Fairfield County, Connecticut Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Residents of Bridgeport are charged an average residential electricity price of 25.09 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 7.05% higher than Connecticut's average price of 23.44 cents. This ranks the city 86th out of 219 cities in Connecticut for best average electricity rate. The national average monthly residential power bill is $129.86, while the Bridgeport average is 30.34% more at $169.25 per month. Power plants in Bridgeport have, unfortunately, caused a 7.43% rise in the amount of non-renewable fuel sources used last year.

On average, Bridgeport residents emit 3,431.04 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity usage, which makes it the 4th worst polluting city out of 219 cities in Connecticut based on emissions per capita. Total emissions in the city are 510,038,169.78 kilograms, which is the 2nd highest total amount of pollution for any city in the state. Electricity generating plants in the city primarily use Natural Gas, which makes up 6,371,935.73 megawatt hours (or 93.16%) of the fuel sources used for electricity generation in the city. Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste and Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste make up the next highest amounts of fuel used at 3.76% and 3.07% of total electricity production, respectively. Bridgeport has 6 electricity producing plants, which is the 2nd most for a city in Connecticut.

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Residents of Stamford are charged an average residential electricity price of 24.60 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 4.96% higher than Connecticut's average price of 23.44 cents. This ranks the city 50th out of 219 cities in Connecticut for best average electricity rate. With an estimated 8,420 total residential customers, Eversource Energy is the largest provider in the city. The national average monthly residential electric bill is $129.86, while the Stamford average is 34.76% more at $175 per month.

Stamford residents average 2,123.36 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person from electricity consumption. This results in a total emissions amount of 287,651,936.43 kilograms. The electricity consumed in Stamford has to be imported from neighboring cities or rural areas, since there are no power production plants in the city.