Madison County, Illinois Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 16.34 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Granite City, which is 5.96% above the average Illinois price of 15.42 cents and 1.35% more than the US average of 16.12. Consumers in the city have 0.78 power outages each year, with outages lasting an average of 92.9 minutes. The national averages for these data points are 1.45 outages at 171.11 minutes each. Selling an estimated 7,632.09 megawatt hours each year, Constellation Energy is the largest vendor in the city.

Granite City emits 3,612.27 kilograms of CO2 pollution per person in the city from electricity use, which makes it the 15th worst polluting city out of 1466 cities in Illinois based on emissions per capita. This results in a total pollution amount from electricity use of 98,745,022.33 kilograms of CO2 emissions. The city has the 28th highest number of power producing plants of any city in the state, with one total power plant. In Granite City, Purchased Steam makes up 49.22% of the fuel utilized for electricity generation. Adding Purchased Steam totals to Natural Gas (43.25%) and Blast Furnace Gas (7.54%), the three fuel types make up 100.00% of the generation in the city.

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The residential electricity price is 14.92 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Alton, which is 3.29% below the average Illinois price of 15.42 cents and 7.49% less than the US average of 16.12 cents. The city is faced with an average of 1.31 power outages per consumer per year. These outages last for an average of 177.56 minutes. In contrast, the US average is 1.45 outages per customer and 171.11 minutes per outage. Selling an estimated 6,286.45 megawatt hours, Constellation Energy is the largest provider in the city.

Alton citizens average 2,258.51 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita from electricity use, which ranks them 155th highest in Illinois out of 1466 in this category. Total emissions in the city are 58,500,020.84 kilograms, which is the 88th 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.