New York Energy Prices by Sector and Fuel Type

New York Energy Prices presents retail energy price data compiled primarily from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It provides nominal prices per physical unit for fuels like motor gasoline, electricity, and natural gas across residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation sectors, beginning in 1970. The dataset includes a GDP price deflator column for converting nominal dollars to constant dollars.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term price inflation for specific fuels like Motor Gasoline (cents/gallon) or Electricity (cents/kWh) using the Year column.
• Comparing energy cost burdens across the Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors for a given fuel.
• Converting nominal prices to real values for economic modeling using the GDP Deflator and Year columns.
• Tracking the price relationship between different fuel types, such as Natural Gas ($/Mcf) versus Distillate (cents/gallon), over time.

Strengths

• Provides a long historical time series beginning in 1970.
• Includes a GDP price deflator column specifically for converting nominal prices to real values.
• Covers multiple fuel types (e.g., Wood, Coal, Jet Fuel) and economic sectors in a unified structure.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and license information is missing from all platform listings.
• The dataset's provenance is limited to a general statement that data was compiled 'primarily from the Energy Information Administration' without specific methodology.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates exist between Socrata listings (2026-04-04 and 2026-03-30), casting doubt on version control.

Provenance

Source

Compiled primarily from the U.S. Energy Information Administration by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Collection Method

Historical data collection from primary energy price reports; specific methodology not detailed.

Time Range

Beginning 1970.

Freshness

Last updated listed as 2026-04-04 23:06:26.999621 on two platforms.

Geography

New York State (implied by publisher NYSERDA and platform data.ny.gov).