It may seem specific to NYC, but it's also that way in many other places in the US -- places like Ohio, and Texas. https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utiliti

It may seem specific to NYC, but it's also that way in many other places in the US -- places like Ohio, and Texas. https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/energy-deregulation/ https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/energy-deregu... A combination of some napkin math and 2020 Census data suggests that ~35% of the US population lives in a state that the above article declares to be "fully deregulated".