Territory and usage

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 - +8.9% against the New York median of 8,141 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,178.

Rate comparison

Public-power price placement

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.

Price distribution in the state

State peers

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.

Ownership class peers

State utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond New York, these indexable state utilities report the closest residential averages to Long Island Power Authority in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

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, the customer-weighted average across State utilities was 22.29¢ 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.