Electricity rates — Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (New Jersey)

What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 2 generally available plans here run from $2,368.74 on Residential TOD Service to $2,440.48 on Residential Service, with a median of $2,404.61.

Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, span 19.7¢ to 20.3¢ per kWh at that usage.

What Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (New Jersey)'s customers were billed in 2024

Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (New Jersey)'s open plans and its customers' bills disagree by more than a quarter: at 791 kWh a month, the median plan is 20.0¢ per kWh against 15.6¢ billed in 2024. Before relying on a plan price here, test it against a real Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (New Jersey) bill in the bill analyzer.

How it compares

Among the 109 utilities indexed, Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (New Jersey)'s cheapest open plan is the 21st-highest, 44% more than their median of $1,649.16. It sits between PPL Electric Utilities Corp ($2,346.48) and Portland General Electric Co ($2,393.52).

No other utility indexed in New Jersey has a cheaper open plan; the other one starts higher.

Its fixed charge, $8.07 a month on Residential TOD Service, is lower than on the cheapest plan of 96 of the other 108 utilities.

Residential Service is tiered: past 600 kWh a month, each kWh costs 6.9¢ more. Of the 51 utilities whose plans step, that is the 5th-largest step.

Residential Service changes price with the season: a kWh costs 2.4¢ more in October to May than in June to September, and the same 1,000 kWh is billed $205.86 in its dearest month against $202.13 in its cheapest.

In the guides: What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour · The price that changes once the meter passes a line · The price that changes with the month

How the answer changes with usage

The cheapest plan from Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (New Jersey) changes with consumption. At 500 kWh a month Residential Service wins at $1,190.76 a year; at 2,000 kWh Residential TOD Service wins at $4,640.67.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $42.04 a year at 500 kWh against $354.21 at 2,000 kWh.

6 plans on file, at 1,000 kWh a month

Residential Service for Off-Peak Water Heating — $500.04 a year, 4.2¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $6.50 monthly standing charge. In effect since July 2025. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Residential Service for Controlled Water Heating — $583.92 a year, 4.9¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $6.50 monthly standing charge. In effect since July 2025. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Residential Service — $649.04 a year, 5.4¢ per kWh effective, tiered and priced by season. It carries a $4.27 monthly standing charge. In effect since July 2025. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Residential Geothermal and Heat Pump Service — $677.21 a year, 5.6¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $8.07 monthly standing charge. In effect since July 2025. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Residential TOD Service — $682.79 a year, 5.7¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $8.07 monthly standing charge. In effect since July 2025. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Residential Service for Off-Peak Water Heating — $2,214.80 a year, 18.5¢ per kWh effective, priced by season. It carries a $6.50 monthly standing charge. In effect since July 2025. Restricted: needs electric heating.

How these plans are structured

Of 10 priceable plans: 2 tiered, 4 time-of-use, 4 priced by season, 2 flat-rate.

Fixed monthly charges run from $4.27 to $8.07.

Who provides these plans

URDB files Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (New Jersey)'s schedules under New Jersey, and they are compared there with that state's other utilities. 10 of its 10 published residential schedules can be priced.

The largest saving available here

Moving from Residential Service to Residential TOD Service saves $71.74 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What this does not cover

4 of these plans price by the hour, so their figures are marked lower confidence.