Monroe County, Alabama Electricity Rates & Statistics
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Monroe County, Alabama Electricity Overview
Monroe County had a 3.09% rise over the last year in the use of renewable fuel sources for electricity production.
Monroe County generates 8.18% of their electricity from non-renewable fuel types. This equates to 2.82 megawatt hours per citizen and places Monroe County as the 615th highest county out of 3230 counties in the nation for non-renewable generation per capita each year.
With a state average residential electric bill of $167.79, Monroe County consumers, on average, pay about 0.07% more than their fellow statesmen.
Monroe County ranks 763rd out of 3230 counties in the United States for total production of electricity from non-renewable fuel types, with 56,760.21 of the county's 693,551.71 megawatt hours coming from those fuel sources.
With a population of 20,115 residents, Monroe County is the 46th most populated county in Alabama.
Monroe County has accomplished a reduction of 0.14% in the use of non-renewable fuel sources for electricity generation over the past year.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Total Consumption
345,437 MWh
Consumption per Capita
17.17 MWh
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Total Production
693,552 MWh
Production from Renewable Energy
636,791 MWh
Production from Non-Renewable Energy
56,760 MWh
Production per Capita
34.48 MWh
EMISSIONS
CO2 Emissions
372,346,607 kg
CO2 Emissions per Capita
18,510.89 kg
Recent Energy News in Monroeville
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Residential Electricity Prices
- In Monroeville, the residential electricity bill national rank increased by 3,394 positions to 22,814th, from last month's value of 26,208th
- In Monroeville, the residential electricity bill national rank dropped by 917 positions to 22,814th, from last year's value of 21,897th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity bill national rank dropped by 19 positions to 25,993rd, from last year's value of 25,974th
- In Monroeville, the residential electricity bill decreased by 29.52% to $168.22, from last month's value of $238.68
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity bill state rank increased by 10 positions to 521st, from last month's value of 531st
- In Monroeville, the residential electricity bill state rank dropped by 21 positions to 519th, from last year's value of 498th
- In Monroeville, the residential electricity bill increased by 10.32% to $168.22, from last year's value of $152.49
- In Monroeville, the residential electricity bill state rank increased by 11 positions to 519th, from last month's value of 530th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity bill national rank dropped by 4 positions to 25,993rd, from last month's value of 25,989th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity bill increased by 1.24% to $180.32, from last year's value of $178.11
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity bill state rank dropped by 1 position to 521st, from last year's value of 520th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity bill increased by 0.73% to $180.32, from last month's value of $179.01
Commercial Electricity Prices
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill national rank dropped by 923 positions to 19,856th, from last year's value of 18,933rd
- In Monroeville, the commercial electricity bill national rank increased by 1,632 positions to 19,267th, from last month's value of 20,899th
- In Monroeville, the commercial electricity bill national rank dropped by 1,400 positions to 19,267th, from last year's value of 17,867th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill national rank dropped by 13 positions to 19,856th, from last month's value of 19,843rd
- In Monroeville, the commercial electricity bill decreased by 17.32% to $669.72, from last month's value of $810
- In Monroeville, the commercial electricity bill increased by 4.29% to $669.72, from last year's value of $642.18
- In Monroeville, the commercial electricity bill state rank dropped by 1 position to 520th, from last year's value of 519th
- In Monroeville, the commercial electricity bill state rank dropped by 1 position to 520th, from last month's value of 519th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill increased by 0.31% to $752.6, from last month's value of $750.31
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill increased by 0.06% to $752.6, from last year's value of $752.17
Industrial Electricity Prices
- In Monroeville, the industrial electricity rate national rank increased by 2,785 positions to 8,348th, from last year's value of 11,133rd
- In Monroeville, the industrial electricity rate national rank increased by 2,766 positions to 8,348th, from last month's value of 11,114th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate national rank dropped by 885 positions to 11,797th, from last month's value of 10,912th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate national rank dropped by 357 positions to 11,797th, from last year's value of 11,440th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate state rank dropped by 9 positions to 532nd, from last year's value of 523rd
- In Monroeville, the industrial electricity rate state rank dropped by 20 positions to 531st, from last year's value of 511th
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate decreased by 8.43% to 7.72 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 8.43 ¢ / kWh
- In Monroeville, the industrial electricity rate decreased by 6.72% to 7.2 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 7.72 ¢ / kWh
- In Monroeville, the industrial electricity rate decreased by 2.19% to 7.2 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 7.36 ¢ / kWh
- In Monroeville, the industrial electricity rate state rank increased by 1 position to 531st, from last month's value of 532nd
- In Monroeville, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate decreased by 0.17% to 7.72 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 7.74 ¢ / kWh
Monroeville Electricity Pricing Data
Average Residential Electricity Rate for February, 2024
17.45¢ per kWh
- 8.26% higher than last month
- 2.93% higher than February last year
- 2.13% higher than the Alabama average
- 7.09% higher than the US average
- 532nd in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 19,488th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 1,207 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,653 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Rate
16.05¢ per kWh
- 0.26% higher than last month
- 0.89% higher than February last year
- 1.51% higher than the Alabama average
- 5.27% lower than the US average
