OaklandHome costs

Oakland electricity and gas rates

At typical use (925 kWh of electricity and 87 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Oakland house cost about $313 a month: about $3,760 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Oakland houses and what a typical house uses: about 925 kWh of electricity and 87 therms of gas a month.

Electricity: Rockland Electric Company

Rockland Electric's tariff lists Oakland in the territory it serves. Service Classification No. 1 residential with Basic Generation Service (BGS-RSCP) supply; summer billing months are June through September, and in other months the first 600 kWh and use over 600 kWh have one rate.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$6.00 a month
First 600 kWhs a month21.56¢
Next kWhs above 600 a month25.19¢

Gas: PSE&G

PSE&G's gas tariff lists Oakland, Borough of in the territory it serves. Rate Schedule RSG residential service with PSE&G's Basic Gas Supply Service; charges include New Jersey Sales and Use Tax. In October through May billing months, Balancing Use Therms are charged $0.095430 per Balancing Use Therm.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$10.00 a month
Per therm99.25¢

How Oakland compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Hillsdale · 10 mi$249
  2. Elmwood Park · 11 mi$249
  3. Wanaque · 3 mi$261
  4. Oakland$313
  5. Ramsey · 5 mi$313
  6. Lincoln Park · 8 mi$334

At each city's typical use, with any city utility tax.

Sources

  1. schedule-for-electric-service.pdf
  2. gas-tariff-17-iap-bgss-balancing-cip-usf-effective-20261001.

Checked October 29, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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