Alameda County, California Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Oakland's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 28.82 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 9.44% lower than California's average price of 31.82 cents, resulting in the city ranking 369th out of 1617 cities in California for best average electricity price. Non-renewable fuel types are used to produce 2,909.42 megawatt hours in the city, which is 8.99% of their total generation. Citizens in the city have an average monthly residential electric bill of $102.85. This is 30.11% lower than the national average of $147.16.

Oakland has 2 power plants, which is the 15th highest out of any city in California. Power generating facilities in the city most often use Other Biomass Gas, which makes up 91.01% (or 29,438.58 megawatt hours) of the fuel types used for electricity generation in the city. Secondary fuels used during electricity generation include Jet Fuel at 7.89% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 1.10% of generation. Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Oakland averages 1,105.66 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident due to electricity consumption, which ranks them 56th 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 476,019,229.37 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which ranks as the 8th highest amount in California.

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Fremont's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 28.77 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 9.59% lower than California's average price of 31.82 cents, resulting in the city ranking 350th out of 1617 cities in California for best average electricity price. The US average monthly residential electric bill is $147.16, while the Fremont average is 30.25% less at $102.65 per month. Selling an estimated 640,418.95 megawatt hours per year, East Bay Community Energy is the largest vendor in the city.

As the 28th worst ranked city out of 1617 cities in the state, Fremont emits 244,193,318.92 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Averaging 1,090.84 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the city ranks 288th worst in California for emissions per capita. Electricity companies who provide service in Fremont have to rely on electricity produced in neighboring communities and rural areas, since no electricity production occurs in the city limits.