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Public Service Elec & Gas Co electricity: 2,389,765 accounts in New Jersey, SAIDI 39
Roughly 2,389,765 New Jersey accounts belong to Public Service Elec & Gas Co, classed by EIA as investor owned; the residential count is 2,056,231. Businesses and industry take 66% of the 40,658,707 MWh it sells; homes take 34%.
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At 564 kWh a month a Public Service Elec & Gas Co home pays about $112 in energy: 19.81 ¢/kWh, 2.4% above the New Jersey average of 19.34 ¢.
Businesses and industry take 66% of the 40,658,707 MWh it sells; homes take 34%.
Who buys power from Public Service Elec & Gas Co
Business share of sales
66%homes 34% of 40,658,707 MWh
The customer mix of Public Service Elec & Gas Co is its own: 2,056,231 home accounts buy 34.2% of 40,658,707 MWh, 325,149 commercial accounts buy 55.9%, and the remaining 9.9% goes to 8,379 industrial and other accounts. A typical Public Service Elec & Gas Co home uses 6,763 kWh a year, a typical business account 69,954.
How it compares
Public Service Elec & Gas Co
Public Service Elec & Gas Co, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Public Service Elec & Gas Co
19.81 ¢/kWh
9.43 ¢/kWh
$112at 564 kWh
39 minSAIDI
New Jersey average against this company, which is 3 of 5 on priceLowest in this table
No 2025 early-release row for Public Service Elec & Gas Co; 2024 stays the latest year.
Public Service Elec & Gas Co 2024 against New Jersey 2025
-2.82 ¢19.81 ¢ for Public Service Elec & Gas Co in 2024, 22.63 ¢ for New Jersey in 2025
EIA's early release leaves Public Service Elec & Gas Co out for 2025. Its newest record stays 2024: 19.81 ¢/kWh across 2,056,231 home accounts and 39 minutes of SAIDI.
Carbon context
Public Service Elec & Gas Co serves 2,056,231 homes in New Jersey. At 564 kWh a month that is about 120 kg of CO₂, or 1,437 kg a year, at the New Jersey plant rate, state generation and not this utility: New Jersey generation mix.
Public Service Elec & Gas Co charts
Residential price since 2015: 19.81 ¢ in 2024
15.29 ¢ in 2015, 19.81 ¢ in 2024 (+29.5%); New Jersey 15.81 to 19.34 ¢.
Public Service Elec & Gas Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Public Service Elec & Gas Co billed homes 15.29 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 19.81 ¢ in 2024, +29.5% in all, and outpaced the New Jersey average (+22.3%) by 7.2 points. Public Service Elec & Gas Co's sharpest move came in 2023, +9.3%. The latest year is the high at 19.81 ¢; the low was 14.48 ¢ (2018). 2024: +8.6% here, +9.3% for the New Jersey average. SAIDI at Public Service Elec & Gas Co (major events excluded) went from 38 minutes in 2015 to 39 in 2024, +2%, between 34 (2022) and 55 (2018). Public Service Elec & Gas Co filed SAIDI under the national median in 10 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 39 minutes, -60 from that year's median. 2020: 453 minutes with major events, 45 without, the widest gap of any year. Public Service Elec & Gas Co has 2 cheaper and 2 higher-priced New Jersey peers among 5 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, City of Vineland, bills 17.84 ¢ (-1.97). Next higher-priced, Rockland Electric Co, bills 20.43 ¢ (+0.62).
Customers pay 2.4% over the New Jersey average and get some return: 39 outage minutes, 61% under the national median.
Home accounts at Public Service Elec & Gas Co went from 1,901,076 in 2015 to 2,056,231 in 2024, +8.2%. Business customers paid 0.48 times the home price in 2024 (9.43 against 19.81 ¢); the ratio was 0.47 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.64 in 2015 to 0.55 in 2024, between 0.55 and 0.79.
