New York utility rate cases
Rates are set by the New York Public Service Commission. Households are represented by Utility Intervention Unit, NY Department of State. The average New York home pays about $140 a month for 571 kWh (EIA, 2024). New York households can choose their electricity supplier. Natural gas supply can be shopped too.
4 pending rate cases
4 utilities tracked in New York. Enter your ZIP on the home page to see the one that serves you.
Utilities
Pending, biggest first
The baseline usage here is 83 therms a month for a typical NYSEG heating customer, not kWh.
NYSEG customers are paying a small temporary increase while regulators decide on a much larger rate request; the final number could still change substantially.
RG&E customers are on temporary rates while the commission reviews a much larger permanent increase request.
The 83-therm baseline here is monthly usage for a typical RG&E heating customer.
Recent decisions
Your electric delivery bill went up about 4 dollars a month in 2026 for a typical apartment using 280 kWh, with smaller increases already locked in for 2027 and 2028.
A typical gas heating customer using 100 therms a month pays about 10.67 dollars more starting in 2026 under the approved plan, far less than Con Edison originally asked for.
National Grid's upstate delivery rates are rising in three steps through 2028, but the increase actually approved is far below what the company first requested.
Upstate gas delivery rates are rising in three annual steps through 2028 under a plan far smaller than National Grid's original request.
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