{"id":136758,"date":"2026-02-17T23:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136758\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:12:09","slug":"new-yorks-electricity-prices-among-the-highest-in-the-country-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136758\/","title":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s Electricity Prices Among the Highest in the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sun setting behind a row of electricity pylons<\/p>\n

New York households continue to pay some of the highest electricity prices in the nation, according to\u00a0data<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Empire\u00a0Center\u00a0and the U.S. Energy Information Administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In November 2025, the average residential electricity price in New York was 26.49 cents per kilowatt-hour,\u00a0ranking 8th highest in the U.S. and exceeding the national average by 49 percent.\u00a0Over the past 12 months, electricity prices\u00a0in New York\u00a0rose by 7.1 percent, compared to 5.5 percent nationwide.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Average residential natural gas prices were $17.95 per thousand cubic feet, ranking 19th highest nationally and 20 percent above the U.S. average.\u00a0Electricity prices in New York have surged since 2019, widening the gap between what New Yorkers pay and the national average.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cElectricity demand and prices are rising nationwide, but New York is seeing costs climb even faster than other states,\u201d said\u00a0Zilvinas\u00a0Silenas, President and CEO of the\u00a0Empire\u00a0Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Empire\u00a0Center\u00a0publishes monthly updates through its\u00a0Energy Data Bulletin<\/a>, tracking electricity and natural gas prices across New York and neighboring states. The\u00a0Center\u00a0urges lawmakers to adopt policies that curb rising costs and ensure\u00a0a reliable, competitive, and affordable energy for all New Yorkers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Empire\u00a0Center, based in Albany, is an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank dedicated to promoting policies that can make New York a better place to live, work and raise a family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sun setting behind a row of electricity pylons New York households continue to pay some of the highest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-136758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}