23.24¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Rockland Electric Co / NJ ]
Rockland Electric Co electricity rates in New Jersey
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+10.5%
vs 2024
66,678
residential customers
+41.5%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Rockland Electric Co's average effective residential rate (23.24¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17.04¢ | — | 63,660 |
| 2016 | 16.97¢ | −0.4% | 63,925 |
| 2017 | 16.29¢ | −4.0% | 63,966 |
| 2018 | 16.79¢ | +3.1% | 64,235 |
| 2019 | 16.36¢ | −2.6% | 64,493 |
| 2020 | 16.42¢ | +0.4% | 64,587 |
| 2021 | 17.61¢ | +7.3% | 64,772 |
| 2022 | 17.61¢ | +0.0% | 65,095 |
| 2023 | 18.75¢ | +6.5% | 65,855 |
| 2024 | 21.04¢ | +12.2% | 66,360 |
| 2025 | 23.24¢ | +10.5% | 66,678 |
How this compares
22.48¢
New Jersey average, 2025
+3.4%
Rockland Electric Co vs NJ 2025 average
+34.9%
vs US 2025 average
#3
priciest in NJ
Serves 3 counties in New Jersey: Bergen, Passaic, Sussex. 47 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Rockland Electric Co's average residential rate has gone from 17.04¢ to 23.24¢ per kWh: +36.4% over 10 years, or about +3.2% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +12.2% in 2024. The largest drop was −4.0% in 2017.
For a home using 670 kWh a month, the New Jersey average, Rockland Electric Co's 2025 rate works out to about $1,868 a year, $61 more than at New Jersey's average rate of 22.48¢. Of the 5 New Jersey utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 3rd most expensive.
Rockland Electric Co served 63,660 homes in 2015 and 66,678 in 2025 (+4.7%), about 2% of New Jersey's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Rockland Electric Co's rates
Rockland Electric Co is investor-owned, so it can change its base rates only by filing a rate case with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The commission holds hearings and takes public comment before it rules, and it usually approves less than the company asks for. Fuel and other pass-through charges can change between rate cases.
Commission contact: New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Rockland Electric Co raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Rockland Electric Co is on file with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +10.5% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Rockland Electric Co charge per kWh?
Rockland Electric Co's average effective residential rate was 23.24¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). New Jersey's 2025 average was 22.48¢.
How much have Rockland Electric Co rates gone up in five years?
+41.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +48.7% for New Jersey as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Rockland Electric Co have in New Jersey?
66,678 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, 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)