Palm Beach County, Florida Electric Profile

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Residents living in West Palm Beach are paying an average residential electricity rate of 11.94 cents per kilowatt hour . This is less than both the state and United States average prices of 12.41 and 13.99 cents per kilowatt hour, respectively. The city generates 870,932 megawatt hours from its power plants, which is the 13th highest total production for any city in the state. West Palm Beach produces 65.49% of the electricity needed in the city and must power from plants outside of their city boundaries or rural area power plants.

Electricity consumption in West Palm Beach results in the release of 1,560,531,404.64 kilograms of CO2 pollution, which is the 4th largest emissions amount in the state out of 960 cities. More telling of the city's pollution reality is the per person CO2 emission amount. Currently that amount stands at 13,290.73 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 3rd ranked city in Florida for CO2 pollution emitted per capita. Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste is the fuel of choice in West Palm Beach, with 54.11% of electricity production coming from the fuel source. Secondary fuels used during electricity generation include Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste at 44.27% and Natural Gas at 1.61% of production. West Palm Beach has 2 electricity plants, which is the 7th highest out of any city in Florida.

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Residents living in Boca Raton are paying an average residential electricity rate of 11.94 cents per kilowatt hour . This is less than both the state and United States average prices of 12.41 and 13.99 cents per kilowatt hour, respectively. With an estimated 12,912 residential customers, Florida Power & Light is the largest supplier in the city.

As the 28th worst ranked city out of 960 cities in Florida, Boca Raton releases 440,019,052.49 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption. Additionally, the city ranks 88th highest in the state in pollution per citizen, which could be argued to be the more important metric. They average 4,516.63 kilograms of emissions per citizen. In Boca Raton, there are no power generating plants. The citizens must depend on power generated outside of the city.