Electric Rates & Providers in Rock County, WI

Rock County, Wisconsin Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Rock County, Wisconsin Electricity Overview

As the 5th highest county in Wisconsin for non-renewable production per capita, Rock County generates 47.57 megawatt hours per person each year.

The average residential price per kilowatt hour in Rock County is 15.31 cents. This is around 4.44% less than the nationwide average rate of 16.02 cents per kilowatt hour.

Rock County experienced a 5.47% drop in CO2 emissions per capita during the course of the previous 12 months.

Solar power usage in Rock County has gone up by 382.57% year over year, with 119,200 megawatt hours being produced from solar throughout the previous year compared to 24,701 the 12 months before.

Rock County ranks 9th out of 72 counties in the state for total electricity consumption, with its population using over 1,900,000 megawatt hours.

Rock County averages 0.77 megawatt hours per person produced from renewable electricity sources, which is 1117th highest in the country out of 3230.

ENERGY CONSUMPTION

  • Total Consumption

    1,923,449 MWh

  • Consumption per Capita

    11.72 MWh

ENERGY PRODUCTION

  • Total Production

    7,931,071 MWh

  • Production from Renewable Energy

    126,503 MWh

  • Production from Non-Renewable Energy

    7,804,568 MWh

  • Production per Capita

    48.34 MWh

EMISSIONS

  • CO2 Emissions

    672,458,808 kg

  • CO2 Emissions per Capita

    4,098.86 kg

Recent Energy News in Janesville

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Janesville Electricity Pricing Data

Average Residential Electricity Rate for February, 2024

17.31¢ per kWh

  • 1.6% higher than last month
  • 7.24% higher than February last year
  • 0.01% higher than the Wisconsin average
  • 6.21% higher than the US average
  • 582nd in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has increased by 1 since last month
  • The state rank has dropped by 95 since February last year
  • 18,967th in the US out of 26,964 cities
  • The national rank has increased by 551 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 2,649 since February last year

12 Month Rolling Average Residential Rate

16.37¢ per kWh

  • 0.6% higher than last month
  • 6.26% higher than February last year
  • 3.25% lower than the Wisconsin average
  • 3.35% lower than the US average
  • 482nd in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has dropped by 8 since last month
  • The state rank is the same since February last year
  • 17,372nd in the US out of 26,964 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 763 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 2,561 since February last year

Average Residential Electricity Bill for February, 2024

$105.33 per month

  • 18.41% lower than last month
  • 0.53% higher than February last year
  • 1.46% higher than the Wisconsin average
  • 15.98% lower than the US average
  • 371st in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has increased by 6 since last month
  • The state rank has dropped by 26 since February last year
  • 7,386th in the US out of 26,964 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 707 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 1,166 since February last year

12 Month Rolling Average Residential Bill

$112.92 per month

  • 0.04% higher than last month
  • 4.14% higher than February last year
  • 0.64% higher than the Wisconsin average
  • 14.8% lower than the US average
  • 374th in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has increased by 1 since last month
  • The state rank has dropped by 6 since February last year
  • 6,919th in the US out of 26,964 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 460 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 1,183 since February last year

Average Commercial Electricity Rate for February, 2024

13.3¢ per kWh

  • 2.55% higher than last month
  • 2.11% higher than February last year
  • 4.42% higher than the Wisconsin average
  • 2.33% lower than the US average
  • 575th in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has increased by 4 since last month
  • The state rank has increased by 4 since February last year
  • 17,712th in the US out of 26,992 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 1,044 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 2,793 since February last year

12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Rate

13.03¢ per kWh

  • 0.18% higher than last month
  • 6.71% higher than February last year
  • 2.09% higher than the Wisconsin average
  • 7.76% lower than the US average
  • 578th in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank is the same since last month
  • The state rank has dropped by 30 since February last year
  • 14,819th in the US out of 26,992 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 103 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 2,686 since February last year

