Commercial Energy Management in the New York City
New York City is Con Edison territory inside NYISO Zone J. Con Edison delivers the power and maintains the wires whoever supplies it, so competitive supply carries no reliability consequence — only a lower price.
How Energy Buying Works in New York City
Zone J is its own market. New York City is transmission-constrained, so wholesale energy, capacity and ancillary costs all clear well above the rest of the state — a Buffalo business and a Manhattan business on the same Con Edison-style tariff would still pay materially different amounts, and the difference is the zone. Capacity alone is a large enough line item in Zone J that how it is treated in a supply contract often matters more than the energy price. Con Edison remains the delivery utility whoever supplies you, and the delivery charge is separately regulated, which means an ESCO offer quoting only the supply portion is describing well under half your bill.
New York opened to competition in 1998, but the terms are set territory by territory, not statewide. Con Edison's distribution rates, its default supply price and its rate schedules are all set independently of the other utilities in New York — which is why an offer that is genuinely competitive in one part of the state can be mediocre here. Everything on this page is scoped to Con Edison specifically.
Con Edison Commercial Rates
Which schedule you are on sets the shape of the bill before a single kilowatt-hour is priced.
| Schedule | Typically covers |
|---|---|
| SC 2 — General Small | commercial accounts without demand metering |
| SC 9 — General Large | demand-metered commercial accounts |
| SC 9 Rate III / IV | large accounts on time-of-day and high-tension service |
Schedule names, demand thresholds and eligibility rules change with each rate case, and the schedule an account was originally placed on is frequently no longer the one that fits it. We verify yours against the actual bill rather than assuming — that check is free, and it is where a meaningful share of the savings on this page comes from.
Energy Management by Industry in New York City
Commercial real estate, hospital systems, hospitality, food production and multifamily portfolios dominate commercial load here. Each sector carries a different load shape on Con Edison, and the strategy changes with it.
Healthcare · concentrated here
Healthcare facilities in the New York City typically run 800,000+ kWh/month on a constant high load with minimal fluctuation profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Healthcare Energy in New York City →Hospitality · concentrated here
Hospitality facilities in the New York City typically run 200,000-700,000 kWh/month on a variable based on occupancy and season profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Hospitality Energy in New York City →Property Management · concentrated here
Property Management facilities in the New York City typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a business hours peak for commercial, evening for residential profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Property Management Energy in New York City →Manufacturing
Manufacturing facilities in the New York City typically run 500,000+ kWh/month on a 24/7 baseload with peak production hours profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Manufacturing Energy in New York City →Retail
Retail facilities in the New York City typically run 100,000-500,000 kWh/month on a high during business hours, lower overnight profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Retail Energy in New York City →Data Centers
Data Centers facilities in the New York City typically run 2,000,000+ kWh/month on a consistent extreme baseload profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Data Centers Energy in New York City →Education
Education facilities in the New York City typically run 300,000-1,000,000 kWh/month on a academic calendar-driven fluctuations profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Education Energy in New York City →Food Service
Food Service facilities in the New York City typically run 50,000-200,000 kWh/month on a meal period peaks with constant refrigeration baseload profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Food Service Energy in New York City →Warehouse & Logistics
Warehouse & Logistics facilities in the New York City typically run 400,000-1,500,000 kWh/month on a 24/7 operations with shift-based peaks profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Warehouse & Logistics Energy in New York City →Automotive
Automotive facilities in the New York City typically run 80,000-300,000 kWh/month on a business hours concentration with some 24/7 operations profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Automotive Energy in New York City →Municipal & Government
Municipal & Government facilities in the New York City typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a varies widely by facility type profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Municipal & Government Energy in New York City →Agriculture
Agriculture facilities in the New York City typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a highly seasonal with weather dependency profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Agriculture Energy in New York City →Technology
Technology facilities in the New York City typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a extended hours with always-on equipment profile, billed on Con Edison commercial schedules.
Technology Energy in New York City →Cities in New York City
Con Edison serves New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Richmond Counties.
New York City, NY
The highest-cost commercial electricity market in the continental U.S., where supplier competition and demand management both pay off.
New York City Energy Management →Brooklyn, NY
A Con Edison market with dense multifamily, light industrial and food production load.
Brooklyn Energy Management →Queens, NY
A Con Edison market with logistics, healthcare and multifamily load.
Queens Energy Management →Bronx, NY
A Con Edison market with multifamily, food distribution and institutional load.
Bronx Energy Management →Other Utility Territories
Different utility, different rates. If your facilities span more than one of these, they need more than one strategy.
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Lower Hudson Valley
Con Edison · NYISO Zone I
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Western New York
National Grid · NYISO Zone A
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Finger Lakes
RG&E · NYISO Zone B
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Central New York
National Grid · NYISO Zone C
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Capital Region
National Grid · NYISO Zone F
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