Monthly County-Level Electricity and Natural Gas Usage in New York: 2016-2021

Utility-reported monthly energy consumption data for New York counties, covering electricity and natural gas usage from 2016 to 2021. The dataset is aggregated from utility reports mandated by the New York State Public Service Commission and is intended for community energy planning and greenhouse gas inventory development.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly electricity and natural gas consumption trends across New York counties from 2016 to 2021 for energy planning.
• Develop community greenhouse gas emissions inventories using reported energy usage data at the county level.
• Assess the impact of energy policies or programs by comparing consumption patterns before and after specific dates within the 2016-2021 timeframe.

Strengths

• Data collection is mandated by a regulatory order (CASE 17-M-0315), ensuring a consistent reporting framework from regulated utilities.
• Covers a six-year time range (2016-2021) for longitudinal analysis of energy trends.
• Provides data at the community-scale county level, suitable for regional planning and analysis.

Limitations

• Data fields that fail privacy screening are withheld, which may result in incomplete records for some areas or metrics.
• The data protocol was modified after 2021, limiting direct comparability with more recent data from other sources.
• Specific quantitative details like row count, column count, and file size are unknown from the provided input.

Provenance

Source

New York State Public Service Commission and regulated utilities, aggregated by the Utility Energy Registry platform.

Collection Method

Mandatory reporting by utilities under PSC regulation, aggregated to the county level.

Time Range

2016 to 2021

Freshness

Data covers 2016-2021; metadata was last updated in July 2024.

Geography

Counties within New York State