New London County, Connecticut Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity rate for Norwich is about 24.94 cents per kilowatt hour. Regrettably, this is 6.42% above Connecticut's average rate of 23.44 cents, ranking the city at 68th best average for electricity rate out of 219 cities in the state. According to government surveys, there are 10,207 megawatt hours of electricity generated at the hydroelectric dams and other facilities in the city. This ranks them 3rd in the state out of 219 cities. The city's use of renewable fuel types for electricity generation totals 0.52 megawatt hours per citizen.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Norwich averages 2,001.75 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen from electricity use, which ranks them 211th worst in Connecticut out of 219 cities for emissions efficiency. At 2,001.75 kilograms per person and 40,125 residents in the city, the city emits 80,320,274.55 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 16th highest amount in the state for total pollution from electricity use. Solar makes up 47.41% of the fuel types used for electricity production in Norwich. Conventional Hydroelectric and Distillate Fuel Oil make up 45.89% and 6.87% of production, respectively. Norwich has 9 electricity plants, which is the highest for a city in the state.

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The average residential electricity rate for New London is about 25.48 cents per kilowatt hour. Regrettably, this is 8.73% above Connecticut's average rate of 23.44 cents, ranking the city at 111th best average for electricity rate out of 219 cities in the state. The national average monthly residential electricity bill is $129.86, while the New London average is 39.37% more at $180.98 per month. The largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Eversource Energy.

Emissions in New London average 2,123.36 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person from electricity use, making them the 44th worst polluting city out of 219 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. At 2,123.36 kilograms per person and 27,367 people in the city, the city emits 58,110,065.28 kilograms of CO2 emissions each year. This is the 24th worst rank in the state for total emissions. All of the 211,164.58 megawatt hours of electricity consumed in New London must be sourced from neighboring cities or counties as there are no power facilities in the city.