Electric companies in Oswego County, New York

Oswego County, NY on the map

Electric utilities in Oswego 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.

Housing and heating in Oswego County, NY

Oswego County, NY: 33,970 of 54,697 homes were built before 1980 and 6,681 in 2000 or later. Oswego County, NY has 37,716 detached houses, 3,893 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 6,803 mobile homes, and 12,295 of 47,132 households rent.

ZIP codes in Oswego County, NY

• 13028
• 13036
• 13042
• 13044
• 13069
• 13074
• 13076
• 13083
• 13103
• 13114
• 13115
• 13121
• 13126
• 13131
• 13132
• 13135
• 13142
• 13144
• 13145
• 13167
• 13302
• 13437
• 13493

Facts about Oswego County, NY

Residents of Oswego County, NY, ACS 2023

117,94524 of 62 New York counties

Households in Oswego County, NY

47,1322.50 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Oswego County, NY

73.9%34,837 owner and 12,295 renter households

Median household income in Oswego County, NY

$68,46139 of 62 New York counties

Housing units in Oswego County, NY

54,6977,565 vacant or seasonal, 13.8% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Oswego County, NY

14.9%7,014 homes, 30 of 62 New York counties

Utilities listed for Oswego County, NY

11 with a home price: Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

ZIP areas touching Oswego County, NY

2313028 to 13493

Outage-linked storm events in Oswego County, NY

310NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Oswego County, NY

62.1%median year built 1971

Flood claims in Oswego County, NY

54NFIP 2015 to 2025, $778K paid

Home energy burden in Oswego County, NY

3.7%$1,537 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Oswego County, NY

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

Oswego County, NY: a 571 kWh month at the New York price. Oswego County, NY: $106 in 2015, $140 in 2024. Oswego County, NY: $1,674 a year, 2.4% of the $68,461 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Oswego County, NY

Oswego County, NY: electricity $1,537 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,892, 3.7% of $78,513 income. 47,203 households in Oswego County, NY spend about $72.6 million a year on electricity and $136.5 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Oswego County, NY ($22,583 a year) spend 10.4% of income, 2.8 times the all-home figure.

Outage risk in Oswego County, NY

Oswego County, NY, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 310 in all, 262.8 per 100,000 residents of 117,945, rank 15 of 62 New York counties. Property damage in Oswego County, NY: $3.0M.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Oswego County, NY

Oswego County, NY: 54 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $778K paid, median paid claim $12,556.

272 of 50,823 residential structures in Oswego County, NY carry an NFIP contract. 307 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Oswego County, NY on 8 Sep 2026. Oswego County, NY lists 17 repetitive-loss properties.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Oswego County, NY

Oswego County, NY totals 7,152 heating degree days and 405 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Oswego County, NY is the 22nd coldest of 62 counties in New York: 7,152 against a median of 6,933. For cooling, Oswego County, NY is the 31st hottest: 405 against a median of 404.

Oswego County, NY: winter dominates, by 6,747 heating degree days over cooling.

Oswego County, NY: 6,730 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 7,152 on the normal, 6% under.

In Oswego County, NY, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 14.9% of 47,132, in a 7,152 degree-day climate.

Oswego County, NY: ACS B25040, 47,132 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Oswego County, NY

Compare Oswego County, NY with its neighbours

• Onondaga County sits 20 miles south of Oswego County, NY, with 471,611 residents against 117,945 there, 273 storm events against 310, median home built 1963 against 1971, energy burden 2.6% against 3.7%, income $74,740 against $68,461.
• Cayuga County sits 33 miles southwest of Oswego County, NY, with 75,464 residents against 117,945 there, 245 storm events against 310, median home built 1958 against 1971, energy burden 3.4% against 3.7%, income $66,583 against $68,461.
• Madison County sits 37 miles southeast of Oswego County, NY, with 67,572 residents against 117,945 there, 148 storm events against 310, median home built 1964 against 1971, energy burden 3.3% against 3.7%, income $73,141 against $68,461.
• Jefferson County sits 46 miles north of Oswego County, NY, with 116,130 residents against 117,945 there, 248 storm events against 310, median home built 1972 against 1971, energy burden 3.2% against 3.7%, income $64,978 against $68,461.
• Cortland County sits 56 miles south of Oswego County, NY, with 46,401 residents against 117,945 there, 154 storm events against 310, median home built 1961 against 1971, energy burden 3.4% against 3.7%, income $67,527 against $68,461.