Average Commercial Electricity Bill for February, 2024

$383.74 per month

  • 9.09% lower than last month
  • 0.29% lower than February last year
  • 31.69% lower than the Wisconsin average
  • 77.06% lower than the US average
  • 248th in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank is the same since last month
  • The state rank has dropped by 2 since February last year
  • 6,829th in the US out of 26,992 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 440 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 330 since February last year

12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Bill

$410.34 per month

  • 0.02% lower than last month
  • 4.51% higher than February last year
  • 33.79% lower than the Wisconsin average
  • 75.02% lower than the US average
  • 246th in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has dropped by 10 since last month
  • The state rank has dropped by 3 since February last year
  • 6,665th in the US out of 26,992 cities
  • The national rank has increased by 425 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 1,317 since February last year

Average Industrial Electricity Rate for February, 2024

9.3¢ per kWh

  • 0.95% lower than last month
  • 0.43% higher than February last year
  • 6.19% higher than the Wisconsin average
  • 5.6% lower than the US average
  • 755th in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has dropped by 181 since last month
  • The state rank has increased by 16 since February last year
  • 17,720th in the US out of 26,382 cities
  • The national rank has increased by 988 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 301 since February last year

12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Rate

9.18¢ per kWh

  • 0.04% higher than last month
  • 7.61% higher than February last year
  • 2.81% higher than the Wisconsin average
  • 9.99% lower than the US average
  • 579th in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank is the same since last month
  • The state rank has dropped by 25 since February last year
  • 17,948th in the US out of 26,382 cities
  • The national rank has increased by 41 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 5,666 since February last year

Average Industrial Electricity Bill for February, 2024

$35,428.58 per month

  • 1.54% lower than last month
  • 4.01% higher than February last year
  • 54.26% lower than the Wisconsin average
  • 15.57% higher than the US average
  • 242nd in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank has dropped by 2 since last month
  • The state rank is the same since February last year
  • 20,610th in the US out of 26,382 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 213 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 15 since February last year

12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Bill

$37,014.05 per month

  • 0.31% higher than last month
  • 7.47% higher than February last year
  • 56.59% lower than the Wisconsin average
  • 8.58% higher than the US average
  • 242nd in the state out of 784 cities
  • The state rank is the same since last month
  • The state rank is the same since February last year
  • 20,472nd in the US out of 26,382 cities
  • The national rank has dropped by 96 since last month
  • The national rank has dropped by 467 since February last year

Janesville, WI Electricity Overview

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Janesville has an average residential electricity rate of 16.20 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 3.96% less than Wisconsin's average rate of 16.87 cents, ranking the city at 302nd out of 810 cities in the state for lowest average electricity rate. More electricity is consumed within Janesville than is generated, with electricity usage adding up to 10579.59% of production. Customers in Janesville deal with 0.74 electrical outages each year with outages lasting on average 75.7 minutes.

Coming in as the 11th worst ranked city out of 810 cities in the state, Janesville emits 398,915,936.12 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption. More telling of the city's emissions reality is the per person CO2 emission amount. That amount stands at 6,053.26 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 15th ranked city in the state for CO2 emissions released per capita. The city is home to one electricity producing plant. Janesville's main fuel type used for electricity production is Landfill Gas. The city generates 7,303 megawatt hours from this fuel source.

Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Janesville

Janesville residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in September.

Historical Electricity Rates:

Price Per kWhAverage Bill$0.173/kWh$0.105/kWh$141.06/mo.$72.50/mo.
302nd16.20¢Average residential price per kWh in the city of Janesville
418th$113.8Average residential monthly electricity bill for Janesville Residents

Electric Companies With Service in Janesville, Wisconsin

ProviderService TypeResidential Rate (¢)Residential Average Bill ($)City Production (MWh)Residential Sales (MWh)Residential Revenues ($)
Alliant EnergyBUNDLED16.31112.923,584,119.3584,713,424
Rock EnergyBUNDLED13.68133.6684,54611,566,000

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Beloit, WI Electricity Overview

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Beloit has an average residential electricity rate of 16.26 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 3.60% less than Wisconsin's average rate of 16.87 cents, ranking the city at 305th out of 810 cities in the state for lowest average electricity rate. There is 4951.84% more electricity consumed in Beloit than is generated, forcing the city to purchase electricity from neighboring cities and counties. The city's use of renewable energy sources for electricity generation totals 0.23 megawatt hours per capita. This ranks the city 57th out of 810 cities in Wisconsin.

