Hampshire County, Massachusetts Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Amherst Town's inhabitants are billed an average residential electricity rate of 26.89 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 0.79% more than Massachusetts' average price of 26.68 cents. This makes the city 129th best for average electricity rate out of 256 cities in Massachusetts. Constellation Energy sells an estimated 41,037.05 megawatt hours in the city each year, more than any other supplier. The US average monthly residential electricity bill is $137.45, while the Amherst Town average is 13.00% more at $155.32 per month.

Amherst Town emits 3,270.15 kilograms of CO2 pollution per citizen in the city from electricity consumption, which makes it the 46th highest polluting city out of 256 cities in Massachusetts based on emissions per capita. While not as telling of a statistic, the total emissions of the city from electricity use is 128,896,242.91 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which ranks as the 40th largest emissions amount in the state. All of the electricity consumed in Amherst Town has to be sourced from surrounding cities or rural areas, because there are no electricity production sources within its borders.

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Northampton's inhabitants are billed an average residential electricity rate of 26.89 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 0.76% more than Massachusetts' average price of 26.68 cents. This makes the city 121st best for average electricity rate out of 256 cities in Massachusetts. Production from non-renewable fuel types amounts to 0.46 megawatt hours per person in the city The city has a ranking of 32nd out of 256 cities in Massachusetts for renewable energy production per capita, with 0.59 megawatt hours being produced per resident in the city.

Northampton emits 2,895.71 kilograms of CO2 pollution per citizen in the city from electricity consumption, which makes it the 223rd highest polluting city out of 256 cities in Massachusetts based on emissions per capita. With total emissions of 85,073,021.12 kilograms, the city ranks 61st worst in the state for total pollution from electricity consumption, however, it could be argued that emissions per capita is a better measurement of a city's pollution levels. The city has 5 electricity producing plants, which is the 9th most out of any city in Massachusetts.