Average Electric Bill in New York
Residential · 12-month average, July 2025 – June 2026.
That works out to about $1,985 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, New York has the 13th highest average residential bill.
Data current through June 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 27.96¢/kWh × 592 kWh ≈ $165. A state can land high on either factor — New York pays well above the national rate but uses less power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| New York | $165 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $156 | |
| Connecticut | $201 | |
| Massachusetts | $183 | |
| Pennsylvania | $173 | |
| New Jersey | $160 | |
| Vermont | $141 |
New York is $10 a month above (+6.1%) the U.S. average of $156. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $219
- July 2025
- Lowest month
- $126
- November 2025
- Swing
- $93
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $169
- June 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: New York peaks in July 2025 and bottoms out in November 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
New York electricity bills in context
New York's average monthly electricity bill is $164, ranking 16th highest among the 50 states and DC. This is $9 above the national average of $155, a difference driven entirely by price: New York pays 27.73¢/kWh against the national rate of 17.84¢/kWh, while using 590 kWh per month compared with 871 nationally. The higher rate pushes the bill up even as lower consumption pulls it down. Over the past year, bills have climbed 10.8%, from $148 in June 2025 compared with the prior year.
The long-term trajectory is steeper still. Since May 2021, the average bill has jumped 42.5% from $115. Over the full span of available data since December 2008, when records began for the residential bill, the increase is 50.8% from $108. Seasonally, New York sees sharp swings: July 2025 hit $219, while November 2025 dropped to $126, a swing of $93 around the twelve-month average.
Among bordering states, New York falls in the middle. Connecticut averages $203 and Massachusetts $183, both substantially higher. Pennsylvania comes in at $172, and New Jersey at $160. Vermont, at $140, is the only neighboring state with a lower bill.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (July 2025 – June 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in New York may pay well above or below $165. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See New York electricity prices by sector.