26.17¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Long Island Power Authority / NY ]
Long Island Power Authority electricity rates in New York
PUBLIC BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.5%
vs 2024
1,032,490
residential customers
+23.3%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Long Island Power Authority's average effective residential rate (26.17¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19.19¢ | — | 1,002,957 |
| 2016 | 18.94¢ | −1.3% | 1,005,759 |
| 2017 | 19.77¢ | +4.4% | 1,008,493 |
| 2018 | 20.68¢ | +4.6% | 1,011,534 |
| 2019 | 20.39¢ | −1.4% | 1,015,709 |
| 2020 | 21.22¢ | +4.1% | 1,020,872 |
| 2021 | 22.07¢ | +4.0% | 1,024,510 |
| 2022 | 25.22¢ | +14.3% | 1,026,689 |
| 2023 | 22.33¢ | −11.5% | 1,028,015 |
| 2024 | 24.57¢ | +10.0% | 1,029,955 |
| 2025 | 26.17¢ | +6.5% | 1,032,490 |
How this compares
26.39¢
New York average, 2025
−0.8%
Long Island Power Authority vs NY 2025 average
+51.9%
vs US 2025 average
#5
priciest in NY
Serves 3 counties in New York: Nassau, Queens, Suffolk. 209 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Long Island Power Authority's average residential rate has gone from 19.19¢ to 26.17¢ per kWh: +36.4% over 10 years, or about +3.2% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +14.3% in 2022. The largest drop was −11.5% in 2023.
For a home using 586 kWh a month, the New York average, Long Island Power Authority's 2025 rate works out to about $1,840 a year, $15 less than at New York's average rate of 26.39¢. Of the 15 New York utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 5th most expensive.
Long Island Power Authority served 1,002,957 homes in 2015 and 1,032,490 in 2025 (+2.9%), about 14% of New York's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Long Island Power Authority's rates
Long Island Power Authority is a public power utility run by its own governing board, which sets its rates. How much the New York Public Service Commission oversees those rates depends on New York law.
Commission contact: New York Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Long Island Power Authority raising rates in 2026?
Long Island Power Authority's rates are set by its governing board, not through a rate case at the New York Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +6.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Long Island Power Authority charge per kWh?
Long Island Power Authority's average effective residential rate was 26.17¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). New York's 2025 average was 26.39¢.
How much have Long Island Power Authority rates gone up in five years?
+23.3% between 2020 and 2025, against +52.2% for New York as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Long Island Power Authority have in New York?
1,032,490 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including Nassau, Queens, Suffolk, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)