Long Island Power Authority Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 21 utilities reporting residential rates in New York, Long Island Power Authority comes 16th 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.

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 21 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Long Island Power Authority reported 1.0M residential customers, ranking 3rd of 21 utilities in New York by customers served and covering 15.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 8,864 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $2,178.

Within New York the median reporting utility sells about 8,141 kWh per customer, so Long Island Power Authority customers use +8.9% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.

Every utility reporting in New York

All 21 utilities reporting bundled residential service in New York, largest first, with Long Island Power Authority marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

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

Common questions about Long Island Power Authority rates

How much does Long Island Power Authority charge per kWh?

Long Island Power Authority reported an average residential price of 24.57¢ 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 Long Island Power Authority 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 -6.7%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 21 utilities reporting residential service in New York.

What is the average electricity bill for Long Island Power Authority customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 8,864 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,178 a year, or about $181 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Long Island Power Authority?

EIA classifies Long Island Power Authority as State, a utility owned by the state government. Nationally, State utilities averaged 14.92¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

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, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

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