Electric companies in Ulster County, New York

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Electric utilities in Ulster County, NY

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Cost of living with electricity in Ulster County, NY

Ulster County, NY: electricity $1,651 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $3,482, 3.5% of $98,174 income. 72,265 households in Ulster County, NY spend about $119.3 million a year on electricity and $251.6 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Ulster County, NY ($18,736 a year) spend 13.4% of income, 3.8 times the all-home figure.

ZIP codes in Ulster County, NY

• 12401
• 12404
• 12406
• 12409
• 12410
• 12411
• 12412
• 12416
• 12417
• 12419
• 12420
• 12428
• 12429
• 12432
• 12433
• 12435
• 12440
• 12441
• 12443
• 12446
• 12448
• 12449
• 12453
• 12456
• 12457
• 12458
• 12461
• 12464
• 12465
• 12466
• 12471
• 12472
• 12475
• 12477
• 12480
• 12481
• 12483
• 12484
• 12486
• 12487
• 12489
• 12490
• 12491
• 12493
• 12494
• 12495
• 12498
• 12515
• 12525
• 12528
• 12542
• 12547
• 12548
• 12561
• 12566
• 12589
• 12725
• 12740
• 12758

Facts about Ulster County, NY

Residents of Ulster County, NY, ACS 2023

182,10920 of 62 New York counties

Households in Ulster County, NY

73,1052.49 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Ulster County, NY

70.0%51,163 owner and 21,942 renter households

Median household income in Ulster County, NY

$81,80415 of 62 New York counties

Housing units in Ulster County, NY

86,17813,073 vacant or seasonal, 15.2% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Ulster County, NY

14.0%10,211 homes, 40 of 62 New York counties

Utilities listed for Ulster County, NY

22 with a home price: New York State Elec & Gas Corp, Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp

ZIP areas touching Ulster County, NY

5912401 to 12758

Outage-linked storm events in Ulster County, NY

514NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Ulster County, NY

66.4%median year built 1966

Flood claims in Ulster County, NY

42NFIP 2015 to 2025, $1.1M paid

Home energy burden in Ulster County, NY

3.5%$1,651 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Ulster County, NY

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

Ulster County, NY: a 571 kWh month at the New York price. Ulster County, NY: $106 in 2015, $140 in 2024. Ulster County, NY: $1,674 a year, 2.0% of the $81,804 median income.

Outage risk in Ulster County, NY

Ulster County, NY, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 514 in all, 282.2 per 100,000 residents of 182,109, rank 6 of 62 New York counties. Property damage in Ulster County, NY: $216K, with 3 direct injuries or deaths.

Housing and heating in Ulster County, NY

Ulster County, NY: 57,238 of 86,178 homes were built before 1980 and 12,175 in 2000 or later. Ulster County, NY has 59,136 detached houses, 8,059 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 5,038 mobile homes, and 21,942 of 73,105 households rent.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Ulster County, NY

Ulster County, NY: 42 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $1.1M paid, median paid claim $6,545.

897 of 71,024 residential structures in Ulster County, NY carry an NFIP contract. 1,054 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Ulster County, NY on 8 Sep 2026. Ulster County, NY lists 188 repetitive-loss properties, 25 of them severe repetitive loss.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Ulster County, NY

Ulster County, NY totals 6,643 heating degree days and 424 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Ulster County, NY is the 45th coldest of 62 counties in New York: 6,643 against a median of 6,933. For cooling, Ulster County, NY is the 29th hottest: 424 against a median of 404.

Ulster County, NY is a cold-winter county, with 6,219 more heating than cooling degree days.

Ulster County, NY: 6,328 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 6,643 on the normal, 5% under.

In Ulster County, NY, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 14.0% of 73,105, in a 6,643 degree-day climate.

Ulster County, NY: ACS B25040, 73,105 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Ulster County, NY

Compare Ulster County, NY with its neighbours

• Dutchess County sits 19 miles east of Ulster County, NY, with 297,144 residents against 182,109 there, 536 storm events against 514, median home built 1971 against 1966, energy burden 3.0% against 3.5%, income $97,273 against $81,804.
• Greene County sits 30 miles north of Ulster County, NY, with 47,554 residents against 182,109 there, 232 storm events against 514, median home built 1972 against 1966, energy burden 3.6% against 3.5%, income $74,011 against $81,804.
• Orange County sits 33 miles southwest of Ulster County, NY, with 403,840 residents against 182,109 there, 195 storm events against 514, median home built 1975 against 1966, energy burden 3.0% against 3.5%, income $96,497 against $81,804.
• Columbia County sits 34 miles northeast of Ulster County, NY, with 61,245 residents against 182,109 there, 525 storm events against 514, median home built 1965 against 1966, energy burden 3.1% against 3.5%, income $83,619 against $81,804.
• Putnam County sits 37 miles southeast of Ulster County, NY, with 97,988 residents against 182,109 there, 77 storm events against 514, median home built 1968 against 1966, energy burden 2.7% against 3.5%, income $127,405 against $81,804.