Androscoggin County, Maine Electric Profile

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Citizens living in Lewiston are charged an average residential electricity rate of 16.81 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 1.30% less than Maine's average price of 17.03 cents, ranking the city at 25th best for average electricity price out of 157 cities in Maine. Selling an estimated 13,831.74 megawatt hours a year, Central Maine Power is the largest vendor in the city. The city generates 288,166 megawatt hours, which is 100.00% of their total production, from sustainable fuel types

Lewiston is the 44th highest ranked city in the state out of 157 when it comes to total emissions due to electricity consumption, with the city emitting 7,160,577.45 kilograms of CO2 emissions. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which amounts to 192.9 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This measurement ranks Lewiston as the 148th 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 3 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 16.81 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 1.30% less than Maine's average price of 17.03 cents, ranking the city at 25th best for average electricity price out of 157 cities in Maine. The city has had a 4.30% decline in fossil fuels and other non-renewable fuel source use for electricity production purposes. There has been a 5.85% decline in the use of renewable fuel types (such as solar, wind or hydro power) in Auburn over the last 12 months.

Auburn's primary fuel is Conventional Hydroelectric, with 76.23% of electricity generation using this fuel source. When combined with Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste (12.97%) and Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste (10.61%), these three fuel types make up 99.80% city's electricity production. The city emits 4,426.25 kilograms of CO2 pollution per citizen in the city due to electricity use, which makes it the 4th highest polluting city out of 157 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. A total of 106,500,002.55 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 4 electricity plants, which is the highest for a city in Maine.