New Castle County, Delaware Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity price for citizens of Wilmington is around 16.87 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 3.66% above the state's average rate of 16.27 cents and 4.46% higher than the nationwide average of 16.14 cents. There is 133.01% more electricity generated than used in Wilmington, leading to the ability to export the surplus. Solar power usage for electricity production in the city has increased by 599 megawatt hours a year during the course of the last year, which is a 39.46% increase from the year before.

When it comes to electricity generation, Wilmington's top fuel type is Natural Gas, accounting for 99.61%, or 1,825,582.81 megawatt hours of production in the city. Also used is Distillate Fuel Oil at 0.28% and Solar at 0.12% of production. On average, the city citizens emit 5,013.82 kilograms of CO2 emissions from the consumption of electricity, which makes it the highest polluting city out of 79 cities in the state. At 5,013.82 kilograms per person and 71,568 citizens in the city, the city emits 358,828,762.43 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the worst rank in the state for total emissions from electricity use. Wilmington is home to 3 power producing plants, which is the 2nd most for a city in Delaware.

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The average residential electricity price for citizens of Newark is around 18.82 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 15.67% above the state's average rate of 16.27 cents and 16.56% higher than the nationwide average of 16.14 cents. Consumers in Newark experience 0.5 power outages per year with outages lasting an average of 51.31 minutes. With an estimated 13,150 residential customers, City of Newark Electric is the largest provider in the city.

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 139,769,530.98 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year. The city also ranks 24th worst in the state in emissions per person in the city, averaging 4,452.25 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per capita. The city has zero power plants currently operating within the city limits.