State electricity profile · EIA monthly through May 2026
New York Electricity
As of May 2026, residential electricity in New York costs 29.93¢ per kWh (+12.1% vs May 2025). EIA publishes these figures monthly and this page follows them. New York's 2025 annual residential electricity rate is 26.39¢/kWh, 52.5% above the US average. The rate sits above the national average while renewables supply 32% of in-state generation, leaving most of the mix, broken out below, still fossil-fired.
- 29.93¢
- May 2026 rate
- +12.1%
- year over year
- 26.39¢/kWh
- Residential rate
- +52.5%
- vs US average
- 32%
- Renewable
- 7.5M
- Customers
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26.39¢/kWh residential, 21.07¢/kWh commercial
In the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2025 annual-frequency retail-sales series, New York's residential average revenue per kWh is 26.39¢/kWh, with a commercial average of 21.07¢/kWh and an industrial average of 9.55¢/kWh; a separate EIA generation series for 2025 reports 32% of the state's generation from renewables.
- 52.5% above the US average vs national residential average
- 32% renewable generation
The verdict · 2025
New York's residential electricity runs 26.39¢/kWh - 52.5% above the 17.30¢/kWh national average, pricier than 88% of other states, with 32% of its power from renewables.
This is EIA state average revenue per kWh across 7.5M reported residential customers, a benchmark for comparing states, not the tariff on any single bill. Source: EIA retail-sales API, annual frequency.
Annual rate change
What changed in the 2025 annual EIA period
- New York's commercial average rose from 18.77¢/kWh to 21.07¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +12.3%.
- New York's residential average rose from 24.43¢/kWh to 26.39¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +8.0%.
- New York's industrial average rose from 9.17¢/kWh to 9.55¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +4.1%.
Where New York's residential rate sits nationally
2025 average revenue per kWh across every reporting state
26.39¢/kWh 12th affordability percentile More affordable than 12% of 50 other states
all reporting states, equal-width bands
Each bar spans 5¢/kWh. Taller bars contain more states; the dashed marker locates this state. Hover, focus or tap a bar for its exact count and share.
Source U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · 2025 annual frequency
How New York compares
Average revenue per kWh, EIA retail-sales API. Pick a benchmark above to compare New York against the US average or a peer state.
Residential Price History
New York residential average revenue per kWh moved from 17.58¢/kWh in 2016 to 26.39¢/kWh in 2025 (50.1% over the window).
- New York residential avg
- 26.39¢/kWh 50.1% since 2016
- 2016 → 2025
- New York residential: 2016, 17.6¢
- New York residential: 2017, 18¢
- New York residential: 2018, 18.5¢
- New York residential: 2019, 17.9¢
- New York residential: 2020, 18.4¢
- New York residential: 2021, 19.5¢
- New York residential: 2022, 22.1¢
- New York residential: 2023, 22.2¢
- New York residential: 2024, 24.4¢
- New York residential: 2025, 26.4¢
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · annual frequency. New York full trend →
New York Average Price by Sector and Year (¢/kWh)
The chart above tracks households only. In 2025, New York households paid 26.39¢/kWh while businesses paid 21.07¢/kWh, a 25.2% residential premium, a wider household-versus-business gap than most states. Every year EIA has published is below, so a single year can be read across all three sectors rather than assembled from three separate EIA queries.
| Year | Residential | Commercial | Industrial |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.39¢/kWh | 21.07¢/kWh | 9.55¢/kWh |
| 2024 | 24.43¢/kWh | 18.77¢/kWh | 9.17¢/kWh |
| 2023 | 22.24¢/kWh | 18.01¢/kWh | 6.87¢/kWh |
| 2022 | 22.08¢/kWh | 18.19¢/kWh | 7.55¢/kWh |
| 2021 | 19.48¢/kWh | 16.07¢/kWh | 6.34¢/kWh |
| 2020 | 18.36¢/kWh | 14.56¢/kWh | 5.54¢/kWh |
| 2019 | 17.94¢/kWh | 14.06¢/kWh | 5.61¢/kWh |
| 2018 | 18.52¢/kWh | 14.50¢/kWh | 6.02¢/kWh |
| 2017 | 18.03¢/kWh | 14.75¢/kWh | 5.92¢/kWh |
| 2016 | 17.58¢/kWh | 14.45¢/kWh | 6.03¢/kWh |
Average revenue per kilowatt-hour, U.S. Energy Information Administration annual-frequency retail-sales series. Revenue per kWh is what customers in each sector actually paid on average, not an advertised tariff rate. Years with no EIA figure for a sector show —.
What New York's Electricity Data Tells Us
Residential customers in New York pay 26.39¢/kWh in 2025, across 7.5M metered households, placing the state 52.5% above the national residential average of 17.30¢/kWh. Commercial rates sit at 21.07¢/kWh while industrial buyers pay 9.55¢/kWh. These sector averages describe recorded revenue per kWh; this dataset alone does not establish why they differ. Annual residential sales total 52.4M MWh on roughly $13.8B in utility revenue. Sales and revenue are reported retail-series measures and should not be treated as a local load forecast.
New York's industrial rate ranks 15 of 51 while its residential rate ranks 7, so the gap between what a factory and a household pay is narrower here than in most states. No single fuel reaches half of New York's in-state generation. Natural gas leads at 45.5%, with nuclear at 20.8% close enough behind that the mix reads as a balance rather than a clear lead. It is the leading fuel in 26 states. Renewable fuels (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass) account for 32.1% of New York's electricity output. These shares describe in-state generation, not a utility-specific customer bill.
