Pottawattamie County, Iowa Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Council Bluffs' citizens are charged an average residential electricity rate of 10.90 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 19.34% lower than the average Iowa rate of 13.51 cents and 34.89% less than the national average of 16.73 cents. Non-renewable fuel types are regularly used in electricity generation in the city, resulting in around 107.86 megawatt hours being generated from these fuels per capita per year. More electricity is produced within Council Bluffs than is used, with production totaling 615.02% of consumption.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis shows us the emissions efficiency of a city. Council Bluffs averages 17,058.66 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen from electricity use, which is sufficient to rank them 2nd highest in Iowa out of 1028 cities for emissions efficiency. This results in a total emissions amount of 1,068,162,282.29 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Coal is the primary fuel source in Council Bluffs, with 99.31% of electricity production coming from the fuel. When combined with Distillate Fuel Oil (0.59%) and Natural Gas (0.10%), these three fuel sources account for 100.00% of the city's electricity generation. Council Bluffs has one electricity generation plant within its borders.

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Emissions in Carter Lake average 4,739.92 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident from electricity use, making them the 10th highest polluting city out of 1028 cities in Iowa based on emissions per capita. At 4,739.92 kilograms per person and 3,796 people in the city, the city emits 17,992,722.13 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year. This is the 107th worst rank in the state for total emissions from electricity use. Since there is no electricity generation happening within the city limits, electricity suppliers who service Carter Lake must source all of the megawatt hours they need every year.