Franklin County, Illinois Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity rate for West Frankfort is about 14.28 cents per kilowatt hour, which ranks the city 125th out of 1466 cities in the state. The city has had a 10.92% drop in the use of renewable fuels, such as solar or wind energy, compared to fossil fuel sources, like coal and natural gas. Solar fields in the city generate 3,842 megawatt hours, which is 100.00% of the city's electricity production.

Coming in at as the 290th worst ranked city out of 1466 cities in the state, West Frankfort releases 15,654,097.08 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Additionally, the city ranks 1423rd highest in the state for pollution per person, which could be argued to be the more important metric. They average 2,144.69 kilograms of emissions per person. The city has one electricity plant within its borders. West Frankfort's primary fuel source is Solar, with 100.00% of electricity production coming from the fuel source.

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The average residential electricity rate for Benton is about 14.28 cents per kilowatt hour, which ranks the city 125th out of 1466 cities in the state. The largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Constellation Energy. The power grid in the city deals with an average of 0.92 outages per customer per year, with outages lasting around 103.93 minutes per outage. The United States averages for these two data points are 1.45 outages each year and 171.11 minutes each outage.

Coming in at as the 285th worst ranked city out of 1466 cities in the state, Benton releases 16,037,705.51 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. This total also equates to a ranking of 155th worst in the state for pollution per person with an average of 2,258.51 kilograms of emissions per person. The city has no electricity producing plants within its borders.