Jefferson County, Kentucky Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, residents who call Louisville/Jefferson County home are paying a residential electricity rate of 12.39 cents per kilowatt hour. This is, thankfully, 5.75% lower than Kentucky's average rate of 13.14 cents, which ranks the city 248th best for average electricity price out of 556 cities in the state. The nationwide average monthly residential electric bill is $147.16, while the Louisville/Jefferson County average is 24.49% less at $111.12 per month. Electricity production in Louisville/Jefferson County surpasses usage levels by about 9.48%.

Emissions in Louisville/Jefferson County average 11,672.19 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person due to electricity use, which ranks them as the 545th highest polluting city out of 556 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. This adds up to total emissions of 7,288,698,096.65 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption, ranking the city highest for total pollution in Kentucky. The city has 3 electricity plants, which is the highest out of any city in the state. In Louisville/Jefferson County, Coal makes up 55.65% of the fuel sources used in electricity production.

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On average, residents who call Jeffersontown home are paying a residential electricity rate of 12.39 cents per kilowatt hour. This is, thankfully, 5.75% lower than Kentucky's average rate of 13.14 cents, which ranks the city 265th best for average electricity price out of 556 cities in the state. Louisville Gas & Electric is the largest electricity supplier in the city based on total residential customers. Customers in the city are faced with 0.72 power outages per year, with outages lasting around 77.02 minutes on average. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.44 outages at 123.49 minutes each.

Emissions in Jeffersontown average 13,064.69 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person due to electricity use, which ranks them as the 358th highest polluting city out of 556 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. This adds up to total emissions of 376,263,011.71 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption, ranking the city 12th highest for total pollution in Kentucky. The residents of Jeffersontown must import electricity from outside city limits because there are no electricity facilities in the city boundaries.