Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Kotzebue averages a residential electricity rate of 39.74 cents per kilowatt hour spent by their citizens. Regrettably, this is 74.92% more than the state's average price of 22.72 cents, ranking the city at 172nd out of 359 cities in Alaska for best average electricity rate. The city ranks 15th out of 359 cities in Alaska for renewable electricity generation per capita, with 0.85 megawatt hours being produced per resident in the city. Power production plants in the city are fueled by non-renewable fuel sources for 85.87% of the megawatt hours generate.

Kotzebue is home to one electricity producing plant. Emissions in the city average 4,971.39 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident from electricity use, making them the 31st worst polluting city out of 359 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. While not as telling of a statistic (more people almost always equals more pollution), the total pollution for the city from electricity use is 15,421,249.59 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which ranks as the 29th highest in the state.

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Selawik averages a residential electricity rate of 41.16 cents per kilowatt hour spent by their citizens. Regrettably, this is 81.20% more than the state's average price of 22.72 cents, ranking the city at 178th out of 359 cities in Alaska for best average electricity rate. The city generates about 3.49 megawatt hours per person each year from electrical generating plants located within its borders, which ranks them as the 57th highest generator in the state out of 359 cities. The city is ranked 46th in Alaska in total electricity generated from power plants within its borders, with 2,827 megawatt hours produced.

In Selawik, Distillate Fuel Oil makes up 100.00% of the fuel utilized in electricity production. On average, the city citizens emit 4,657.97 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption, which makes it the 36th worst polluting city out of 359 cities in Alaska based on emissions per capita. With total emissions of 3,768,297.71 kilograms, the city ranks 68th worst in Alaska for total emissions from electricity consumption, however, it could be argued that emissions per capita is a better measurement of a city's pollution levels. Selawik is home to one power producing plant.