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Jersey Central Power & Lt Co electricity rates, 2025

Jersey Central Power & Lt Co's full-service residential customers paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, 18.2% less than the New Jersey average of 22.5¢ and 6.7% more than the 2025 U.S. average of 17.2¢ from the same EIA-861 survey. That was up 17.5% from 15.7¢ in 2024.

Jersey Central Power & Lt Co is the 2nd largest of the 5 New Jersey utilities listed, with 28.2% of the state's residential customers.

Residential rate, 2025

18.4¢

per kWh, revenue divided by sales

Versus the New Jersey average

−18.2%

New Jersey 22.5¢ per kWh

Average monthly bill

$145

788 kWh a month

Residential customers

955,852

full service; 28.2% of New Jersey's homes

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-861 annual survey, Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025. Averages over the year for full-service residential customers.

Jersey Central Power & Lt Co also delivers power to 91,835 homes that buy their supply from a retail supplier. Those homes pay Jersey Central Power & Lt Co for delivery only, and their supply price depends on the supplier's plan, so they are not in the figures above; the share of the state counts them.

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By customer class

Jersey Central Power & Lt Co average rates by customer class, 2025

Revenue divided by sales for each class of full-service customer, beside the residential rate's one-year change and the U.S. average from the same survey.

Customer class	¢ per kWh, 2025	U.S. average, 2025 (EIA-861)
Residential	18.4¢	17.2¢
Commercial	17.2¢	–
Industrial	15.4¢	–

– The U.S. comparison is published for residential customers only.

One-year change, 2024 to 2025

+17.5%

15.7¢ per kWh in 2024

U.S. average, 2025 (EIA-861)

17.2¢

residential, per kWh; Jersey Central Power & Lt Co's 18.4¢ was 6.7% more than it

Other New Jersey utilities

How Jersey Central Power & Lt Co compares with New Jersey's other large utilities

Average residential rate in 2025 at the largest other New Jersey utilities. The full table lists all 5.

All New Jersey electric utilities and their average rates

Method

Where this comes from

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025 (and 2024 for the one-year change). File: f8612025.zip.
How the figures are computed: Average rate is a utility's residential revenue divided by its residential kWh sales for the year. Average bill is revenue per customer divided by twelve; monthly use is kWh sales per customer divided by twelve.
Which customers count: Full-service customers only: those who buy both supply and delivery from the company, so the rate includes both. Homes that buy supply from a retail supplier pay the utility for delivery only; EIA reports their delivery charges separately and they are not in the rate. Listed: companies with at least 1,000 full-service residential customers in New Jersey. EIA's adjustment rows and rooftop solar owners count toward the New Jersey average but are not listed.
State average: All New Jersey residential revenue divided by all residential sales in the same survey, summed the way EIA sums a state total. Data refreshed October 19, 2026.