Rochester Gas and Electric

About Rochester Gas and Electric

Rochester Gas and Electric is an investor owned entity providing electricity in 25 different cities in New York including Rochester, Irondequoit CDP, Brighton CDP, Greece CDP, and Canandaigua. A total of 318,784 customers (0.07% industrial accounts, 6.94% commercial accounts and 92.99% residential accounts) are provided electricity by the provider. Patrons of Rochester Gas and Electric are billed an average residential electricity rate of 19.84 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 12.43% less than New York's average price of 22.66 cents and 22.33% higher than the nationwide average of 16.22 cents. They sold 267,341 megawatt hours through wholesale channels to other electricity providers in 2023. Electricity generation plants owned by Rochester Gas and Electric produced 11,962 megawatt hours and an additional 3,467,313 megawatt hours were purchased via the wholesale electricity market. The revenue for the company in 2023 from electricity sales was $867,721,100, with 0.94% coming from wholesale electricity sales and 54.74% from retail sales to end users.

The national average monthly residential power bill is $143.38, while the Rochester Gas and Electric average is 1.13% less at $141.75 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 11,961 megawatt hours from hydroelectric power facilities, which makes them the 10th largest producer of hydroelectric power out of 103 providers in New York. The provider generates 100.00% of their total number of megawatt hours generated, which is 11,961 megawatt hours, from renewable fuels.