Cowlitz County, Washington Electricity Rates & Statistics
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Cowlitz County, Washington Electricity Overview
Cowlitz County averages 3.3 megawatt hours per person generated from renewable electricity sources, which is 793rd highest in the US out of 3230counties.
Non-renewable sources are used in the production of 82.51% of the megawatt hours produced in Cowlitz County, ranking it 7th out of 39 counties in Washington for total megawatt hours produced from non-renewable fuels.
The US average residential price per kilowatt hour sits at 16.02 cents, while residents of Cowlitz County benefit from an average rate that is 45.98% less at 8.65 cents per kilowatt hour.
Cowlitz County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 counties in megawatt hours generated from coal use over the past year.
Cowlitz County is 206th out of 3230 counties in the nation for megawatt hours per capita generated from coal, averaging 0.21 megawatt hours per person each year.
The largest electricity supplier in Cowlitz County by customer count is Cowlitz County PUD.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Total Consumption
1,280,401 MWh
Consumption per Capita
11.44 MWh
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Total Production
2,110,700 MWh
Production from Renewable Energy
369,206 MWh
Production from Non-Renewable Energy
1,741,493 MWh
Production per Capita
18.85 MWh
EMISSIONS
CO2 Emissions
522,911,353 kg
CO2 Emissions per Capita
4,670.69 kg
Recent Energy News in Longview
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Residential Electricity Prices
- In Longview, the residential electricity rate national rank dropped by 1,005 positions to 1,252nd, from last year's value of 247th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate national rank increased by 105 positions to 134th, from last year's value of 239th
- In Longview, the residential electricity rate national rank increased by 64 positions to 1,252nd, from last month's value of 1,316th
- In Longview, the residential electricity rate increased by 0.82% to 8.28 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 8.21 ¢ / kWh
- In Longview, the residential electricity rate increased by 0.65% to 8.28 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 8.23 ¢ / kWh
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate increased by 0.09% to 8.79 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 8.79 ¢ / kWh
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate increased by 0.05% to 8.79 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 8.79 ¢ / kWh
Commercial Electricity Prices
- In Longview, the commercial electricity bill national rank dropped by 2,159 positions to 15,276th, from last month's value of 13,117th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill national rank increased by 598 positions to 11,428th, from last year's value of 12,026th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill national rank increased by 80 positions to 11,428th, from last month's value of 11,508th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill state rank increased by 65 positions to 63rd, from last year's value of 128th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill state rank increased by 65 positions to 63rd, from last month's value of 128th
- In Longview, the commercial electricity bill national rank increased by 81 positions to 15,276th, from last year's value of 15,357th
- In Longview, the commercial electricity bill state rank dropped by 65 positions to 128th, from last month's value of 63rd
- In Longview, the commercial electricity bill state rank increased by 4 positions to 128th, from last year's value of 132nd
- In Longview, the commercial electricity bill increased by 3.43% to $560.56, from last month's value of $541.97
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill increased by 1.28% to $517.7, from last year's value of $511.14
- In Longview, the commercial electricity bill decreased by 2.37% to $560.56, from last year's value of $574.2
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity bill decreased by 0.22% to $517.7, from last month's value of $518.83
Industrial Electricity Prices
- In Longview, the industrial electricity rate national rank dropped by 1,892 positions to 3,099th, from last year's value of 1,207th
- In Longview, the industrial electricity rate national rank dropped by 1,913 positions to 3,099th, from last month's value of 1,186th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate national rank increased by 80 positions to 120th, from last year's value of 200th
- In Longview, the industrial electricity rate increased by 86.78% to 4.97 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 2.66 ¢ / kWh
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate increased by 3.85% to 4.47 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 4.3 ¢ / kWh
- In Longview, the industrial electricity rate increased by 1.53% to 4.97 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 4.89 ¢ / kWh
- In Longview, the industrial electricity rate state rank dropped by 1 position to 12th, from last year's value of 11th
- In Longview, the industrial electricity rate state rank dropped by 1 position to 12th, from last month's value of 11th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate increased by 0.14% to 4.47 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 4.46 ¢ / kWh
Electricity Production from All Fuel Types
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average total production national rank dropped by 2,548 positions to 2,703rd, from last year's value of 155th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average total production decreased by 100% to 0 MWhs, from last year's value of 120,446 MWhs
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average total production state rank dropped by 28 positions to 30th, from last year's value of 2nd
- In Longview, the total production national rank increased by 11 positions to 2,699th, from last year's value of 2,710th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average total production national rank increased by 4 positions to 2,703rd, from last month's value of 2,707th
- In Longview, the total production national rank increased by 3 positions to 2,699th, from last month's value of 2,702nd
Electricity Production from Natural Gas
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average natural gas production national rank dropped by 941 positions to 1,061st, from last year's value of 120th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average natural gas production decreased by 100% to 0 MWhs, from last year's value of 120,446 MWhs
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average natural gas production state rank dropped by 10 positions to 12th, from last year's value of 2nd
- In Longview, the natural gas production national rank dropped by 5 positions to 1,060th, from last year's value of 1,055th
Electricity Emission from Production from All Fuel Types
