Androscoggin County, Maine Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Citizens living in Lewiston are charged an average residential electricity rate of 19.73 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 4.58% less than Maine's average price of 20.68 cents, ranking the city at 21st best for average electricity price out of 157 cities in Maine. Central Maine Power has an estimated 1,612 residential customers, more than all other vendors who operate in the city. The city is the 10th highest generating city in the state out of 157 cities, averaging 5.79 megawatt hours produced per citizen per year.

Lewiston is the 10th highest ranked city in the state out of 157 when it comes to total emissions due to electricity consumption, with the city emitting 30,368,847.18 kilograms of CO2 emissions. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which amounts to 818.1 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This measurement ranks Lewiston as the 150th highest polluting city in Maine. Conventional Hydroelectric is the fuel of choice in Lewiston, with 100.00% of electricity generation coming from the fuel source. Lewiston has 2 power producing plants, which is the 2nd highest for a city in Maine.

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Citizens living in Auburn are charged an average residential electricity rate of 19.73 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 4.58% less than Maine's average price of 20.68 cents, ranking the city at 80th best for average electricity price out of 157 cities in Maine. The nationwide average monthly residential power bill is $129.86, while the Auburn average is 11.73% lower at $114.62 per month. With 87.97% of its electricity production coming from renewable fuels, the city ranks 18th in Maine out of 157 cities for total electricity generation from renewable sources.

Auburn's primary fuel is Conventional Hydroelectric, with 78.25% of electricity generation using this fuel source. When combined with Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste (11.88%) and Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste (9.72%), these three fuel types make up 99.84% city's electricity production. The city emits 4,457.25 kilograms of CO2 pollution per citizen in the city due to electricity use, which makes it the 2nd highest polluting city out of 157 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. A total of 107,245,992.44 kilograms of CO2 emissions are emitted from the city. This is enough to rank 2nd worst in Maine for total emissions from electricity consumption. Auburn has 3 electricity plants, which is the highest for a city in Maine.