For electricity generation purposes, Beloit's primary fuel is Solar, making up 8,451 megawatt hours, or 99.58% of production in the city. Natural Gas and Distillate Fuel Oil are the second and third most used fuel types, respectively, for electricity generation. Natural Gas is used to make 0.30% of electricity generation and Distillate Fuel Oil makes up 0.12% of total generation in the city. The city's electricity use results in CO2 pollution totaling 216,046,500.27 kilograms, which is 24th highest in Wisconsin out of 810 cities. More importantly, the city averages 5,908.24 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, which is a better measurement of the city's pollution levels. Beloit has 2 electricity producing plants, which is the 9th highest out of any city in Wisconsin.

Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Beloit

Beloit residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in September.

Historical Electricity Rates:

Price Per kWhAverage Bill$0.173/kWh$0.105/kWh$141.06/mo.$72.50/mo.
305th16.26¢Average residential price per kWh in the city of Beloit
415th$113.33Average residential monthly electricity bill for Beloit Residents

Electric Companies With Service in Beloit, Wisconsin

ProviderService TypeResidential Rate (¢)Residential Average Bill ($)City Production (MWh)Residential Sales (MWh)Residential Revenues ($)
Alliant EnergyBUNDLED16.31112.928,4513,584,119.3584,713,424
Rock EnergyBUNDLED13.68133.6684,54611,566,000

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Edgerton, WI Electricity Overview

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Edgerton has an average residential electricity rate of 16.18 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 4.10% less than Wisconsin's average rate of 16.87 cents, ranking the city at 300th out of 810 cities in the state for lowest average electricity rate. The power grid in the city is faced with an average of 0.74 outages per customer a year, with outages lasting roughly 75.7 minutes. The national averages of outages and outage time frames are 1.27 outages per year and 137.24 minutes each outage. The largest vendor in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Alliant Energy.

Coming in as the 141st worst ranked city out of 810 cities in the state, Edgerton emits 35,106,636.05 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per resident in the city, which is 6,026.89 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This calculation ranks Edgerton as the 182nd highest polluting city in Wisconsin. Within Edgerton, there are no power producing plants. The residents must rely on electricity generated outside of the city boundaries.

Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Edgerton

Edgerton residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in September.

Historical Electricity Rates:

Price Per kWhAverage Bill$0.173/kWh$0.105/kWh$141.06/mo.$72.50/mo.
300th16.18¢Average residential price per kWh in the city of Edgerton
419th$113.99Average residential monthly electricity bill for Edgerton Residents

Electric Companies With Service in Edgerton, Wisconsin

ProviderService TypeResidential Rate (¢)Residential Average Bill ($)City Production (MWh)Residential Sales (MWh)Residential Revenues ($)
Alliant EnergyBUNDLED16.31112.923,584,119.3584,713,424
Rock EnergyBUNDLED13.68133.6684,54611,566,000

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Electricity Production in Rock County, Wisconsin

