Riverside County, California Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity price for Riverside is around 18.06 cents per kilowatt hour. Thankfully, this is 38.18% less than California's average rate of 29.21 cents, which ranks the city 164th best for average electricity rate out of 1617 cities in California. Electricity plants in the city are fueled by non-renewable fuels for 68.57% of the megawatt hours they produce. Solar gardens in the city produce, on average, 0.1 megawatt hours per person living within the city. This makes the city the 92nd out of 1617 cities in the state.

Emitting 414,985,070.9 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year, Riverside is the 14th worst out of 1617 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity use. The city also ranks 73rd worst in the state in pollution per person in the city, averaging 1,293.65 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per resident. The top fuel source used in Riverside is Natural Gas. They generate 68.57% of the total production in the city from this fuel source. Solar and Other Biomass Gas are the second and third most often used fuels for electricity generation. Solar makes up 25.78% of electricity production and Other Biomass Gas accounts for 5.64% of total production in the city. Riverside has 8 electricity producing plants within its borders. This is the 17th highest amount of plants within a single city in California.

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The average residential electricity price for Moreno Valley is around 30.59 cents per kilowatt hour. Sadly, this is 4.75% higher than California's average rate of 29.21 cents, which ranks the city 653rd best average for electricity rate out of 1617 cities in California. With annual generation of 6,867 megawatt hours, the city is the 168th largest producer of electricity in the state. There has been a 208.91% increase in the amount of electricity produced from solar power over the past year, which is an increase of 4,644 megawatt hours each year.

The consumption of electricity in Moreno Valley accounts for 255,507,310.19 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which is the 32nd highest in the state out of 1617 cities. More telling of the city's emissions reality is the per resident CO2 emission amount. That amount stands at 1,205.71 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 1449th ranked city in the state for CO2 pollution emitted per capita. Solar makes up 100.00% of the fuel types used for electricity generation in Moreno Valley. Moreno Valley has the 87th highest power generation plants of any city in California, with 2 total power plants.