Maricopa County, Arizona Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, Phoenix's residents spend 13.86 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 8.22% less than the average Arizona price of 15.10 cents and 17.18% less than the national average of 16.73 cents. Salt River Project sells an estimated 2,352,712.49 megawatt hours in the city per year, more than all other electricity suppliers. There has been a 32.86% increase in the use of fossil fuels and other non-renewable fuels in Phoenix within the past year.

Emitting 6,545,106,439.78 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Phoenix ranks worst out of 469 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity consumption. The city also ranks 7th worst in Arizona in pollution per capita, averaging 3,980.23 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per resident. The city is home to 3 electricity generation plants, which is the 10th most power plants within a city in Arizona out of the state's 469 cities. Phoenix has about 100.00% of its electricity generated from Natural Gas.

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On average, Mesa's residents spend 13.47 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 10.82% less than the average Arizona price of 15.10 cents and 19.53% less than the national average of 16.73 cents. Salt River Project is the largest vendor in the city based on total residential customers. Customers in Mesa deal with 0.51 power outages each year with outages lasting on average 29.88 minutes.

Emitting 1,826,401,111.37 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Mesa ranks 3rd worst out of 469 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity consumption. The city averages 3,563.55 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, which is a better measurement of the city's pollution levels. All of the electricity consumed in Mesa has to be imported from surrounding cities or rural areas, since there are no electricity production sources within its borders.