Los Angeles County, California Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity rate is 23.10 cents per kilowatt hour for Los Angeles. This is 20.93% below the state's average price of 29.21 cents. The largest vendor in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. The average monthly residential power bill for a customer in the city is $110.42 per month, while the US average is $138.02.

For electricity production purposes, Los Angeles' primary fuel source is Natural Gas, making up 77.73%, or 3,886,862.25 megawatt hours of production in the city. Other Gas and Waste Heat make up 10.33% and 5.76% of electricity production, respectively. The city emits 1,379.03 kilograms of CO2 pollution per resident in the city from electricity use, which makes it the 57th worst polluting city out of 1617 cities in California based on emissions per capita. This adds up to total emissions of 5,270,946,377.04 kilograms of CO2 emissions, ranking the city highest for total emissions in California. There are 56 electricity generation plants in Los Angeles, which is the most plants in a city in California.

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The residential electricity rate is 29.90 cents per kilowatt hour for Long Beach. This is 2.36% higher than California's average price of 29.21 cents. There is 132.30% more electricity generated than consumed in Long Beach, which results in the ability to export the surplus. There has been a 4.09% increase in the amount of electricity generated from solar fields over the past 12 months, which is an increase of 298 megawatt hours a year.

For electricity production purposes, Long Beach's primary fuel source is Natural Gas, making up 99.46%, or 6,355,770.73 megawatt hours of production in the city. Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste and Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste make up 0.35% and 0.29% of electricity production, respectively. The city emits 2,704.09 kilograms of CO2 pollution per resident in the city from electricity use, which makes it the 15th worst polluting city out of 1617 cities in California based on emissions per capita. This adds up to total emissions of 1,220,406,387.35 kilograms of CO2 emissions, ranking the city 4th highest for total emissions in California. There are 8 electricity generation plants in Long Beach, which is the 17th most plants in a city in California.