Santa Cruz County, California Electric Profile

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Santa Cruz has an average residential electricity rate of 25.15 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 15.05% above the average California price of 21.86 cents and 86.99% more than the national average of 13.45. Natural gas is one of the major fuel types used in the country, and Santa Cruz is in on the action. They produce 31,245 megawatt hours from the use of natural gas as the fuel source. Non-renewable fuel types are often used in electricity generation in the city, resulting in around 0.48 megawatt hours being generated from these fuels per resident each year.

Santa Cruz's main fuel type consumed for electricity production is Natural Gas. They generate 31,245 megawatt hours from this fuel source. The city residents average 1,580.95 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident from electricity use, which ranks them 71st worst in the state out of 1522 in this category. This adds up to total emissions of 102,006,041.57 kilograms of CO2 emissions, ranking the city 135th highest for total emissions in California. Santa Cruz is home to 2 electricity generation plants, which is 77th most in California and 167th highest when counting plants per citizen.

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Watsonville's average residential electricity price per kilowatt hour is 25.15 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 15.05% more than California's average price of 21.86 cents and 86.99% more than the US average of 13.45 cents. Consumers in the city have an average monthly residential electric bill of $150.98. This is 20.14% above the California average bill of $125.67. Pacific Gas and Electric Company is the largest electricity provider in the city based on total residential customers.

Electricity use in Watsonville results in the release of 79,167,784.34 kilograms of CO2 emissions each year, which is the 178th highest in California out of 1522 cities. More telling of the city’s pollution reality, is the per resident CO2 emission amount. That amount stands at 1,471.52 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 422nd highest polluting city in California for CO2 emissions per capita. There are zero electricity generation plants in The city.