New Haven County, Connecticut Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, citizens living in New Haven are billed a residential electricity price of 27.25 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 7.85% lower than the average state price of 29.57 cents and 70.22% above the nationwide average of 16.01 cents. There are 27,268.99 megawatt hours produced by plants in the city using natural gas. This is the 14th most for a city in Connecticut out of 219 cities. Consumers in New Haven are faced with 0.75 power outages a year with outages lasting an average of 75.94 minutes.

New Haven has roughly 67.57% of its electricity generated by Natural Gas. Other fuel sources used include Residual Fuel Oil at 20.61% and Kerosene at 5.91% of production. Approximately 295,416,689.68 kilograms of CO2 emissions are released in the city due to electricity consumption. The city also ranks 13th worst in Connecticut in emissions per resident, averaging 2,126.69 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per resident. This is, perhaps, the more important of the two rankings. There are 3 power producing plants in New Haven, which is the 6th most plants in a city in the state.

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On average, citizens living in Waterbury are billed a residential electricity price of 25.72 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 13.03% lower than the average state price of 29.57 cents and 60.66% above the nationwide average of 16.01 cents. Natural gas is one of the major fuel types used in the country, and Waterbury is in on the action. They generate 42,942.88 megawatt hours using natural gas. This amount makes them as the 13th highest city out of 219 cities in the state for natural gas production. Non-renewable fuel sources are often used in electricity production in the city, resulting in approximately 0.37 megawatt hours being generated from these fuel types per capita per year.

Electricity use in Waterbury results in the release of 241,757,926.62 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year, which is the 6th highest amount in Connecticut out of 219 cities. This total also results in a ranking of 16th highest in the state for emissions per capita. The top fuel source consumed in Waterbury is Natural Gas. The city generates 99.72% of the total production in the city from this fuel source. Waterbury has the 21st highest number of electricity plants of any city in Connecticut, with one total power plant.