New York home energy: programs, prices and installers

New York's electric grid is run by the New York Independent System Operator; this site covers seven of the state's electric utilities.

What electricity costs: 27.73 cents per kWhAverage residential price in New York, 2025-06 to 2026-05. The price is up 47.8% over five years.Source: EIA Form 861M, trailing 12 months to 2026-05
Energy cost against income: 5.39% of incomeAverage household energy spending in New York, as a share of median household income, 2024.Source: BEA Regional accounts; Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA State Energy Data System, 2024
Rooftop solar: 200.9 watts per householdResidential small-scale solar capacity in New York, divided by its households, 2024.Source: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA Form 861M small-scale solar, 2024

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The program list for New York is being verified, and nothing appears here until it has been checked against its source.

Each utility's page lists that utility's own programs.

Central Hudson
Central Hudson Gas & Electric delivers electricity and natural gas in the mid-Hudson Valley.
Con Edison
Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) delivers electricity in New York City and most of Westchester County.
National Grid (New York)
National Grid delivers electricity in upstate New York, and natural gas in upstate New York, New York City and Long Island.
NYSEG
New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) delivers electricity and natural gas in upstate New York.
Orange and Rockland
Orange and Rockland Utilities (O&R) delivers electricity and natural gas in parts of southeastern New York, including Orange and Rockland counties.
PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island operates the electric system that the Long Island Power Authority owns on Long Island.
RG&E
Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) delivers electricity and natural gas in the Rochester area.

A grid operator runs the high-voltage grid and the wholesale electricity market for its region.

NYISO (Central Hudson, Con Edison, National Grid (New York), NYSEG, Orange and Rockland, PSEG Long Island and RG&E)

In NYISO the dearest hours over the last year were 6, 7 and 8 pm Eastern time. Wholesale, not your bill. See the chart on the NYISO page.

No installer is listed for New York yet. Building Energy Group does not rate installers and publishes no reviews.