New York State Elec & Gas Corp · NY
When are New York State Elec & Gas’ peak hours?
New York State Elec & Gas’ peak hours are 7am–10am, 5pm–10pm, December–February; 10am–6pm, June–August on 3 of its 6 time-of-use plans — the rest use different windows, below. Everything outside those hours is off-peak, apart from a mid-priced shoulder period.
At peak, EAST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 12 Residential Service TOU NSS charges 23.7¢ a kWh; off-peak it is 18.5¢ — 1.3× apart. Prices from the filed tariff.
These hours only apply if you are on a time-of-use plan. New York State Elec & Gas’ default plan, WEST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 1 - RESIDENTIAL SERVICE NSS, charges one rate at every hour of the day. A household that never switched has no peak hours to avoid — and no cheap hours to use.
What the day looks like on EAST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 12 Residential Service TOU NSS
- peak23.73¢
- mid20.49¢
- off-peak18.48¢
Full pricing, eligibility and the annual cost for three households: EAST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 12 Residential Service TOU NSS (Non-Retail) →
Every New York State Elec & Gas plan with peak hours
| Plan | Peak hours | Peak | Off-peak | Weekends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 12 Residential Service TOU NSS (Non-Retail) | 7am–10am, 5pm–10pm, December–February; 10am–6pm, June–August | 23.7¢ | 18.5¢ | partly priced |
| LOWER HUDSON VALLEY - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 12 Residential Service TOU NSS (Non-Retail) | 7am–10am, 5pm–10pm, December–February; 10am–6pm, June–August | 23.9¢ | 18.5¢ | partly priced |
| WEST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 12 Residential Service TOU NSS (Non-Retail) | 7am–10am, 5pm–10pm, December–February; 10am–6pm, June–August | 21.0¢ | 9.8¢ | partly priced |
| EAST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 8 Residential - Day Night Service NSS (Non-Retail) | 7am–11pm | 22.8¢ | 19.7¢ | partly priced |
| LOWER HUDSON VALLEY - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 8 Residential - Day Night Service NSS (Non-Retail) | 7am–11pm | 22.9¢ | 19.7¢ | partly priced |
| WEST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 8 Residential - Day Night Service NSS (Non-Retail) | 7am–11pm | 20.6¢ | 18.4¢ | partly priced |
Peak and off-peak are the highest and lowest energy prices on each plan; some plans add a shoulder price between them. Fixed monthly charges are not included here — they are on each plan’s page.
What is it worth to move a load out of peak?
On WEST - SERVICE CLASSIFICATION NO. 12 Residential Service TOU NSS, every kilowatt-hour a day you move from 7am to midnight is worth about $41 a year in the month the gap is widest. An electric car charging 10 kWh a night, or a water heater on a timer, is the kind of load that actually moves.
When should you charge an electric car at home? →Where this comes from
Hours and prices are read from the tariff New York State Elec & Gas filed with its regulator, as published in the NREL Utility Rate Database, and drawn the same way on every plan page. If your plan is not listed here, either it has no hourly pricing or its filing is too old or too partial for us to price honestly — we leave those out rather than guess.