Bristol County, Massachusetts Electric Profile

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New Bedford has an average residential electricity rate of 18.86 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 16.67% below the average Massachusetts price of 22.63 cents and 38.50% above the national average of 13.62 cents. Producing 0.02 megawatt hours per capita living in the city, New Bedford is the 104th highest producer per capita out of 248 cities in the state. Approximately 100.00% of the city's total electricity generation is from solar energy.

When considering electricity production, New Bedford's main fuel is Solar, accounting for 100.00%, or 2,300 megawatt hours of generation in the city. On average, the city residents emit 3,448.02 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity usage, which makes it the 154th worst polluting city out of 248 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. Total emissions in the city are 328,386,038.96 kilograms, which is the 8th worst total amount of pollution for any city in the state. New Bedford is home to one electricity producing plant, which is 62nd most in Massachusetts and 111th highest when counting power plants per capita.

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The average residential electricity rate for customers in Fall River is roughly 19.31 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 14.65% less than the average state rate of 22.63 cents. The city is the 84th highest generator out of 248 cities in the state, averaging 0.34 megawatt hours produced per customer in the city each year. The city generates 30,433 megawatt hours, which is 100.00% of their total number of megawatt hours produced, from renewable fuels

For every person in the city there are 3,521.54 kilograms of CO2 pollution. This ranks the city 10th worst in Massachusetts out of 248 cities for emissions per capita. At 3,521.54 kilograms per person and 89,388 residents in the city, the city emits 314,783,651.63 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 11th highest amount in the state for total pollution. The city has 5 power plants, which is 9th most in Massachusetts. Fall River has around 50.30% of its electricity produced from Landfill Gas. Solar and Wind have the second and third highest total usage, respectively, for electricity production. Solar is used to make 14,709 megawatt hours (48.33%) of electricity generation and Wind accounts for 416 megawatt hours (1.37%) of total generation in the city.