Electric companies in Albany County, New York

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Electric utilities in Albany County, NY

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Outage risk in Albany County, NY

Albany County, NY, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 490 in all, 155.4 per 100,000 residents of 315,374, rank 7 of 62 New York counties. Property damage in Albany County, NY: $7.8M.

ZIP codes in Albany County, NY

• 12007
• 12009
• 12023
• 12041
• 12045
• 12046
• 12047
• 12054
• 12059
• 12067
• 12077
• 12083
• 12084
• 12085
• 12110
• 12120
• 12143
• 12147
• 12158
• 12159
• 12161
• 12183
• 12186
• 12189
• 12193
• 12202
• 12203
• 12204
• 12205
• 12206
• 12207
• 12208
• 12209
• 12210
• 12211
• 12222
• 12226
• 12303
• 12304
• 12460
• 12469

Facts about Albany County, NY

Residents of Albany County, NY, ACS 2023

315,37414 of 62 New York counties

Households in Albany County, NY

132,7282.38 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Albany County, NY

56.7%75,285 owner and 57,443 renter households

Median household income in Albany County, NY

$83,14914 of 62 New York counties

Housing units in Albany County, NY

146,95914,231 vacant or seasonal, 9.7% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Albany County, NY

22.4%29,734 homes, 4 of 62 New York counties

Utilities listed for Albany County, NY

22 with a home price: Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp

ZIP areas touching Albany County, NY

4112007 to 12469

Outage-linked storm events in Albany County, NY

490NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Albany County, NY

69.9%median year built 1964

Flood claims in Albany County, NY

35NFIP 2015 to 2025, $370K paid

Home energy burden in Albany County, NY

2.4%$1,509 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Albany County, NY

Albany County, NY has no price series of its own. Albany County, NY: the New York average was 18.54 ¢/kWh in 2015. Albany County, NY: 24.43 ¢ in 2024, 32% up. Albany County, NY: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Albany County, NY: a 571 kWh month at the New York price. Albany County, NY: $106 in 2015, $140 in 2024. Albany County, NY: $1,674 a year, 2.0% of the $83,149 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Albany County, NY

Albany County, NY: electricity $1,509 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,350, 2.4% of $97,651 income. 132,175 households in Albany County, NY spend about $199.5 million a year on electricity and $310.6 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Albany County, NY ($20,052 a year) spend 8.0% of income, 3.3 times the all-home figure.

Housing and heating in Albany County, NY

Albany County, NY: 102,776 of 146,959 homes were built before 1980 and 17,994 in 2000 or later. Albany County, NY has 71,579 detached houses, 30,259 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 1,941 mobile homes, and 57,443 of 132,728 households rent.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Albany County, NY

Albany County, NY: 35 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $370K paid, median paid claim $13,107.

591 of 95,866 residential structures in Albany County, NY carry an NFIP contract. 699 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Albany County, NY on 8 Sep 2026. Albany County, NY lists 35 repetitive-loss properties, 5 of them severe repetitive loss.

Albany County, NY: claims history, not an outage count.

Albany County, NY: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Albany County, NY: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Albany County, NY

Albany County, NY totals 6,723 heating degree days and 463 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Albany County, NY is the 42nd coldest of 62 counties in New York: 6,723 against a median of 6,933. For cooling, Albany County, NY is the 21st hottest: 463 against a median of 404.

Albany County, NY is a cold-winter county, with 6,260 more heating than cooling degree days.

Albany County, NY: 6,336 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 6,723 on the normal, 6% under.

In Albany County, NY, 22.4% of 132,728 homes heat with electricity; the other 77.6% use another main heating fuel.

Albany County, NY: ACS B25040, 132,728 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Albany County, NY

Compare Albany County, NY with its neighbours

• Schenectady County sits 13 miles northwest of Albany County, NY, with 159,603 residents against 315,374 there, 323 storm events against 490, median home built 1955 against 1964, energy burden 2.9% against 2.4%, income $76,989 against $83,149.
• Rensselaer County sits 17 miles east of Albany County, NY, with 160,341 residents against 315,374 there, 437 storm events against 490, median home built 1962 against 1964, energy burden 2.9% against 2.4%, income $86,663 against $83,149.
• Greene County sits 27 miles south of Albany County, NY, with 47,554 residents against 315,374 there, 232 storm events against 490, median home built 1972 against 1964, energy burden 3.6% against 2.4%, income $74,011 against $83,149.
• Saratoga County sits 29 miles north of Albany County, NY, with 237,075 residents against 315,374 there, 562 storm events against 490, median home built 1984 against 1964, energy burden 2.3% against 2.4%, income $99,653 against $83,149.
• Columbia County sits 30 miles south of Albany County, NY, with 61,245 residents against 315,374 there, 525 storm events against 490, median home built 1965 against 1964, energy burden 3.1% against 2.4%, income $83,619 against $83,149.

Cities in Albany County, NY

• Albany electricity rates100,081 residents