New Castle County, Delaware Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity price for citizens of Wilmington is around 15.97 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 11.00% above the state's average rate of 14.39 cents and 1.63% higher than the nationwide average of 15.72 cents. Citizens of Wilmington use 63.33% less electricity than is produced within the city limits. Delmarva Power has an estimated 4,491 total residential customers, which is more than all other electricity suppliers who operate in the city.

Wilmington is the worst ranked city in the state out of 79 when it comes to total emissions due to electricity consumption, with the city emitting 369,497,392.11 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year. This total results in 5,209.62 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident, which ranks the city 2nd highest in Delaware for pollution per capita. Around 98.01% of Wilmington's electricity is produced using Natural Gas. Wilmington has the 2nd highest number of power generation plants of any city in the state, with one total power plant.

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The average residential electricity price for citizens of Newark is around 16.12 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 12.04% above the state's average rate of 14.39 cents and 2.58% higher than the nationwide average of 15.72 cents. City of Newark Electric is the largest vendor in the city based on megawatt hours sold. The national average monthly residential power bill is $147.64, while the Newark average is 2.62% higher at $151.51 per month.

Newark is the 3rd worst ranked city in the state out of 79 when it comes to total emissions due to electricity consumption, with the city emitting 142,190,540.3 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year. The city also ranks 3rd worst in the state in emissions per person in the city, averaging 4,529.37 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per capita. The city has zero power plants currently operating within the city limits.