Electric prices ride a roller coaster

Since Jan. 1, the cost of electricity obtained from NYSEG's variable price plan has been, predictably, up and down. That's the nature of electric prices in the free market.

The highest price was at the start of the year, Jan. 1, when electricity was priced at 12.5916 cents per Kwh. The loweest price: 10.7122 cents per Kwh on Jan. 20.

The average from Jan. 1 to March 5: 11.33808 cents per Kwh.

NYSEG's fixed price: 12.55 cents per Kwh.

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