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average total emission national rank dropped by 2,534 positions to 2,699th, from last year's value of 165th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average total emission decreased by 100% to 0 CO2 equivalent kgs, from last year's value of 47549767.97846154 CO2 equivalent kgs
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average total emission state rank dropped by 26 positions to 28th, from last year's value of 2nd
Electricity Emission from Production from Natural Gas
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average natural gas emission national rank dropped by 941 positions to 1,066th, from last year's value of 125th
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average natural gas emission decreased by 100% to 0 CO2 equivalent kgs, from last year's value of 47549767.97846154 CO2 equivalent kgs
- In Longview, the 12 month rolling average natural gas emission state rank dropped by 10 positions to 12th, from last year's value of 2nd
Longview Electricity Pricing Data
Average Residential Electricity Rate for February, 2024
8.28¢ per kWh
- 0.82% higher than last month
- 0.65% higher than February last year
- 31.93% lower than the Washington average
- 49.18% lower than the US average
- 11th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 1,252nd in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has increased by 64 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,005 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Rate
8.79¢ per kWh
- 0.05% higher than last month
- 0.09% higher than February last year
- 24.9% lower than the Washington average
- 48.09% lower than the US average
- 11th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 134th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank is the same since last month
- The national rank has increased by 105 since February last year
Average Residential Electricity Bill for February, 2024
$157.04 per month
- 4.03% lower than last month
- 2.79% lower than February last year
- 16.38% higher than the Washington average
- 25.26% higher than the US average
- 429th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank has dropped by 206 since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 19,972nd in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 2,963 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 3,752 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Bill
$118.5 per month
- 0.32% lower than last month
- 1.14% lower than February last year
- 6.81% higher than the Washington average
- 10.59% lower than the US average
- 228th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank has increased by 1 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 160 since February last year
- 9,707th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 550 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 560 since February last year
Average Commercial Electricity Rate for February, 2024
8.63¢ per kWh
- 0.67% lower than last month
- 0.45% higher than February last year
- 27.11% lower than the Washington average
- 36.6% lower than the US average
- 38th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 3,118th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 7 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 972 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Rate
8.69¢ per kWh
- 0.04% higher than last month
- 0.55% higher than February last year
- 21.91% lower than the Washington average
- 38.44% lower than the US average
- 38th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 1,722nd in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 214 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 329 since February last year
Average Commercial Electricity Bill for February, 2024
$560.56 per month
- 3.43% higher than last month
- 2.37% lower than February last year
- 14.82% lower than the Washington average
- 66.49% lower than the US average
- 128th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank has dropped by 65 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 4 since February last year
- 15,276th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 2,159 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 81 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Bill
$517.7 per month
- 0.22% lower than last month
- 1.28% higher than February last year
- 17.76% lower than the Washington average
- 68.48% lower than the US average
- 63rd in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank has increased by 65 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 65 since February last year
- 11,428th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 80 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 598 since February last year
Average Industrial Electricity Rate for February, 2024
4.97¢ per kWh
- 86.78% higher than last month
- 1.53% higher than February last year
- 47.49% lower than the Washington average
- 49.61% lower than the US average
- 12th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank has dropped by 1 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 1 since February last year
- 3,099th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 1,913 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,892 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Rate
4.47¢ per kWh
- 0.14% higher than last month
- 3.85% higher than February last year
- 50.57% lower than the Washington average
- 56.23% lower than the US average
- 11th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 120th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank is the same since last month
- The national rank has increased by 80 since February last year
Average Industrial Electricity Bill for February, 2024
$406,483.87 per month
- 110.09% higher than last month
- 6.35% higher than February last year
- 1,349.96% higher than the Washington average
- 1,225.97% higher than the US average
- 430th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 26,137th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 370 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 27 since February last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Bill
$348,663.98 per month
- 0.58% higher than last month
- 6.72% lower than February last year
- 1,246.67% higher than the Washington average
- 922.82% higher than the US average
- 430th in the state out of 430 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since February last year
- 26,132nd in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank is the same since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 72 since February last year
Longview, WA Electricity Overview
On average, Longview's residential electricity rate is 8.65 cents per kilowatt hour. Luckily, this is 22.20% below the state's average rate of 11.12 cents. Facilities in the city generate, on average, 42.76 megawatt hours per person from non-renewable fuel types. The largest supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Cowlitz County PUD.
