Denver County, Colorado Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Denver has an average residential electricity rate of 14.25 cents per kilowatt hour. This is, luckily for their citizens, 0.53% less than Colorado's average rate of 14.33 cents, ranking the city at 139th out of 483 cities in the state for best average electricity price. Denver residents consume 2849.60% of the electricity generated within the city limits and the city must import electricity generated in rural areas or other nearby cities to make up for the excess usage. Residents in the city pay an average monthly residential electric bill of $87.16. This is 36.85% lower than the nationwide average of $138.02.

Denver has 10 power plants, which is the 2nd highest out of any city in the state. Approximately 86.73% of Denver's electricity is generated using Natural Gas. Solar and Conventional Hydroelectric make up the next highest amounts of fuel used at 10.94% and 2.32% of total electricity production, respectively. About 4,587.49 kilograms of CO2 pollution per person are emitted in the city from electricity use, making them the 448th worst polluter in Colorado out of 483 cities. A total of 3,272,038,027.1 kilograms of CO2 emissions are emitted from the city. This is enough to rank highest in the state for total emissions.