Four utility price measures: local, state and national benchmarks
Electricity
Average residential price, cents per kilowatt-hourCon Edison service territorySelected other NY utilitiesNew York State, all customersUnited States
The price compared with other utilities
BLS survey averages by metro area
BLS estimates these averages from a sample of bills for households in its survey area, whatever their supplier; for New York that area takes in northern New Jersey, Long Island, the lower Hudson Valley and part of Pennsylvania. The figures at left are revenue per kilowatt-hour for each utility’s full-service customers. Geography is one reason the two differ, but not the only one; neither confirms the other’s ranking.
Retail electricity prices and a wholesale energy benchmark
12-month averages, cents per kWhCon Edison residential priceNYC-zone day-ahead wholesale energy benchmarkRetail price minus benchmark
Wholesale power follows natural gas
Monthly averagesNYC zone power, $/MWh (left)Henry Hub gas, $/MMBtu (right)
Wholesale and retail price changes: a weak association
Every month since 2010
Piped gas
Residential piped gas, dollars per therm, 12-month averageNY metro (BLS, through 2024)New York State, city included (EIA)New Jersey (EIA)United States (EIA)
Three gas price benchmarks, $ per thousand cubic feet, 12-month average
Henry Hub spot (Louisiana)New York city gateNew York residential
Why summer gas costs more per unit
Heating oil
Residential No. 2 heating oil, dollars per gallon, weeklyNew York City (NYSERDA)New York State average, city included (NYSERDA)United States (EIA, heating season)
The latest week, region by region
Retail–spot price spread
NYC retail survey priceNew York Harbor spot priceRetail–spot spread
Water and sewer
Against rent and everything else
Consumer price indexes, New York metro area, 12-month average, change since 2000ElectricityPiped gasRent of primary residenceAll items