Emitting 169,919,160.7 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Longview ranks 10th worst out of 645 cities in Washington for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 4,526.11 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen, ranking the city 5th worst in Washington for emissions per capita from electricity use. The city has one electricity producing plant in the city. For electricity production purposes, Longview's main fuel source is Natural Gas, accounting for 1,605,363 megawatt hours, or 100.00% of production in the city.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Longview
Longview residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in May.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Longview, Washington
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowlitz County PUD | BUNDLED | 8.65 | 118.49 | 786,830 | 68,086,000 |
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Kelso, WA Electricity Overview
On average, Kelso's residential electricity rate is 8.65 cents per kilowatt hour. Luckily, this is 22.20% below the state's average rate of 11.12 cents. With an estimated 403 residential customers, Cowlitz County PUD is the largest provider in the city.
Emitting 19,066,494.13 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Kelso ranks 106th worst out of 645 cities in Washington for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 1,517.31 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen, ranking the city 15th worst in Washington for emissions per capita from electricity use. Since there is no electricity generation occurring within the city, electricity suppliers who service Kelso must source the megawatt hours they need every year.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Kelso
Kelso residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in May.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Kelso, Washington
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowlitz County PUD | BUNDLED | 8.65 | 118.49 | 786,830 | 68,086,000 |
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Woodland, WA Electricity Overview
On average, Woodland's residential electricity rate is 8.66 cents per kilowatt hour. Luckily, this is 22.11% below the state's average rate of 11.12 cents. With an estimated 190 residential customers, Cowlitz County PUD is the largest provider in the city.
Emitting 9,662,218.26 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Woodland ranks 172nd worst out of 645 cities in Washington for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 1,517.31 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen, ranking the city 43rd worst in Washington for emissions per capita from electricity use. Since there is no electricity generation occurring within the city, electricity suppliers who service Woodland must source the megawatt hours they need every year.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Woodland
Woodland residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in May.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Woodland, Washington
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Public Utilities | BUNDLED | 9.24 | 96.86 | 2,689,419 | 248,609,000 | |
| Cowlitz County PUD | BUNDLED | 8.65 | 118.49 | 786,830 | 68,086,000 |
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Electricity Production in Cowlitz County, Washington
Power Plants in Cowlitz County, Washington
| Plant | City/County | State | Primary Fuel Type | Production (MWh) | Emission (kg) | Emissions per MWh | Toxic Chemical Release | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mint Farm Generating StationPuget Sound Energy (100.00%) | Longview | WA | Natural Gas | 1,605,363 | 635,330,146.36 | 395.75 | ||
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview WANippon Dynawave Packaging Co. (100.00%) | Cowlitz County | WA | Black Liquour | 286,459.56 | 120,582,847.86 | 420.94 | ||
Longview FibreLongview Fibre Co (100.00%) | Cowlitz County | WA | Black Liquour | 218,877 | 106,089,223.28 | 484.7 |
Cowlitz County, Washington Details
Electricity use in Cowlitz County results in the release of 522,911,353.47 kilograms of CO2 pollution per year, which is 605th highest amount in the country out of 3230 counties. Additionally, the county ranks 3rd highest in Washington for pollution per citizen, which could be argued to be the more important statistic. They average 4,670.69 kilograms of emissions per capita. Natural Gas is the primary fuel source in Cowlitz County, with 81.30% of electricity generation coming from the fuel. Black Liquour and Wood/Wood Waste Solids make up the next highest totals for a fuel type at 12.75% (269,080.06 megawatt hours) and 4.36% (92,058.24 megawatt hours), respectively. Cowlitz County has 3 power plants, which is 18th most in Washington.
Providers In Each City in Cowlitz County:
- Castle Rock, Washington:
- Cowlitz County PUD: 100.00%
- Kalama, Washington:
- Cowlitz County PUD: 100.00%
- Kelso, Washington:
- Cowlitz County PUD: 100.00%
- Longview, Washington:
- Cowlitz County PUD: 100.00%
- Woodland, Washington:
- Clark Public Utilities: 1.67%
- Cowlitz County PUD: 98.33%
* City coverage generated based on government data. Always verify you can get service from the provider.
FAQ
Which electricity company is the largest provider in Cowlitz County, Washington?
By total customer count, Cowlitz County PUD is the largest electricity supplier in Cowlitz County, Washington.
How many power plants are located within Cowlitz County, Washington?
There are 3 power plants in Cowlitz County, Washington
Which electricity companies offer service in Cowlitz County, Washington?
| County Customers Rank | Provider | Est. County Customers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowlitz County PUD | 53,228 |
