Electric companies in Erie County, New York

Erie County, NY on the map

Electric utilities in Erie 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 Erie County, NY

Erie County, NY, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 380 in all, 40.0 per 100,000 residents of 950,044, rank 10 of 62 New York counties. Property damage in Erie County, NY: $51.9M, with 35 direct injuries or deaths.

ZIP codes in Erie County, NY

• 14001
• 14004
• 14006
• 14025
• 14026
• 14027
• 14030
• 14031
• 14032
• 14033
• 14034
• 14035
• 14043
• 14047
• 14051
• 14052
• 14055
• 14057
• 14059
• 14061
• 14068
• 14069
• 14070
• 14072
• 14075
• 14080
• 14081
• 14085
• 14086
• 14091
• 14102
• 14111
• 14112
• 14127
• 14134
• 14139
• 14141
• 14150
• 14169
• 14170
• 14201
• 14202
• 14203
• 14204
• 14206
• 14207
• 14208
• 14209
• 14210
• 14211
• 14212
• 14213
• 14214
• 14215
• 14216
• 14217
• 14218
• 14219
• 14220
• 14221
• 14222
• 14223
• 14224
• 14225
• 14226
• 14227
• 14228
• 14260
• 14261

Facts about Erie County, NY

Residents of Erie County, NY, ACS 2023

950,0448 of 62 New York counties

Households in Erie County, NY

408,7112.32 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Erie County, NY

65.5%267,519 owner and 141,192 renter households

Median household income in Erie County, NY

$71,17531 of 62 New York counties

Housing units in Erie County, NY

439,98731,276 vacant or seasonal, 7.1% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Erie County, NY

8.3%33,839 homes, 58 of 62 New York counties

Utilities listed for Erie County, NY

22 with a home price: Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., New York State Elec & Gas Corp

ZIP areas touching Erie County, NY

6914001 to 14261

Outage-linked storm events in Erie County, NY

380NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Erie County, NY

77.1%median year built 1957

Flood claims in Erie County, NY

136NFIP 2015 to 2025, $2.6M paid

Home energy burden in Erie County, NY

2.4%$1,024 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Erie County, NY

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

Erie County, NY: a 571 kWh month at the New York price. Erie County, NY: $106 in 2015, $140 in 2024. Erie County, NY: $1,674 a year, 2.4% of the $71,175 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Erie County, NY

Erie County, NY: electricity $1,024 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,082, 2.4% of $88,288 income. 406,547 households in Erie County, NY spend about $416.3 million a year on electricity and $846.4 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Erie County, NY ($22,694 a year) spend 8.1% of income, 3.4 times the all-home figure.

Housing and heating in Erie County, NY

Erie County, NY: 339,366 of 439,987 homes were built before 1980 and 41,366 in 2000 or later. Erie County, NY has 258,563 detached houses, 58,509 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 6,868 mobile homes, and 141,192 of 408,711 households rent.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Erie County, NY

Erie County, NY: 136 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $2.6M paid, median paid claim $11,504.

1,364 of 316,416 residential structures in Erie County, NY carry an NFIP contract. 1,506 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Erie County, NY on 8 Sep 2026. Erie County, NY lists 149 repetitive-loss properties, 14 of them severe repetitive loss.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Erie County, NY

Erie County, NY totals 6,724 heating degree days and 454 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Erie County, NY is the 41st coldest of 62 counties in New York: 6,724 against a median of 6,933. For cooling, Erie County, NY is the 25th hottest: 454 against a median of 404.

Erie County, NY is a cold-winter county, with 6,270 more heating than cooling degree days.

Erie County, NY: 6,318 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 6,724 on the normal, 6% under.

Electric heat is rare in Erie County, NY: 8.3% of 408,711 homes.

Erie County, NY: ACS B25040, 408,711 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Erie County, NY

Compare Erie County, NY with its neighbours

• Niagara County sits 25 miles north of Erie County, NY, with 211,341 residents against 950,044 there, 113 storm events against 380, median home built 1958 against 1957, energy burden 2.9% against 2.4%, income $67,809 against $71,175.
• Cattaraugus County sits 32 miles south of Erie County, NY, with 76,479 residents against 950,044 there, 294 storm events against 380, median home built 1961 against 1957, energy burden 3.7% against 2.4%, income $58,248 against $71,175.
• Wyoming County sits 34 miles east of Erie County, NY, with 39,980 residents against 950,044 there, 165 storm events against 380, median home built 1961 against 1957, energy burden 3.3% against 2.4%, income $68,913 against $71,175.
• Genesee County sits 39 miles northeast of Erie County, NY, with 57,943 residents against 950,044 there, 127 storm events against 380, median home built 1956 against 1957, energy burden 3.1% against 2.4%, income $72,055 against $71,175.
• Chautauqua County sits 46 miles southwest of Erie County, NY, with 126,329 residents against 950,044 there, 340 storm events against 380, median home built 1953 against 1957, energy burden 3.1% against 2.4%, income $56,507 against $71,175.

Cities in Erie County, NY

• Buffalo electricity rates276,397 residents
• Cheektowaga electricity rates76,251 residents
• Tonawanda Town electricity rates56,973 residents
• West Seneca electricity rates45,329 residents