Middlesex County, Massachusetts Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity rate for Cambridge is about 24.69 cents per kilowatt hour, which ranks the city 21st out of 256 cities in the state. The average monthly residential electricity bill for a resident in the city is $142.92 per month, while the nationwide average is $129.86. Consumers in the city pay 10.06% more compared to other citizens in the United States. The city has an overabundance of 315,441.1 megawatt hours due to consumers consuming 36.79% less electricity than the city produces. This leads to the city needing to export or store the additional electricity.

Coming in at as the 14th worst ranked city out of 256 cities in the state, Cambridge releases 269,182,307.72 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Additionally, the city ranks 239th highest in the state for pollution per person, which could be argued to be the more important metric. They average 2,273.44 kilograms of emissions per person. The city has one electricity plant within its borders. Cambridge's primary fuel source is Natural Gas, with 98.52% of electricity production coming from the fuel source.

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The average residential electricity rate for Lowell is about 25.27 cents per kilowatt hour, which ranks the city 122nd out of 256 cities in the state. The state average monthly residential electricity bill is $141.6, while the Lowell average is 4.83% more at $148.43 per month. This is the 182nd lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in the state. The city produces over 100,000 megawatt hours from its power generating plants, which is the 14th largest total production for a city in the state.

Coming in at as the 6th worst ranked city out of 256 cities in the state, Lowell releases 353,276,276.91 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Additionally, the city ranks 222nd highest in the state for pollution per person, which could be argued to be the more important metric. They average 3,057.24 kilograms of emissions per person. The city has 2 electricity plants within its borders. This is the 18th highest number of plants within a city out of 256 cities, in Massachusetts. For electricity generation purposes, Lowell's top fuel type is Conventional Hydroelectric, making up 98.33%, or 75,881 megawatt hours of production in the city.