- 532nd in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 16,281st in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 537 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 653 since February last year
Average Residential Electricity Bill for February, 2024
$168.22 per month
- 29.52% lower than last month
- 10.32% higher than February last year
- 1.12% lower than the Alabama average
- 34.18% higher than the US average
- 519th in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank has increased by 11 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 21 since February last year
- 22,814th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has increased by 3,394 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 917 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Bill
$180.32 per month
- 0.73% higher than last month
- 1.24% higher than February last year
- 0.97% higher than the Alabama average
- 36.06% higher than the US average
- 521st in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank has increased by 10 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 1 since February last year
- 25,993rd in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 4 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 19 since February last year
Average Commercial Electricity Rate for February, 2024
14.84¢ per kWh
- 0.51% lower than last month
- 2.79% higher than February last year
- 1.16% higher than the Alabama average
- 8.97% higher than the US average
- 532nd in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 21,499th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 50 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,784 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Rate
14.23¢ per kWh
- 0.24% higher than last month
- 0.14% higher than February last year
- 0.9% higher than the Alabama average
- 0.74% higher than the US average
- 532nd in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 20,158th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 614 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 190 since February last year
Average Commercial Electricity Bill for February, 2024
$669.72 per month
- 17.32% lower than last month
- 4.29% higher than February last year
- 1.17% higher than the Alabama average
- 59.97% lower than the US average
- 520th in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank has dropped by 1 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 1 since February last year
- 19,267th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 1,632 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,400 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Bill
$752.6 per month
- 0.31% higher than last month
- 0.06% higher than February last year
- 1.63% higher than the Alabama average
- 54.18% lower than the US average
- 520th in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 19,856th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 13 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 923 since February last year
Average Industrial Electricity Rate for February, 2024
7.2¢ per kWh
- 6.72% lower than last month
- 2.19% lower than February last year
- 0.73% higher than the Alabama average
- 26.96% lower than the US average
- 531st in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank has increased by 1 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 20 since February last year
- 8,348th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has increased by 2,766 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 2,785 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Rate
7.72¢ per kWh
- 0.17% lower than last month
- 8.43% lower than February last year
- 0.91% higher than the Alabama average
- 24.32% lower than the US average
- 532nd in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 9 since February last year
- 11,797th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 885 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 357 since February last year
Average Industrial Electricity Bill for February, 2024
$18,889.25 per month
- 11.8% lower than last month
- 0.29% lower than February last year
- 24.36% lower than the Alabama average
- 38.38% lower than the US average
- 498th in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 17,914th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 182 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 969 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Bill
$21,499.31 per month
- 0.02% lower than last month
- 10.36% lower than February last year
- 23.66% lower than the Alabama average
- 36.93% lower than the US average
- 498th in the state out of 532 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank has increased by 9 since February last year
- 17,327th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has increased by 79 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 530 since February last year
Monroeville, AL Electricity Overview
Residents who call Monroeville home pay an average residential electricity rate of 15.97 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 9.72% above the average Alabama rate of 14.56 cents. Alabama Power is the largest supplier in the city based on total residential customers. Customers in Monroeville deal with 1 electrical outages each year with outages lasting an average of 133.1 minutes.
Coming in at as the 105th worst ranked city out of 593 cities in Alabama, Monroeville releases 32,894,494.04 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption each year. More telling of the city's pollution reality is the per capita CO2 emission amount. That amount stands at 5,525.7 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 6th ranked city in the state for CO2 emissions released per capita. The city has zero power plants currently operating within the city.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Monroeville
Monroeville residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in January.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Monroeville, Alabama
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power | BUNDLED | 15.97 | 180.36 | 17,960,856 | 2,868,954,000 |
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Frisco City, AL Electricity Overview
Residents who call Frisco City home pay an average residential electricity rate of 14.35 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 1.43% below the average Alabama rate of 14.56 cents. The largest supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Alabama Power. The city has an average of 1 power outages per consumer per year. These outages are on average 133.1 minutes. In comparison, the US average is 1.27 outages per consumer and 137.24 minutes per outage.
