Rochester Gas and Electric

About Rochester Gas and Electric

Rochester Gas and Electric is an investor owned entity providing electricity in 24 different cities in New York including Rochester, Irondequoit CDP, Brighton CDP, Greece CDP, and Canandaigua. A total of 312,458 customers (0.07% industrial accounts, 6.84% commercial accounts and 93.09% residential accounts) are provided electricity by the provider. Patrons of Rochester Gas and Electric are billed an average residential electricity rate of 16.86 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 16.27% less than New York's average price of 20.13 cents and 6.97% higher than the nationwide average of 15.76 cents. They sold 247,492 megawatt hours through wholesale channels to other electricity providers in 2022. Electricity generation plants owned by Rochester Gas and Electric produced 21,467 megawatt hours and an additional 3,466,832 megawatt hours were purchased via the wholesale electricity market. The revenue for the company in 2022 from electricity sales was $795,797,400, with 1.77% coming from wholesale electricity sales and 60.21% from retail sales to end users.

The national average monthly residential power bill is $135.34, while the Rochester Gas and Electric average is 16.82% less at $112.58 per month. Electricity production is not handled in house at the company, as they purchase electricity at wholesale rates to then be resold to their consumers. The supplier is able to produce 21,468 megawatt hours from hydroelectric power facilities, which makes them the 10th largest producer of hydroelectric power out of 99 providers in New York. The provider generates 100.00% of their total number of megawatt hours generated, which is 21,468 megawatt hours, from renewable fuels.