25.14¢/kWh 20th affordability percentile More affordable than 20% of 20 other utilities

Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp

average residential price, equal-width bands

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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp 25.14¢ -
New York (customer-weighted, 21 utilities) 26.33¢ -4.5%
US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) 17.11¢ +46.9%
Investor Owned customer-weighted US avg (183 utilities) 18.37¢ +36.9%

Rate against consumption: New York utilities

Each dot is one of the 21 New York utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp is highlighted. In New York the cheapest rate belongs to City of Plattsburgh - (NY) (5.02¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to Village of Solvay - (NY) ($805) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 21 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use 050100150 050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 21 New York utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp is highlighted. In New York the cheapest rate belongs to City of Plattsburgh - (NY) (5.02¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to Village of Solvay - (NY) ($805) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists.

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp reported 229.6K residential customers, ranking 6th of 21 utilities in New York by customers served and covering 3.4% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 8,011 kWh per customer per year - -1.6% against the New York median of 8,141 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,014.

State peers

Every utility reporting in New York

All 21 utilities reporting bundled residential service in New York, largest first, with Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in New York, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Consolidated Edison Co-NY Inc Investor Owned 2.7M 35.66¢
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Investor Owned 1.4M 17.22¢
Long Island Power Authority State 1.0M 24.57¢
New York State Elec & Gas Corp Investor Owned 735.2K 18.32¢
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp Investor Owned 294.1K 18.76¢
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp (this page) Investor Owned 229.6K 25.14¢
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc Investor Owned 170.5K 23.31¢
Sunrun Inc. Behind the Meter 38.9K 22.15¢
Tesla Inc. Behind the Meter 17.0K 18.59¢
Village of Fairport - (NY) Municipal 16.5K 6.69¢
Jamestown Board of Public Util Municipal 15.6K 8.43¢
Village of Freeport - (NY) Municipal 13.4K 14.12¢
SunPower Capital, LLC Behind the Meter 9.4K 26.20¢
City of Plattsburgh - (NY) Municipal 8.8K 5.02¢
Town of Massena - (NY) Municipal 8.2K 6.19¢
Spruce Finance Behind the Meter 8.1K 18.53¢
Sunnova Behind the Meter 5.9K 28.79¢
Village of Solvay - (NY) Municipal 4.7K 6.49¢
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co Investor Owned 3.4K 15.14¢
Fishers Island Utility Co Inc Investor Owned 657 38.17¢
Palmetto Solar, LLC Behind the Meter 56 16.65¢

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in New York.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond New York, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

Same-ownership utilities outside New York nearest in residential price
Utility State Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Central Maine Power Co Maine 519.3K 23.43¢
Atlantic City Electric Co New Jersey 472.0K 23.41¢
Public Service Co of NH New Hampshire 279.1K 22.65¢
Versant Power Maine 130.6K 28.08¢
Green Mountain Power Corp Vermont 226.7K 22.09¢

FAQ

Common questions about Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp rates

How much does Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp charge per kWh?
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp reported an average residential price of 25.14¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
Is Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp expensive compared with the rest of New York?
Its average residential price is close to the New York customer-weighted average of 26.33¢ per kWh, a difference of -4.5%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 21 utilities reporting residential service in New York.
What is the average electricity bill for Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 8,011 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,014 a year, or about $168 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp?
EIA classifies Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

  • An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
  • Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average, the Form 861 US customer-weighted average, the ownership-class customer-weighted average, and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns, never the separate EIA retail-sales statewide series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.