NYSEG in New York: programs for its customers
New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) delivers electricity and natural gas in upstate New York.
Programs from NYSEG
The program list for NYSEG is being verified, and nothing appears here until it has been checked against its source.
Programs and rules that apply across New York are on the New York page.
Figures for New York
These describe New York as a whole. They are not NYSEG's own rates or customers.
- 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
Grid operator
NYSEG sits in New York Independent System Operator (NYISO).
Wholesale prices through the day
Wholesale electricity costs more at some hours than at others. The chart averages a year of day-ahead prices, the prices a grid's market sets the day before, for each hour of the day.
In NYISO the dearest hours over the last year were 6, 7 and 8 pm Eastern time.
Work you can get done
Installers
No installer is listed for New York yet. Building Energy Group does not rate installers and publishes no reviews.
Sources
- NYSEG
- Figures: BEA Regional accounts
- Figures: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates
- Figures: EIA Form 861M
- Figures: EIA Form 861M small-scale solar
- Figures: EIA State Energy Data System