Bristol County, Massachusetts Electricity Rates & Statistics

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New Bedford has an average residential electricity rate of 26.18 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 1.89% less than Massachusetts' average rate of 26.68 cents, ranking the city at 23rd out of 256 cities in the state for lowest average electricity rate. More electricity is consumed within New Bedford than is generated, with electricity usage adding up to 32064.50% of production. Constellation Energy is the largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold.

Coming in as the 9th worst ranked city out of 256 cities in the state, New Bedford emits 327,002,485.35 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption. More telling of the city's emissions reality is the per person CO2 emission amount. That amount stands at 3,259.95 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 185th ranked city in the state for CO2 emissions released per capita. The city is home to one electricity producing plant. New Bedford's main fuel type used for electricity production is Solar. The city generates 2,269 megawatt hours from this fuel source.

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Fall River has an average residential electricity rate of 27.09 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 1.53% higher than the state's average rate of 26.68 cents and 76.58% higher than the national average of 15.34 cents. More electricity is consumed within Fall River than is generated, with electricity usage adding up to 3194.10% of production. Constellation Energy is the largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold.

For electricity generation purposes, Fall River's primary fuel is Landfill Gas, making up 11,094 megawatt hours, or 52.34% of production in the city. Solar and Wind are the second and third most used fuel types, respectively, for electricity generation. Solar is used to make 47.40% of electricity generation and Wind makes up 0.25% of total generation in the city. The city's electricity use results in CO2 pollution totaling 311,616,666.02 kilograms, which is 11th highest in Massachusetts out of 256 cities. More importantly, the city averages 3,338.55 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, which is a better measurement of the city's pollution levels. Fall River has 4 electricity producing plants, which is the 12th highest out of any city in Massachusetts.