Power Plants in Rock County, Wisconsin

PlantCity/CountyStatePrimary Fuel TypeProduction (MWh)Emission (kg)Emissions per MWhToxic Chemical ReleaseClosing Date
Rock County WI Natural Gas 4,339,5221,520,255,859.22350.33
Riverside Energy CenterAlliant Energy (100.00%)
Rock County WI Natural Gas 3,471,2731,247,017,764.86359.24
Rock County WI Solar 95,267
Beloit WI Solar 8,451
Ameresco JanesvilleAMERESCO Janesville LLC (100.00%)
Janesville WI Landfill Gas 7,3035,492,031.18752.02
Albany Solar (WI)Alliant Energy (100.00%)
Rock County WI Solar 6,173
HQC Rock River Solar Power Gen StationHanwha Q CELLS USA (42.40%)Hanwha PVPLUS, LLC (57.60%)
Rock County WI Solar 3,047
Beloit Memorial Hospital Power PlantBeloit Memorial Hospital (100.00%)
Beloit WI Natural Gas 35.2823,674.69671.05

Rock County, Wisconsin Details

Power Plant Fuel Types, Emissions & Pollution Factors

For electricity generation purposes, Rock County's primary fuel is Natural Gas, making up 7,804,558.29 megawatt hours, or 98.40% of production in the county. Solar and Landfill Gas are the second and third most used fuel types, respectively, for electricity generation. Solar is used to make 1.50% of electricity generation and Landfill Gas makes up 0.09% of total generation in the county. The county has the 495th largest amount of total CO2 pollution from electricity consumption of all of the counties in the United States, emitting 672,458,807.99 kilograms. The county averages 4,098.86 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen from electricity consumption, which is a better measurement of the county's emission levels. They rank 1889th highest in the country in this category. Rock County has the 5th most power plants of any county in Wisconsin, with 8 total plants.

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98.40%
SOLAR
Solar
1.50%
LANDFILL GAS
Landfill Gas
0.09%
DISTILLATE FUEL OIL
Distillate Fuel Oil
0.00%

Rock County, Wisconsin Net Metering

There are 4 companies in Rock County offering electricity. Of those 4, 100.00% of them offer some type of net metering option for their customers, making solar panels and alternative electric sources more economically viable. The state of Wisconsin has highly restricted state level net metering legislation.

Energy Loss

The average energy loss for electricity providers in Rock County is 2.78%. This includes data from 4 providers, including Alliant Energy, WE Energies, and Rock Energy. The nationwide average for energy loss is 2.87% and the state average is 2.46%, resulting in a rank of 313th best in the United States and a state rank of 23rd best out of 3230 and 72 counties, respectively.

Power Companies in Rock County, Wisconsin

Providers In Each City in Rock County:

  • Beloit, Wisconsin:
    • Rock Energy: 1.96%
    • Alliant Energy: 98.04%
  • Brooklyn, Wisconsin:
    • Alliant Energy: 100.00%
  • Clinton, Wisconsin:
    • Alliant Energy: 100.00%
  • Edgerton, Wisconsin:
    • Alliant Energy: 94.86%
    • Rock Energy: 5.14%
  • Evansville, Wisconsin:
    • Evansville Electric: 100.00%
  • Footville, Wisconsin:
    • Alliant Energy: 70.56%
    • Rock Energy: 29.44%
  • Janesville, Wisconsin:
    • Rock Energy: 4.25%
    • Alliant Energy: 95.75%
  • Milton, Wisconsin:
    • Alliant Energy: 92.74%
    • Rock Energy: 7.26%
  • Orfordville, Wisconsin:
    • Alliant Energy: 100.00%

* City coverage generated based on government data. Always verify you can get service from the provider.

FAQ

What electricity company is the largest provider in Rock County, Wisconsin?

By total revenue, Alliant Energy is the largest electricity provider in Rock County, Wisconsin.

How many power plants are in Rock County, Wisconsin?

Rock County, Wisconsin is home to 8 active electricity plants producing electricity for the county and other surrounding areas.

How many electric companies offer service in Rock County, Wisconsin?

There are 4 electricity providers serving consumers in Rock County, Wisconsin.

What electricity companies offer service in Rock County, Wisconsin?

County Customers RankProviderEst. County Customers
1Alliant Energy21,712
2WE Energies9,434
3Rock Energy7,385
4Evansville Electric3,544

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