Oxford County, Maine Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Rumford CDP's citizens are charged an average residential electricity rate of 19.73 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 4.58% less than the average Maine rate of 20.68 cents and 36.47% more than the national average of 14.46 cents. Power plants in the city generate, on average, 14.3 megawatt hours per resident from non-renewable fuels, which ranks it 4th out of 157 cities in Maine. Production in Rumford CDP is 1125.77% of the electricity consumption of consumers, which results in the exportation and storage of excess generation.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis shows us the emissions efficiency of a city. Rumford CDP averages 4,400.67 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen from electricity use, which is sufficient to rank them 3rd highest in Maine out of 157 cities for emissions efficiency. This results in a total emissions amount of 18,914,086.42 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Black Liquour is the primary fuel source in Rumford CDP, with 48.32% of electricity production coming from the fuel. When combined with Wood/Wood Waste Solids (19.16%) and Tire-derived Fuels (16.70%), these three fuel sources account for 84.18% of the city's electricity generation. Rumford CDP has 2 electricity generation plants within its borders. This is the 2nd highest number of power plants in a city within Maine.

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Norway CDP's citizens are charged an average residential electricity rate of 19.73 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 4.58% less than the average Maine rate of 20.68 cents and 36.47% more than the national average of 14.46 cents. The average monthly residential electricity bill for a customer in the city is $114.62 per month. The electricity grid in the city deals with an average of 0.94 outages per customer a year, with outages lasting around 101.13 minutes per outage. The national averages of outages and outage time frames are 1.21 outages a year and 122.99 minutes a outage.

Emissions in Norway CDP average 2,533.48 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident from electricity use, making them the 9th highest polluting city out of 157 cities in Maine based on emissions per capita. At 2,533.48 kilograms per person and 2,696 people in the city, the city emits 6,830,251.01 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year. This is the 48th worst rank in the state for total emissions from electricity use. Since there is no electricity generation happening within the city limits, electricity suppliers who service Norway CDP must source all of the megawatt hours they need every year.