Kern County, California Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Bakersfield's citizens are billed an average residential electricity price of 28.70 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 15.26% more than the state's average price of 24.90 cents. This means the city is 1519th out of 1617 cities in California for best average electricity rate. The city has a deficit of 2,395,220.1 megawatt hours due to the fact that consumers are consuming 1776.61% more electricity than the city's electricity facilities generate. This leads to the necessity to purchase extra megawatt hours. There has been a 2.25% rise in the use of sustainable fuels (like solar, wind or hydro power) in Bakersfield throughout the last year. It's great to see these fuel types slowly replace fossil fuels like coal and oil.

Electricity consumption in Bakersfield results in the release of 537,575,227.31 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which is the 10th highest in California out of 1617 cities. Additionally, the city ranks 104th worst in the state for pollution per citizen, which could be argued to be the more important statistic. The city has 4 power plants within its borders. This is the 29th most plants within a single city out of 1617 cities, in California. For electricity generation purposes, Bakersfield's top fuel source is Natural Gas, accounting for 70,966 megawatt hours, or 52.64% of production in the city.

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Delano's citizens are billed an average residential electricity price of 25.16 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 1.05% more than the state's average price of 24.90 cents. This means the city is 283rd out of 1617 cities in California for best average electricity rate. The city has a deficit of 300,035.65 megawatt hours due to the fact that consumers are consuming 1335.51% more electricity than the city's electricity facilities generate. This leads to the necessity to purchase extra megawatt hours. There has been a 3.86% rise in the use of sustainable fuels (like solar, wind or hydro power) in Delano throughout the last year. It's great to see these fuel types slowly replace fossil fuels like coal and oil.

Electricity consumption in Delano results in the release of 69,919,086.84 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which is the 178th highest in California out of 1617 cities. Additionally, the city ranks 89th worst in the state for pollution per citizen, which could be argued to be the more important statistic. The city has 3 power plants within its borders. This is the 38th most plants within a single city out of 1617 cities, in California. For electricity generation purposes, Delano's top fuel source is Natural Gas, accounting for 14,401 megawatt hours, or 64.10% of production in the city.