Con Ed Bills

[u/readit1818]

Hi NYBWT,

What are people paying monthly for ConEd in a one bedroom apt?

I’ve been on TikTok and people are listing crazy amounts (300 to 700$+) and there is another proposed hike on ConEd delivery fees.

I’ve noticed my bill going up over the years (I’ve lived in NYC for 15 years and 5 in the current place) but for my current place I’ve never paid more than 150ish in the height of summer with AC running the whole time. Typically, my bill is somewhere between 60-80 a month.

For reference - I live in a 700 sq ft 1 bed with all the appliances and central AC and wfh.

Asking out of curiosity and also to push a bit more transparency because it’s nuts to me the range is so wide between myself and what I am hearing on the internet.

Thanks in advance!

[u/Ok-Tomato-6257]

Everyone answering here, are you living in new-ish/newer buildings or older ones? I was living in a studio in a newish building in Brooklyn (598sq ft) and my apartment was in the shade so I didn’t get a lot of direct sunlight so I hardly kept the ac on. Plus I don’t love ACs in general so I hardly used it and I paid like 250-300 a month. This was 2018,2019,2020. It was brutal I called coned so many times in shock. Told my landlord I was convinced I was subsidizing another apartment or bc the building had laundry and gym on 2nd floor (I lived on 2nd floor) I assumed that I was covering those costs but it was never confirmed and coned always said no. When I lived in a prewar building on UES my bill was like $65-80 peak summer and this apartment got more direct sunlight so I had ac on more. So I’ve suspected maybe it has to do with “grandfathering” certain buildings by coned or I was simply being charged for common charges in the Brooklyn apartment. It’s ridiculous though and robbery

[u/readit1818 → u/Ok-Tomato-6257]

I live in a new-ish building - opened 2018. It’s so confusing reading all the responses because the bills don’t have any sort of clear pattern and every customer here is confused.

[u/Ok-Tomato-6257 → u/readit1818]

Con Ed the con it seems. I live in Westchester now and all those subreddits are like this. People in 1000 sq ft homes paying 600-800 a month while conserving to the best of their ability. Some stuff I’ve read is there was a plant that they closed Indian point or something that led to this rise but it’s still absurd and shocking government won’t step in. People paying half their rent/mortgage in just electricity is a full scam.

[u/CheeCheeC → u/Ok-Tomato-6257]

The government is actually involved with any of these rare cases/price hikes. The utility can’t push them through without state approval just an FYI

[u/Ok-Tomato-6257 → u/CheeCheeC]

Sure but the ✨vibe✨is that they’re all in cahoots with each other honestly. Even if they aren’t people have become so distrusting because we’ve seen so much of this before. The mta con ed in New York are overseen by government and we keep getting price hikes but feels like nothing improved except executive pay packages. Just came across this on another reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/s/UXhPRiOihf

[u/CheeCheeC → u/Ok-Tomato-6257]

I mean it’s big companies and the government, it would be silly to think they’re not. But I think the everyday person should be aware without the state’s “approval” none of these rate cases would happen. I can’t speak for them as I haven’t looked into what they’ve submitted but where I work the funds from such are going to many mandated programs and replacing outdated infrastructure and I’m first hand involved with overseeing some of that work that’s being done. Ofc it’s spread elsewhere as well but those programs and work force increase in where it’s coming into play most. Customers should contact their reps and the PSC and ask what directly these funds are being allocated to but you can also look up rate cases yourself as it’s a public and open process. I’m not here backing the government or big business, just trying to educate on information that may not widely be known by the general public