Looking back across EIA records, residential prices in New York moved from 17.58¢/kWh in 2016 to 26.39¢/kWh in 2025, a 50.1% shift over that window. States charging a similar rate include Alaska, Maine, New Hampshire, a useful peer set for a sanity check. Because gas sets the price of the marginal megawatt-hour on a grid built around it, New York's residential rate tracks the fuel market with a lag: a gas-price winter shows up on bills months later, and a cheap gas year works its way through the same way. At this level it matters what the figure is made of: it is total revenue divided by total kilowatt-hours, so delivery, taxes and fees are inside it but never broken out. In a state as dear as New York that hides which part of the bill a household could actually act on.
+52.5%
Much more expensive vs the US residential average
12%
of states have higher rates — Among the costliest
32%
Moderate renewable — above the 25% US mix
7.5M
residential customers served
Energy Generation Mix (2025)
How New York generates its electricity, from the EIA generation series for 2025 (separate from the 2025 retail-sales price figures above). Renewable sources account for 32.1% of generation.
- Natural Gas45.5%
- Nuclear20.8%
- Hydrorenewable18.9%
- Solarrenewable7.6%
- Windrenewable5.0%
- Petroleum0.9%
- Other0.7%
- Biomassrenewable0.6%
Who generates New York's electricity
New York has 1,660 operable generating units on EIA's inventory totalling 40,497 MW of net summer capacity. The largest single plant is Robert Moses Niagara , a conventional hydroelectric station operated by New York Power Authority , rated 2,435 MW.
Balancing authorities keep supply and demand matched on the grid; the largest here by capacity are New York Independent System Operator and ISO New England Inc.
Showing the 16 largest of 1,088 operable plants in New York by net summer capacity.
| Plant | Operator | Technology | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Moses Niagara | New York Power Authority | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 2,435 |
| Ravenswood | Ravenswood Operations LLC | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 1,947 |
| Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station | Constellation Nuclear | Nuclear | – | 1,896 |
| Oswego Harbor Power | Oswego Harbor Power | Petroleum Liquids | – | 1,614 |
| Northport | National Grid Generation LLC | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 1,604 |
| Roseton Generating Facility | CCI Roseton LLC | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 1,222 |
| Blenheim Gilboa | New York Power Authority | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | – | 1,171 |
| Bowline Point | Bowline, LLC | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 1,160 |
| Cricket Valley Energy | Cricket Valley Energy Center LLC | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 1,016 |
| Sithe Independence Station | Sithe/Independence LLC | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 996 |
| Athens Generating Plant | New Athens Generating Company LLC | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 984 |
| Astoria Generating Station | U S Power Generating Company LLC | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 923 |
| Arthur Kill Generating Station | NRG Arthur Kill Operations Inc | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 877 |
| James A Fitzpatrick | Constellation Nuclear | Nuclear | – | 853 |
| Bethlehem Energy Center | GB II New York LLC | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 813 |
| Robert Moses Power Dam | New York Power Authority | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 803 |
| Operating company | Plants | Net summer MW |
|---|---|---|
| New York Power Authority | 19 | 5,776 |
| National Grid Generation LLC | 11 | 3,810 |
| Constellation Nuclear | 3 | 3,330 |
| Ravenswood Operations LLC | 1 | 1,947 |
| Oswego Harbor Power | 1 | 1,614 |
| U S Power Generating Company LLC | 3 | 1,474 |
| CCI Roseton LLC | 1 | 1,222 |
| Bowline, LLC | 1 | 1,160 |
| Cricket Valley Energy Center LLC | 1 | 1,016 |
| Sithe/Independence LLC | 1 | 996 |
Operable units only, from EIA's generator inventory as reported for 2026-05. Capacity is net summer rating, which is what a unit can reliably deliver in peak conditions rather than its nameplate figure. Ownership and operatorship can differ; the company shown is the one EIA records as operating the unit.
Market Overview
Residential Revenue
$13.8B
Commercial Revenue
$15.1B
Residential Sales
52.4M MWh
Residential Customers
7.5M
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Using New York's numbers
New York is mid-transition, which is the phase where prices are hardest to predict: it is paying to run the old fleet and to build the new one at the same time, and the rate above sits in the middle of that.
- New York sits 52.5% above the national average, see exactly where it lands among all 50 states. See the rankings
- Check the multi-year trend before you judge the rate, a low price rising fast can cost more over a decade than a steady one. New York price trend
- Compare New York side by side with the US average and peer states using the tool above, then estimate your own bill from your monthly kWh. Cost calculator
Figures are EIA state averages by sector, computed as revenue divided by sales, so delivery and taxes are inside them but not broken out. Your actual rate depends on your utility, plan, and usage, see our disclaimer.
Read with New York: why energy prices vary
Where New York's figures come from
Every price and generation figure on this page is drawn from the EIA series below, and from nothing else.
Utilities serving New York
The 21 utilities that reported bundled residential service in New York to EIA Form 861 (2024), largest first. Entity prices below are Form 861 averages for that release, not the same survey as the 2025 retail-sales statewide average above, and not a household tariff. What an individual household pays depends on which of these serves its address.
| 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 | 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¢ |
Showing the 15 largest of 21 reporting utilities. The 7 serving 100.0K+ residential customers link to a full profile. Presence in EIA Form 861 is not evidence that a utility is available at a given address or that a customer may choose it.
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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Statewide prices use the EIA retail-sales annual series (2025). Generation mix uses a separate EIA generation series (2025). Utility rows use Form EIA-861 (2024) and are not averaged into the statewide retail-sales figure. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.