And we are not far behind!

NEW YORK — Consoli­dated Edison’s 2012 resi­dential electricity prices were the highest of any major U.S. utility, newly released federal data show. Con Ed’s 2.1 million residential customers in New York City and West­chester County paid an average of 25.65 cents per kilowatt hour in 2012, the data released Friday by the U.S. Energy In­formation Administra­tion show. That’s more than twice the national average price of 11.88 cents per kilowatt hour.

Con Ed said in a state­ment that more than 25 percent of the bill con­sists of government­imposed taxes and fees.