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Residential customers
3.09 million
3,088,999 homes
Average price
36.74 cents
New York average 26.39
Average bill
$137.10
Per month at 373 kWh
Price rank
11 of 11
Lowest to highest in New York
Con Edison rates and average bill
Con Edison reported 2,777,072 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 373 kWh a month on average at 36.74 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, Con Edison ranks 11 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Con Edison | 36.74 | 373 | $137.10 |
| New York (all utilities) | 26.39 | 586 | $154.75 |
| United States | 17.23 | 874 | $150.68 |
Another 311,927 residential customers use Con Edison for delivery only and buy their energy from a different supplier. EIA reports their delivery revenue at about 24.29 cents per kWh, or $107.46 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.
Service area
EIA lists the counties where Con Edison has distribution equipment. That covers 6 counties in New York. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
New York (6 counties)
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Westchester
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Reliability
For 2025, Con Edison reported an average of 18 minutes without power per customer and 0.12 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 149 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
Con Edison had about 109 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The New York figure across its utilities was 138 minutes. One interruption lasting 149 minutes and 0.12 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 18 minute total.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under other standard. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.
Rate options and rooftop solar
- Time-of-use pricing. Con Edison does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
- Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 80,409 residential net-metered systems on the Con Edison grid in 2025, with 463.6 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.
Who owns and regulates it
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.
Con Edison is an investor-owned utility based in New York.
Con Edison operates in the NYISO power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.
Con Edison compared with New York
New York has 14 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Con Edison is 1st by size and serves about 41.4% of the state's homes. Among 5 other investor-owned utilities in New York, the median price is 22.59 cents per kWh, so Con Edison at 36.74 cents is 14.15 cents above its peers. At $137.10 a month, an average Con Edison home pays about $212 a year less than the New York average of $154.75, and uses 213 kWh a month less. Con Edison lists distribution equipment in 6 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 80,409 of its residential customers use net metering, or 26.0 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.
Other New York utilities
| Utility | Type | Homes | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Con Edison | Investor-owned | 3,088,999 | 36.74 |
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania | Investor-owned | 1,812,335 | 18.76 |
| National Grid (Niagara Mohawk) | Investor-owned | 1,536,569 | 19.89 |
| Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) | State-owned | 1,032,490 | 26.17 |
| NYSEG (New York State Electric and Gas) | Investor-owned | 793,702 | 22.59 |
| Rochester Gas & Electric | Investor-owned | 353,617 | 22.01 |
See every one on the electric companies in New York page.
Official site and where to get help
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Con Edison questions
What is the average residential electric rate for Con Edison?
Con Edison residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 36.74 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 373 kWh a month and an average bill of $137.10 (EIA Form EIA-861). The New York average was 26.39 cents.
How many customers does Con Edison have?
EIA reports about 3,088,999 residential customers for Con Edison in 2025.
Who regulates Con Edison?
A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. See the regulator for New York on the New York state page.
How reliable is Con Edison?
For 2025, Con Edison reported an average of 18 minutes of outage per customer and 0.12 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (other standard). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.