Monroe County, Illinois Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Waterloo has an average residential electricity rate of 14.08 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 2.63% less than the average state rate of 14.47 cents and 2.60% lower than the nationwide average of 14.46 cents. The average monthly residential electric bill for a citizen in the city is $100.4 per month, while the nationwide average is $129.86. Generation from non-renewable fuels amounts to 0.1 megawatt hours per person in the city.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Waterloo averages 3,257.46 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen due to electricity use, which is sufficient to rank them 36th highest in the state out of 1466 cities for emissions efficiency. With total emissions of 35,874,367.86 kilograms, the city ranks 211th highest in Illinois for total pollution from electricity use. Power plants in the city mainly use Natural Gas, which accounts for 53.49% of the fuel sources used for electricity production in the city. Waterloo is home to one power generation plant.

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Columbia has an average residential electricity rate of 14.09 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 2.62% less than the average state rate of 14.47 cents and 2.59% lower than the nationwide average of 14.46 cents. With an estimated 129 residential customers, Ameren Illinois is the largest electricity provider in the city. The Illinois average monthly residential electric bill is $107.03, while the Columbia average is 6.73% below at $99.83 per month. This is the 1122nd lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in Illinois.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Columbia averages 3,231.86 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen due to electricity use, which is sufficient to rank them 117th highest in the state out of 1466 cities for emissions efficiency. Total emissions in the city are 35,547,245.12 kilograms, which is the 212th worst total amount of pollution for all cities in Illinois. The city has zero power plants currently operating within the city.