New Jersey · Investor Owned
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co
18.39¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $144.81 at 787.7 kWh a month, across 955,852 customers on that row.
New Jersey averaged 22.48¢/kWh and $150.59 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use bundled service. Customer count: 955,852, the largest residential count across service types.
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The figure below is this utility's 2025 EIA residential average.
2025 EIA average
$183.90
18.39¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Bundled residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Other service rows
Delivery and bundled prices cover different charges, so they are listed separately.
| Row | ¢/kWh | Bill | kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery only | 4.90¢ | $39.87 | 813.6 | 91,835 |
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.34¢ | $107.62 | 806.6 | 805,797 |
| 2016 | 13.36¢ | $107.11 | 801.9 | 791,205 |
| 2017 | 13.46¢ | $101.75 | 755.7 | 791,309 |
| 2018 | 13.32¢ | $105.86 | 794.7 | 835,495 |
| 2019 | 13.14¢ | $101.14 | 770.0 | 842,987 |
| 2020 | 12.85¢ | $101.37 | 788.9 | 838,418 |
| 2021 | 13.19¢ | $105.81 | 801.9 | 865,009 |
| 2022 | 13.60¢ | $108.97 | 801.1 | 919,604 |
| 2023 | 14.00¢ | $105.46 | 753.1 | 945,888 |
| 2024 | 15.65¢ | $123.82 | 791.3 | 964,802 |
| 2025 | 18.39¢ | $144.81 | 787.7 | 955,852 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren.
EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool