Alameda County, California Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Oakland's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 27.19 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 9.19% above California's average rate of 24.90 cents, resulting in the city ranking 811th best for average electricity price out of 1617 cities in California. Non-renewable fuel types are used to produce 39,151.45 megawatt hours in the city, which is 45.18% of their total generation. The California average monthly residential electric bill is $131.98, while the Oakland average is 11.93% lower at $116.23 per month. This is the 1259th lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in California.

Oakland has 3 power plants, which is the 38th highest out of any city in California. Power generating facilities in the city most often use Other Biomass Gas, which makes up 54.82% (or 47,503.55 megawatt hours) of the fuel types used for electricity generation in the city. Secondary fuels used during electricity generation include Jet Fuel at 44.86% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 0.32% of generation. Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Oakland averages 1,410.19 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident due to electricity consumption, which ranks them 67th worst in the state out of 1617 cities for emissions efficiency. While not as telling of a statistic (more people almost always equals more pollution), the total pollution of Oakland from electricity consumption is 621,395,764.39 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which ranks as the 9th highest amount in California.

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Fremont's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 27.27 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 9.53% above California's average rate of 24.90 cents, resulting in the city ranking 865th best for average electricity price out of 1617 cities in California. The city generates 1,565 megawatt hours, which is 100.00% of their total production, from sustainable fuel sources The city has a ranking of 148th in the state out of 1617 cities for renewable energy production per capita, with 0.01 megawatt hours being produced per resident.

As the 25th worst ranked city out of 1617 cities in the state, Fremont emits 306,102,360.13 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. This total also equates to a ranking of 1503rd worst in California for emissions per citizen. Around 100.00% of electricity in Fremont comes from generation using Solar. There is one power producing plant in Fremont.