Ogle County, Illinois Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, Rochelle's residents spend 14.22 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 13.47% less than the average Illinois price of 16.43 cents and 15.04% less than the national average of 16.73 cents. Electricity generation plants in the city have, sadly, allowed a 21.34% increase in the amount of non-renewable fuel sources burned last year. There has been a 10.65% rise in solar usage in the city during the course of the past year.

Electricity use in Rochelle results in the release of 23,276,550.95 kilograms of CO2 pollution a year, which is the 228th highest in the state out of 1466 cities. Averaging 2,481.51 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident, the city ranks 8th worst in the state for pollution per capita from electricity use. Electricity plants in the city primarily use Natural Gas, which accounts for 1,335.04 megawatt hours (or 72.87%) of the fuel types used for electricity production in the city. Also used is Solar at 15.88% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 11.24%. Rochelle is home to one power generation plant.

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On average, Oregon's residents spend 15.83 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 3.62% less than the average Illinois price of 16.43 cents and 5.37% less than the national average of 16.73 cents. Commonwealth Edison is the largest vendor in the city based on total residential customers. Customers in Oregon deal with 0.87 power outages each year with outages lasting on average 105.59 minutes.

Emitting 9,473,298.94 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Oregon ranks 384th worst out of 1466 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity consumption. The city averages 2,412.35 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, which is a better measurement of the city's pollution levels. All of the electricity consumed in Oregon has to be imported from surrounding cities or rural areas, since there are no electricity production sources within its borders.