Electric companies in Rensselaer County, New York

Rensselaer County, NY on the map

Electric utilities in Rensselaer 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.

ZIP codes in Rensselaer County, NY

• 12018
• 12022
• 12028
• 12033
• 12040
• 12052
• 12061
• 12062
• 12063
• 12082
• 12090
• 12094
• 12121
• 12123
• 12138
• 12140
• 12144
• 12153
• 12154
• 12156
• 12168
• 12169
• 12180
• 12182
• 12185
• 12196
• 12198

Facts about Rensselaer County, NY

Residents of Rensselaer County, NY, ACS 2023

160,34121 of 62 New York counties

Households in Rensselaer County, NY

66,2332.42 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Rensselaer County, NY

64.1%42,452 owner and 23,781 renter households

Median household income in Rensselaer County, NY

$86,66311 of 62 New York counties

Housing units in Rensselaer County, NY

74,3888,155 vacant or seasonal, 11.0% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Rensselaer County, NY

15.7%10,380 homes, 24 of 62 New York counties

Utilities listed for Rensselaer County, NY

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

ZIP areas touching Rensselaer County, NY

2712018 to 12198

Outage-linked storm events in Rensselaer County, NY

437NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Rensselaer County, NY

66.5%median year built 1962

Flood claims in Rensselaer County, NY

49NFIP 2015 to 2025, $1.3M paid

Home energy burden in Rensselaer County, NY

2.9%$1,437 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Rensselaer County, NY

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

Rensselaer County, NY: a 571 kWh month at the New York price. Rensselaer County, NY: $106 in 2015, $140 in 2024. Rensselaer County, NY: $1,674 a year, 1.9% of the $86,663 median income.

Outage risk in Rensselaer County, NY

Rensselaer County, NY, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 437 in all, 272.5 per 100,000 residents of 160,341, rank 9 of 62 New York counties. Property damage in Rensselaer County, NY: $193K, with 5 direct injuries or deaths.

Housing and heating in Rensselaer County, NY

Rensselaer County, NY: 49,457 of 74,388 homes were built before 1980 and 11,256 in 2000 or later. Rensselaer County, NY has 41,465 detached houses, 11,540 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 2,034 mobile homes, and 23,781 of 66,233 households rent.

Cost of living with electricity in Rensselaer County, NY

Rensselaer County, NY: electricity $1,437 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,752, 2.9% of $93,977 income. 66,088 households in Rensselaer County, NY spend about $95.0 million a year on electricity and $181.9 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Rensselaer County, NY ($20,574 a year) spend 9.3% of income, 3.2 times the all-home figure.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Rensselaer County, NY

Rensselaer County, NY: 49 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $1.3M paid, median paid claim $14,368.

571 of 50,955 residential structures in Rensselaer County, NY carry an NFIP contract. 644 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Rensselaer County, NY on 8 Sep 2026. Rensselaer County, NY lists 35 repetitive-loss properties.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Rensselaer County, NY

Rensselaer County, NY totals 6,834 heating degree days and 422 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Rensselaer County, NY is the 37th coldest of 62 counties in New York: 6,834 against a median of 6,933. For cooling, Rensselaer County, NY is the 30th hottest: 422 against a median of 404.

Rensselaer County, NY is a cold-winter county, with 6,412 more heating than cooling degree days.

Rensselaer County, NY: 6,390 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 6,834 on the normal, 6% under.

In Rensselaer County, NY, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 15.7% of 66,233, in a 6,834 degree-day climate.

Rensselaer County, NY: ACS B25040, 66,233 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Rensselaer County, NY

Compare Rensselaer County, NY with its neighbours

• Albany County sits 17 miles west of Rensselaer County, NY, with 315,374 residents against 160,341 there, 490 storm events against 437, median home built 1964 against 1962, energy burden 2.4% against 2.9%, income $83,149 against $86,663.
• Saratoga County sits 24 miles northwest of Rensselaer County, NY, with 237,075 residents against 160,341 there, 562 storm events against 437, median home built 1984 against 1962, energy burden 2.3% against 2.9%, income $99,653 against $86,663.
• Schenectady County sits 23 miles west of Rensselaer County, NY, with 159,603 residents against 160,341 there, 323 storm events against 437, median home built 1955 against 1962, energy burden 2.9% against 2.9%, income $76,989 against $86,663.
• Columbia County sits 36 miles south of Rensselaer County, NY, with 61,245 residents against 160,341 there, 525 storm events against 437, median home built 1965 against 1962, energy burden 3.1% against 2.9%, income $83,619 against $86,663.
• Greene County sits 39 miles southwest of Rensselaer County, NY, with 47,554 residents against 160,341 there, 232 storm events against 437, median home built 1972 against 1962, energy burden 3.6% against 2.9%, income $74,011 against $86,663.

Cities in Rensselaer County, NY

• Troy electricity rates51,054 residents