El Paso County, Colorado Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity rate is 14.36 cents per kilowatt hour for inhabitants of Colorado Springs, which is 6.38% below the average Colorado price of 15.34 cents. The state average monthly residential power bill is $107.36, while the Colorado Springs average is 13.39% lower at $92.99 per month. This is the 152nd lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in the state. With annual generation of 223,496.41 megawatt hours, Colorado Springs is the 8th largest producer of electricity in the state.

The use of electricity in Colorado Springs accounts for 2,126,002,812.16 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which is the 2nd largest amount in the state out of 482 cities. Averaging 4,372.44 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the city ranks 5th highest in Colorado for pollution per capita. About 99.95% of electricity in Colorado Springs comes from generation using Natural Gas. Colorado Springs has 2 power plants in the city. This is the 2nd most plants in a city within Colorado.

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The residential electricity rate is 14.75 cents per kilowatt hour for inhabitants of Security-Widefield CDP, which is 3.86% below the average Colorado price of 15.34 cents. Colorado Springs Utilities is the largest vendor in the city based on megawatt hours sold. Consumers in the city experience 0.56 power outages per year, with outages lasting an average of 45.2 minutes. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.44 outages at 123.49 minutes each.

The use of electricity in Security-Widefield CDP accounts for 171,888,990.03 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which is the 22nd largest amount in the state out of 482 cities. This total equates to 4,280.32 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, so the city ranks 8th highest in Colorado for emissions per capita. The residents of Security-Widefield CDP have to use power from outside city limits because there are not any electricity generating plants in the city boundaries.