Cumberland County, Maine Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, Portland's residential electricity rate is 21.49 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 5.65% lower than the average state price of 22.78 cents and 36.73% higher than the national average of 15.72 cents. There has been a 9.51% drop in usage of non-renewable fuel types in the city over the course of the past 12 months. Customers in the city are faced with 1.02 electrical outages per year, with outages lasting around 112.73 minutes on average. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.58 outages at 145.81 minutes each.

Coming in at as the worst ranked city out of 157 cities in the state, Portland emits 269,637,214.05 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which amounts to 3,961.58 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Portland is the 4th highest polluting city in Maine. Electricity facilities in the city most often use Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste, which makes up 30,951.8 megawatt hours (or 54.25%) of the fuel used for electricity generation in the city. Totaling Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste with Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste (44.38%) and Natural Gas (1.37%), these three fuels account for 100.00% of the city's electricity generation. Portland is home to one power producing plant.

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On average, South Portland's residential electricity rate is 21.49 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 5.65% lower than the average state price of 22.78 cents and 36.73% higher than the national average of 15.72 cents. Selling an estimated 5,394.48 megawatt hours, Central Maine Power is the largest vendor in the city. The city deals with an average of 1.02 power outages per consumer each year. These outages are an average of 112.73 minutes. In comparison, the nationwide average is 1.58 outages per consumer and 145.81 minutes per outage.

Electricity use in South Portland creates 65,736,833.65 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 5th highest amount of any city in Maine. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which amounts to 2,487.39 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This measurement ranks South Portland as the 7th highest polluting city in Maine. The city has no power production plants within its borders, meaning the companies that service the city must import the 224,716.03 megawatt hours the citizens consume every year.