Madison County, Illinois Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 17.75 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Granite City, which is 8.02% above the average Illinois price of 16.43 cents and 6.06% more than the US average of 16.73. Consumers in the city have 0.89 power outages each year, with outages lasting an average of 114.12 minutes. The national averages for these data points are 1.44 outages at 123.49 minutes each. Selling an estimated 8,058.51 megawatt hours each year, Constellation Energy is the largest vendor in the city.

Granite City citizens average 2,396 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita from electricity use, which ranks them 1443rd highest in Illinois out of 1466 in this category. With total emissions of 65,497,073.51 kilograms, the city ranks 80th highest in Illinois for total pollution from electricity consumption, however, it could be argued that emissions per capita is a better measurement of a city's pollution levels. The city has one power producing plant. Granite City's power plants mainly use Natural Gas, which accounts for 50.78% of the fuel sources used for electricity generation in the city.

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The residential electricity price is 17.75 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Alton, which is 8.02% above the average Illinois price of 16.43 cents and 6.06% more than the US average of 16.73. The city is faced with an average of 0.89 power outages per consumer per year. These outages last for an average of 114.12 minutes. In contrast, the US average is 1.44 outages per customer and 123.49 minutes per outage. Selling an estimated 6,637.6 megawatt hours, Constellation Energy is the largest provider in the city.

Alton citizens average 2,412.35 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita from electricity use, which ranks them 48th highest in Illinois out of 1466 in this category. Total emissions in the city are 62,484,692.95 kilograms, which is the 85th worst total amount of pollution for all cities in the state. Electricity companies who provide service in Alton have to rely on electricity generated in nearby towns or rural areas, since zero electricity generation happens within the city.