Rochester Gas & Electric Corp Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 21 utilities reporting residential rates in New York, Rochester Gas & Electric Corp comes 13th 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, which averaged 24.71¢, Rochester Gas & Electric Corp is below its own ownership class within the state (-24.1%).

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

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp reported 294.1K residential customers, ranking 5th of 21 utilities in New York by customers served and covering 4.4% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 8,141 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,527.

Within New York the median reporting utility sells about 8,141 kWh per customer, so Rochester Gas & Electric Corp customers use +0.0% 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 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp 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 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp rates

How much does Rochester Gas & Electric Corp charge per kWh?

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp reported an average residential price of 18.76¢ 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 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp expensive compared with the rest of New York?

Its average residential price is far below the New York customer-weighted average of 26.33¢ per kWh, a difference of -28.8%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 21 utilities reporting residential service in New York.

What is the average electricity bill for Rochester Gas & Electric Corp customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 8,141 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,527 a year, or about $127 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Rochester Gas & Electric Corp?

EIA classifies Rochester Gas & Electric Corp as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ 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.