Central Hudson Gas and Electric Rates and Average Bill Guide

Central Hudson Gas and Electric reported 246,232 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 696 kWh a month on average at 27.67 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 11 New York utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Central Hudson Gas and Electric ranks 10 from the lowest price.

Another 24,375 residential customers use Central Hudson Gas and Electric for delivery only and buy their energy from a different supplier. EIA reports their delivery revenue at about 18.08 cents per kWh, or $117.38 a month, which does not include the supply price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where Central Hudson Gas and Electric has distribution equipment. That covers 7 counties in New York. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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For 2025, Central Hudson Gas and Electric reported an average of 182 minutes without power per customer and 1.30 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 140 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Central Hudson Gas and Electric had about 55 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The New York figure across its utilities was 138 minutes. One interruption lasting 140 minutes and 1.30 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 182 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

• Time-of-use pricing. Central Hudson Gas and Electric reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 1,604 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 18,214 residential net-metered systems on the Central Hudson Gas and Electric grid in 2025, with 150.5 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. In New York, that review is done by the New York State Public Service Commission.

Central Hudson Gas and Electric is an investor-owned utility based in New York.

Central Hudson Gas and Electric operates in the NYISO power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

New York has 14 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Central Hudson Gas and Electric is 6th by size and serves about 3.6% of the state's homes. Among 5 other investor-owned utilities in New York, the median price is 22.59 cents per kWh, so Central Hudson Gas and Electric at 27.67 cents is 5.09 cents above its peers. At $192.60 a month, an average Central Hudson Gas and Electric home pays about $454 a year more than the New York average of $154.75, and uses 110 kWh a month more. Central Hudson Gas and Electric lists distribution equipment in 7 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 18,214 of its residential customers use net metering, or 67.3 per 1,000 homes, against 35.2 for New York as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in New York with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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