25.7¢per kWh, customer-weighted average56% higher than the U.S. average
$132average monthly bill
1utilities with a pending rate case
New York is a retail-choice state
Your utility delivers the power and its rate cases set the delivery charges. The supply portion comes from the supplier you choose, or the default rate if you never chose. Both move independently.
About +$-5/month on a typical bill. LIPA's board adopted a $4.4 billion operating and $1 billion capital budget on December 18, 2025 that lowers the typical residential bill by $6.53 (3.3%) versus 2025, driven by a $219 million drop in budgeted power supply costs and $17 million of PSEG Long Island management fee savings; delivery rates stayed essentially flat. Note the monthly Power Supply Charge, reset outside this process, rose sharply in early 2026.
About +$40/month on a typical bill. NYSEG filed June 30, 2025 for $464.4 million (18.6% of total revenue), a $33.12 (23.6%) total-bill increase for a residential customer using 600 kWh (about $55.20 scaled linearly to 1,000 kWh). Hearings ran February-March 2026; on May 14, 2026 the PSC set temporary rates adding $52.6 million (3.7% of revenue, 0.2% on residential bills) from June 1, 2026 while it finishes the case. Driver is net plant growth; final decision expected late 2026.
About +$4/month on a typical bill. Con Edison filed Jan. 31, 2025 for about $1.6 billion more in electric delivery revenue (11.3% of total revenue, 17.9% of base delivery) for 2026. On Jan. 22, 2026 the PSC adopted a three-year joint proposal with electric increases of $234 million in year 1, $409.7 million in year 2 and $421.1 million in year 3 (about 2.8% of total bills per year, 4.4% of delivery) at a 9.4% ROE, funding $11.7 billion of electric capital, property taxes and O&M. Typical NYC residential bills rise roughly $4/month in 2026 with similar steps in 2027 and 2028; the 1,000 kWh figure was not published.
About +$15/month on a typical bill. National Grid's upstate electric case (filed May 2024) sought $509.6 million more in delivery revenue (25.5% of delivery, 10.4% of total revenue). The PSC approved a three-year joint proposal on Aug. 14, 2025 with electric increases of $167.3 million (rate year starting April 1, 2025, billed from Sept. 1, 2025), $297.4 million in April 2026 and $243.4 million in April 2027, mainly for grid reliability and CLCPA-related investment. A 625 kWh residential customer pays $14.32 (3.4%) more in year 1, $6.44 (5.6%) in year 2 and $4.34 in year 3; scaled to 1,000 kWh the year-1 step is about $22.91.