Buena Vista County, Iowa Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Storm Lake averages a residential electricity rate of 12.32 cents per kilowatt hour spent by their citizens. Luckily, this is 3.28% less than the state's average price of 12.74 cents, ranking the city at 121st out of 1028 cities in Iowa for best average electricity rate. The average monthly residential electric bill for a customer in the city is $189.23 per month. Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative is the largest supplier in the city based on total residential customers.

Storm Lake is home to no power plants. On average, the city citizens emit 5,578.07 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption, which makes it the 91st worst polluting city out of 1028 cities in Iowa based on emissions per capita. A total of 62,859,301.84 kilograms of CO2 emissions are emitted from the city a year.

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Alta averages a residential electricity rate of 10.73 cents per kilowatt hour spent by their citizens. Luckily, this is 15.74% less than the state's average price of 12.74 cents, ranking the city at 49th out of 1028 cities in Iowa for best average electricity rate. Electricity generation plants in Alta have, sadly, caused a 657.14% increase in the amount of fossil and other non-renewable fuel types used each year. With an estimated 305 total residential customers, Alta Municipal Utilities is the largest provider in the city.

In Alta, Distillate Fuel Oil makes up 100.00% of the fuel utilized in electricity production. On average, the city citizens emit 5,607.47 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption, which makes it the 48th worst polluting city out of 1028 cities in Iowa based on emissions per capita. With total emissions of 11,702,781.54 kilograms, the city ranks 156th worst in Iowa for total emissions from electricity consumption, however, it could be argued that emissions per capita is a better measurement of a city's pollution levels. Alta is home to one power producing plant.