LIPA rate information - numbers broken down

I set up my LIPA service today and I asked a few questions on how much their rates are.

I figured people would like to know and compare so I wrote them down.

These figures are based on a house in Levittown, NY.


Basic Service Charge: 18cents a day (of the billing period)

Fuel Surcharge: .06769 per KWH

Electric Rates:

1st 500 KWH: .19259 per KWH (.1249 + .06769 fuel surcharge)

501+ KWH (Summertime June 1st thru Sept 30th): .20439 per KWH
(.1367 + .06769 fuel surcharge)
(All other months): .16549 per KWH

NY Local and Sales tax is extra



I thought these rates with the fuel surcharge would be much higher based on everyone's complaining about LIPA. It really isn't that bad.

Right now for ConEd in NYC... I am paying 19 cents a KWH plus some "adjustment factor" of an extra 4 cents a KWH. Not sure what that is.


I guess the people here that have insanely high LIPA bills must use a lot of electric (maybe from stuff like a Pool).

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I think they added a flat surcharge ($35 for fuel?) to everyone's bill the past month or so. I'm not 100% sure, DH handles the bills, but I seem to remember him talking (ranting) about it.

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She said the fuel surcharge changes every month. The $35 buks that seems flat was probably calculated per KWH.

$35 buks would equal about 517 KWHs which seems very possible.

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That makes sense. Our bill has gone up a lot now that I'm home all the time.

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Our LIPA bill went up a bit too. Nobody is home during the day, and the weekends my house gets alot of sunlight so I don't need to turn on lights till sundown. I have no clue why the bill is always alot!

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The only way to tell why your bill is so much is to look at how many KWHs you used that month.

If you have an appliance or a piece of electronics that you think is eating up all the electric... try using one of these to get a reading.

Electric KWH Meter

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Let me tell you I almost fell off the couch when I got my LIPA bill and the excess fuel charge was almost 150.00 , I called them, and they said it was right, then in the next bill I noticed they adjusted our bill. What a relief!!! We are only 2 people... we do not use that much electric, our bill was almost 500.00! This bill was a lot less, so it goes to show you to always question things with these companies. thanks for the rate info.

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the LIPA fuel surcharge is outrageous - our bill was only 146.00 - not too bad rigth - but when you flip it over and look at the breakdwon 48.00 was a fuel surcharge---

that is ridiculous - a third of our bill

and i dont get the fuel surcharge this - gas has gotten alot cheaper lateyly!