Outages and home price of Public Service Elec & Gas Co (EIA utility 15477), 2013 to 2024
Public Service Elec & Gas Co customers lost power for 39 minutes in 2024, down from 44 in 2014 (−12%). The low came in 2022 at 34, the high in 2018 at 55; 11 years were filed. The New Jersey median in 2024 was 50 minutes, so Public Service Elec & Gas Co ran below it.
Measured in 2025 dollars, Public Service Elec & Gas Co home rates went 20.37 ¢ to 20.33 ¢ (−0.2%) from 2013 to 2024; on the bill 14.74 ¢ to 19.81 ¢. Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,444 in 2013 and $2,439 in 2024. Of 10 New Jersey utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Public Service Elec & Gas Co stood 8th cheapest (6th of 9 in 2013).
Public Service Elec & Gas Co outage minutes a customer, 2014 to 2024: 39 in 2024
Public Service Elec & Gas Co at 39 min in 2024 and the New Jersey median at 50.
Public Service Elec & Gas Co home price since 2013: −0.2% after inflation
Public Service Elec & Gas Co: 20.33 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 19.81 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Public Service Elec & Gas Co, EIA utility 15477, year by year among New Jersey utilities
Public Service Elec & Gas Co 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Public Service Ele
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Public Service
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Public Service
New Jersey median SAIDI
2013
14.74
20.37
6 of 9
–
–
–
–
2014
15.01
20.41
9 of 11
44
0.65
–
123
2015
15.29
20.77
9 of 13
38
0.64
–
95
2016
15.17
20.34
10 of 13
50
0.75
–
99
2017
14.62
19.20
7 of 14
45
0.73
–
66
2018
14.48
18.57
7 of 14
55
0.79
–
76
2019
15.45
19.46
8 of 17
48
0.67
–
76
2020
15.80
19.65
5 of 11
45
0.62
–
68
2021
16.47
19.57
4 of 10
41
0.60
–
54
2022
16.69
18.36
7 of 10
34
0.55
–
51
2023
18.24
19.27
8 of 10
36
0.55
–
53
2024
19.81
20.33
8 of 10
39
0.55
–
50
Public Service Elec & Ga, EIA utility 15477: EIA-861, CPI-U.
How big is Public Service Elec & Gas Co in New Jersey, by customer accounts?
2,389,765 accounts in 2024: residential 2,056,231, commercial 325,149, industrial 8,379.
How many cents per kWh does Public Service Elec & Gas Co charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 19.81 cents; against the New Jersey average that is +2.4%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Public Service Elec & Gas Co?
SAIDI 39.3 min and SAIFI 0.55 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.39, CAIDI 71 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Public Service Elec & Gas Co?
94,626 installations with 1,539.7 MW, of which residential installations number 90,063.
What would a typical Public Service Elec & Gas Co home pay each month?
564 kWh at 19.81 cents comes to about $112, energy only.
Is Public Service Elec & Gas Co cheaper than other New Jersey utilities?
Rank 3 of 5 in New Jersey on price, +2.4% against the state average; 2 charge less than 19.81 ¢.
How much of the Public Service Elec & Gas Co load is business?
Homes take 34.2% of 40,658,707 MWh, commercial accounts 55.9%, industrial and other 9.9%; the 325,149 commercial accounts use 69,954 kWh each, 10.3 times a home.
Does Public Service Elec & Gas Co have smart meters or TOU rates?
1,943,561 of 2,046,310 home meters are AMI, 95.0%. Public Service Elec & Gas Co reports no home time-of-use rate; 1 of 8 New Jersey filers do.
Since 2015, has Public Service Elec & Gas Co become cheaper than other New Jersey utilities?
3rd cheapest of 5 in 2015, 3rd of 5 in 2024; its price rose 29.5% while New Jersey rose 22.3%.
Has Public Service Elec & Gas Co filed 2025 data with EIA?
Not yet: 19.81 cents and 39 SAIDI minutes (2024) remain the newest Public Service Elec & Gas Co record.
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Public Service Elec & Gas Co at 19.81 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
