Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 21 utilities reporting residential rates in New York, Orange & Rockland Utils Inc comes 15th 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 27.05¢, Orange & Rockland Utils Inc is below its own ownership class within the state (-13.8%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Orange & Rockland Utils Inc reported 170.5K residential customers, ranking 7th of 21 utilities in New York by customers served and covering 2.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 8,045 kWh per customer per year - -1.2% against the New York median of 8,141 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,875.

State peers

Every utility reporting in New York

All 21 utilities reporting bundled residential service in New York, largest first, with Orange & Rockland Utils Inc 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

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond New York, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Orange & Rockland Utils Inc in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Orange & Rockland Utils Inc rates

How much does Orange & Rockland Utils Inc charge per kWh?

Orange & Rockland Utils Inc reported an average residential price of 23.31¢ 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 Orange & Rockland Utils Inc expensive compared with the rest of New York?

Its average residential price is below the New York customer-weighted average of 26.33¢ per kWh, a difference of -11.5%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 21 utilities reporting residential service in New York.

What is the average electricity bill for Orange & Rockland Utils Inc customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 8,045 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,875 a year, or about $156 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Orange & Rockland Utils Inc?

EIA classifies Orange & Rockland Utils Inc 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.