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Is your New Jersey electric price too high? Check it against the Price to Compare.

See what each company charges today if you never picked another company.

Prices from each utility’s own posted standard price, checked November 12, 2026.

Pick your company

Under each name: what you pay if you never picked another company (the Price to Compare on your bill), and in green, what locking a lower price could save a typical home.

Electric companies

Gas companies

5 numbers, like 19103

We use your ZIP code only to find your state.

Changing your price never turns off your power or your gas.

Your utility still brings the power and gas to your home and sends the bill. Another company only sets the price.

New Jersey Price to Compare (BGS) by electric company

The standard price is what you pay if you never picked another company. Judy compares your bill with this price.

Electric bills measure electricity in kWh.

New Jersey gas BGSS by company

The standard price is what you pay if you never picked another company. Judy compares your bill with this price.

Gas bills here measure gas in therms. The standard gas price is set once a year and can change a few times during the year.

What Judy does

Send Judy a photo or PDF of your electric or gas bill. New Jersey doesn’t publish a list of company prices, so she checks your price against your utility’s standard price. Then she tells you if you should change or stay.

  • Reads your bill from a photo, then deletes the photo.
  • Compares your price with your utility’s standard price, fees included.
  • Tells you in dollars if you should change or stay.
  • Shows you who to call and what to say. Emails you when changing would save you money.

Price change dates and price index

The Price to Compare and BGS, explained

What is BGS?

BGS means Basic Generation Service. It is the power your utility buys for you if you never picked another company.

The four utilities buy it at one statewide auction each February. Your bill calls its price the Price to Compare.

When does the Price to Compare change?

PSE&G and JCP&L change their electric price each June 1, and sometimes in between. In summer, power costs more after your first 600 kWh in a month.

What is BGSS on my gas bill?

BGSS means Basic Gas Supply Service. It is your gas company's own price for gas. It is set once a year, starting October 1, and can change during the year.

Why doesn't Judy list other companies' prices here?

New Jersey doesn't publish a list of company prices for homes. So Judy compares your price with your utility's own price.

Quick answers from Judy

Short videos from Judy, each with its answer written beside it. A video plays from YouTube only when you tap it.

  • Got a town energy plan notice in New Jersey? Thirty days to opt out

    Never picked a supplier? Opt out within 30 days, or you're signed up.

    Checked Oct 10, 2026NJ Board of Public Utilities

  • New Jersey: seven days to change your mind on a new supplier

    Your utility sends a letter. Then you have 7 days to tell your utility.

    Checked Oct 10, 2026NJ Board of Public Utilities

  • New Jersey fixed electric or gas price: can it go up?

    False. Only taxes can push it up during the fixed period.

    Checked Oct 10, 2026NJ Board of Public Utilities

Judy's guides for New Jersey

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How switching works in New Jersey

Who checked these prices

Judy takes no money from electric or gas companies. This page uses each utility’s own posted standard price, checked November 12, 2026.

We check the standard prices every 2 hours.