Whiteside County, Illinois Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, residents who call Sterling home are billed a residential electricity price of 15.57 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 3.61% less than the average state rate of 16.15 cents. Selling an estimated 16,744.21 megawatt hours per year, Commonwealth Edison is the largest provider in the city. The average residential electric bill for a consumer in the city is $100.56 per month, while the national average is $137.45. Customers in Sterling have a 13.06% reduction compared to other citizens in the country.

Sterling is the 167th highest ranked city in the state out of 1466 when it comes to total pollution due to electricity consumption, with the city emitting 43,531,006.79 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year. More importantly, the city averages 2,917.82 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person in the city, which is a better measurement of the city's pollution levels. They rank as the 210th worst in the state in this category. All of the 159,260.2 megawatt hours of electricity used in Sterling must be sourced from nearby areas with power plants as there are no electricity plants that call the city home.

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On average, residents who call Rock Falls home are billed a residential electricity price of 15.61 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 3.36% less than the average state rate of 16.15 cents. There was a 40.33% increase in the burning of fossil fuels and other non-renewable fuel sources in the city throughout the past year. Rock Falls Utilities has an estimated 2,450 residential customers, more than all other electricity suppliers who operate in the city.

Rock Falls' primary fuel is Conventional Hydroelectric, with 70.29% of electricity production using this fuel source. Solar and Distillate Fuel Oil are also primary fuel sources in the city, with 23.06% and 6.65% of total electricity generation being produced from each type, respectively. For every citizen in the city there are 2,559.79 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Total emissions in the city are 22,544,054.43 kilograms, which is the 273rd worst total amount of emissions for any city in the state. Rock Falls is home to 5 power plants, which is the 2nd highest number of power plants within a city in Illinois.