Coming in at as the 254th worst ranked city out of 593 cities in Alabama, Frisco City releases 9,216,868.14 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption each year. More telling of the city's pollution reality is the per capita CO2 emission amount. That amount stands at 5,525.7 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 6th ranked city in the state for CO2 emissions released per capita. The city has zero power plants currently operating within the city.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Frisco City
Frisco City residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in January.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Frisco City, Alabama
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power | BUNDLED | 15.97 | 180.36 | 17,960,856 | 2,868,954,000 | |
| Southern Pine Electric Cooperative | BUNDLED | 12.73 | 135.74 | 260,189 | 33,121,000 |
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Franklin, AL Electricity Overview
Residents who call Franklin home pay an average residential electricity rate of 14.79 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 1.59% above the average Alabama rate of 14.56 cents. With an estimated 517 residential customers, Alabama Power is the largest electricity provider in the city. Customers in the city have 1 electrical outages each year, with outages lasting about 133.1 minutes on average. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.27 outages at 137.24 minutes each.
Coming in at as the 352nd worst ranked city out of 593 cities in Alabama, Franklin releases 4,647,113.97 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption each year. More telling of the city's pollution reality is the per capita CO2 emission amount. That amount stands at 5,525.7 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 6th ranked city in the state for CO2 emissions released per capita. The city has zero power plants currently operating within the city.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Franklin
Franklin residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in January.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Franklin, Alabama
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power | BUNDLED | 15.97 | 180.36 | 17,960,856 | 2,868,954,000 | |
| Dixie Electric Cooperative | BUNDLED | 13.61 | 163.61 | 309,434 | 42,109,000 |
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Electricity Production in Monroe County, Alabama
Power Plants in Monroe County, Alabama
| Plant | City/County | State | Primary Fuel Type | Production (MWh) | Emission (kg) | Emissions per MWh | Toxic Chemical Release | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama Pine PulpAlabama River Cellulose LLC (100.00%) | Monroe County | AL | Black Liquour | 391,979.09 | 426,440,865.32 | 1,087.92 | ||
Alabama River PulpAlabama River Cellulose LLC (100.00%) | Monroe County | AL | Black Liquour | 301,572.61 | 321,138,218.94 | 1,064.88 |
Monroe County, Alabama Details
Monroe County has 2 electricity producing plants within its borders. This is the 1112th most plants in a single county. Black Liquour makes up 80.28% of the fuel types used for electricity generation in Monroe County. Wood/Wood Waste Solids and Natural Gas make up 11.54% and 8.18% of production, respectively. Electricity use in Monroe County results in the release of 372,346,607.39 kilograms of CO2 pollution, which is 768th highest in the country out of 3230 counties. This total results in 18,510.89 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen, so the county ranks 62nd worst in the country for pollution per capita.
Providers In Each City in Monroe County:
- Beatrice, Alabama:
- Alabama Power: 100.00%
- Excel, Alabama:
- Southern Pine Electric Cooperative: 50.00%
- Alabama Power: 50.00%
- Franklin, Alabama:
- Alabama Power: 50.00%
- Dixie Electric Cooperative: 50.00%
- Frisco City, Alabama:
- Alabama Power: 50.00%
- Southern Pine Electric Cooperative: 50.00%
- Monroeville, Alabama:
- Alabama Power: 100.00%
- Vredenburgh, Alabama:
- Alabama Power: 100.00%
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FAQ
What electricity company is the largest supplier in Monroe County, Alabama?
The largest electricity provider in Monroe County, Alabama by total customer count is Alabama Power.
How many electric companies offer service in Monroe County, Alabama?
Monroe County, Alabama is home to 4 electricity suppliers operating in the area.
Which electricity companies offer service in Monroe County, Alabama?
| County Customers Rank | Provider | Est. County Customers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Power | 35,048 |
| 2 | Baldwin EMC | 6,821 |
| 3 | Southern Pine Electric Cooperative | 3,498 |
| 4 | Pioneer Electric Greenville, Alabama | 337 |
How many power plants are in Monroe County, Alabama?
There are 2 active electricity plants located in Monroe County, Alabama
