New York Power Authority (NYPA) Electric Supply Rates - Business Customers: Beginning 2012

data.ny.gov | Last Updated 31 Jul 2024

The New York Power Authority provides low-cost power to help support jobs statewide while reducing public-sector costs. The Authority’s customer base includes large and small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, community-owned electric systems and rural electric cooperatives and government entities. This data includes the electric supply rates that the Authority offers to its Business Customers under different power programs.

Tags: power, business, electric supply rates

This dataset has the following 7 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Customer Typecustomer_typetextIdentifies unique NYPA Customer or Power Program rate group. The ReCharge New York (RNY) program was designed to differentiate the customers by their geographic locations. Customers are furthered differentiated by their type of allocation (i.e., Hydro only or Blended - meaning half supplied through hydro and half supplied through the market). Preservation Power is available to eligible businesses located in Franklin, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties that want to expand and to new businesses that would like to locate in the region. Preservation Power serves as the hydro portion of the RNY program.
NYISO Zonenyiso_zonetextWhere applicable, zones identify geographical regions within New York State designated by the New York Independent System Operator and identified by letter (A-K) that are used to facilitate energy transactions and administration of the State's power grid. The purpose of this was to provide more accurate rate structures for each grouping of zones based on pricing and market similarities. Map of NYISO zones can be found at http://www.nyiso.com/public/webdocs/markets_operations/market_data/zone_maps_graphs/nyca_zonemaps.pdf
Demand Rate ($/kW)demand_price_kwnumberLists demand rate expressed in dollars per kilowatt per month, usually applied to the monthly max metered demand kW.
Energy Rate (mills/kWh)energy_price_mills_kwhnumberLists monthly energy rate expressed in mills per kilowatt-hour (0.1 cents/kWh), usually applied to the monthly energy kWh usage.
Composite Rate Load Factor (%)composite_price_load_factor_numberLists assumed percentage load factor (the ratio of the average load to peak load during a specified time interval) for the Customer Type.
Composite Rate (mills/kWh)composite_price_mills_kwhnumberAll-in rate including both demand and energy charges at the assumed load factor. The formula for the composite rate can be found in the attached data dictionary.
Data as ofdata_as_ofcalendar_dateDate as of which the rates are reported on.