San Diego County, California Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, residents who call San Diego home are billed a residential electricity price of 42.86 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 46.76% higher than the average state rate of 29.21 cents. The national average monthly residential power bill is $138.02, while the San Diego average is 10.87% more at $153.02 per month. Hydroelectric power now accounts for 2.10% of the total electricity production in San Diego after a rise of 62.03% in total megawatt hours produced from the fuel source over the previous year.

San Diego's primary fuel is Natural Gas, with 82.58% of electricity production using this fuel source. Landfill Gas and Other Biomass Gas are also primary fuel sources in the city, with 8.52% and 4.27% of total electricity generation being produced from each type, respectively. For every citizen in the city there are 1,321.22 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Total emissions in the city are 1,824,845,767.09 kilograms, which is the 2nd worst total amount of emissions for any city in the state. San Diego is home to 33 power plants, which is the 3rd highest number of power plants within a city in California.

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On average, residents who call Chula Vista home are billed a residential electricity price of 42.86 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 46.76% higher than the average state rate of 29.21 cents. The average monthly residential power bill for a citizen in the city is $153.02 per month. The city produces 2,016 megawatt hours from natural gas, making them the 108th ranked city in the state for total electricity production from natural gas.

Chula Vista is the 20th highest ranked city in the state out of 1617 when it comes to total pollution due to electricity consumption, with the city emitting 338,991,787.92 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year. The city also ranks 111th highest in California in pollution per citizen, averaging 1,214.34 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per citizen. This is, perhaps, the more important of the two rankings. The city has 3 electricity plants, which is the 50th highest for a city in California. Chula Vista's fuel of choice is Solar, with 67.91% of electricity generation coming from this fuel.