Kennebec County, Maine Electric Profile

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Augusta's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 16.81 cents per kilowatt hour. This is, fortunately for their citizens, 1.30% below the state's average price of 17.03 cents, ranking the city at 25th best for average electricity rate out of 157 cities in Maine. Consumers in the city deal with 0.94 power outages per year, with outages lasting an average of 101.13 minutes. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.21 outages at 122.99 minutes each. Central Maine Power is the largest vendor in the city based on megawatt hours sold.

Emissions in Augusta average 2,429.46 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident due to electricity use, which ranks them as the 10th worst polluting city out of 157 cities in Maine based on emissions per capita. While not as telling of a statistic (more people almost always equals more pollution), the total emissions of the city from electricity consumption is 45,914,345.17 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which ranks as the 7th largest emissions amount in Maine. The city has zero power plants currently operating within the city.

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Waterville's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 16.81 cents per kilowatt hour. This is, fortunately for their citizens, 1.30% below the state's average price of 17.03 cents, ranking the city at 25th best for average electricity rate out of 157 cities in Maine. The city deals with an average of 0.94 electrical outages per consumer each year. These outages go on for an average of 101.13 minutes. In comparison, the national average is 1.21 outages per customer and 122.99 minutes each outage. The city has had a 13.40% decrease in the use of renewable fuel sources, such as solar and wind energy, compared to fossil fuel types, like coal or natural gas.

Emissions in Waterville average 1,879.85 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident due to electricity use, which ranks them as the 142nd worst polluting city out of 157 cities in Maine based on emissions per capita. While not as telling of a statistic (more people almost always equals more pollution), the total emissions of the city from electricity consumption is 29,754,297.68 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which ranks as the 9th largest emissions amount in Maine. Roughly 100.00% of Waterville's electricity is generated using Conventional Hydroelectric. Waterville is home to 2 electricity producing plants, which is the 4th most plants within a city in Maine.