Waldo County, Maine Electricity Rates & Statistics
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Waldo County, Maine Electricity Overview
In Waldo County, 117 megawatt hours of electricity are generated from non-renewable sources. Waldo County ranks 1119th out of 3230 counties in the county for total electricity generation from non-renewable fuels.
Averaging generation of 1.2 megawatt hours per citizen per year, Waldo County ranks 1479th out of 3230 counties in the nation for production per capita.
Waldo County averages 1.2 megawatt hours per person produced from renewable electricity sources, which is 11th highest in Maine.
After a 11.24% rise in power produced by wind turbines, Waldo County's total electric production is now 25.54% wind powered.
Releasing 113,183,095.67 kilograms of CO2 gases, Waldo County has the 7th worst pollution level due to electricity use of any county in the state.
Waldo County generates 12,161 megawatts from wind turbines. That is sufficient to rank them 8th in Maine out of 16 counties for electricity generation from wind energy .
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Total Consumption
319,411 MWh
Consumption per Capita
8.06 MWh
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Total Production
47,620 MWh
Production from Renewable Energy
47,503 MWh
Production from Non-Renewable Energy
117 MWh
Production per Capita
1.2 MWh
EMISSIONS
CO2 Emissions
113,183,096 kg
CO2 Emissions per Capita
2,856.86 kg
Recent Energy News in Belfast
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Residential Electricity Prices
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate national rank dropped by 399 positions to 24,477th, from last year's value of 24,078th
- In Belfast, the residential electricity rate national rank increased by 363 positions to 24,461st, from last month's value of 24,824th
- In Belfast, the residential electricity rate national rank dropped by 199 positions to 24,461st, from last year's value of 24,262nd
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate increased by 20% to 27.82 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 23.19 ¢ / kWh
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate national rank dropped by 5 positions to 24,477th, from last month's value of 24,472nd
- In Belfast, the residential electricity rate increased by 8.36% to 25.41 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 23.45 ¢ / kWh
- In Belfast, the residential electricity rate decreased by 9.28% to 25.41 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 28.01 ¢ / kWh
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate increased by 0.59% to 27.82 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 27.66 ¢ / kWh
Commercial Electricity Prices
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate national rank dropped by 1,231 positions to 25,261st, from last year's value of 24,030th
- In Belfast, the commercial electricity rate national rank dropped by 764 positions to 25,219th, from last year's value of 24,455th
- In Belfast, the commercial electricity rate national rank increased by 253 positions to 25,219th, from last month's value of 25,472nd
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate increased by 28.61% to 25.24 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 19.63 ¢ / kWh
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate national rank dropped by 20 positions to 25,261st, from last month's value of 25,241st
- In Belfast, the commercial electricity rate increased by 22.33% to 23.8 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 19.45 ¢ / kWh
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate increased by 1.45% to 25.24 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 24.88 ¢ / kWh
- In Belfast, the commercial electricity rate decreased by 1.34% to 23.8 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 24.12 ¢ / kWh
- In Belfast, the commercial electricity rate state rank increased by 1 position to 154th, from last year's value of 155th
- In Belfast, the commercial electricity rate state rank increased by 1 position to 154th, from last month's value of 155th
Industrial Electricity Prices
- In Belfast, the industrial electricity bill national rank dropped by 844 positions to 2,432nd, from last month's value of 1,588th
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity bill national rank increased by 317 positions to 1,305th, from last month's value of 1,622nd
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity bill national rank dropped by 277 positions to 1,305th, from last year's value of 1,028th
- In Belfast, the industrial electricity bill national rank increased by 195 positions to 2,432nd, from last year's value of 2,627th
- In Belfast, the industrial electricity bill decreased by 15.52% to $1,288.92, from last year's value of $1,525.67
- In Belfast, the industrial electricity bill increased by 13.32% to $1,288.92, from last month's value of $1,137.39
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity bill increased by 3.25% to $1,373.76, from last year's value of $1,330.58
- In Belfast, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity bill decreased by 1.42% to $1,373.76, from last month's value of $1,393.49
- In Belfast, the industrial electricity bill state rank increased by 1 position to 103rd, from last month's value of 104th
Belfast Electricity Pricing Data
Average Residential Electricity Rate for January, 2024
25.41¢ per kWh
- 9.28% lower than last month
- 8.36% higher than January last year
- 0.85% lower than the Maine average
- 62.77% higher than the US average
- 115th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 24,461st in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has increased by 363 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 199 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Rate
27.82¢ per kWh
- 0.59% higher than last month
- 20% higher than January last year
- 0.75% higher than the Maine average
- 63.93% higher than the US average
- 115th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 24,477th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 5 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 399 since January last year
Average Residential Electricity Bill for January, 2024
$159.71 per month
- 1.98% higher than last month
- 5.04% higher than January last year
- 4.49% lower than the Maine average
- 5.79% higher than the US average
- 115th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 1 since January last year
- 16,313th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has increased by 4,580 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,416 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Bill
$155.92 per month
- 0.41% higher than last month
- 15.92% higher than January last year
- 2.19% higher than the Maine average
- 17.53% higher than the US average
- 115th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank has increased by 40 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 40 since January last year
- 20,844th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has increased by 50 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 7,174 since January last year
Average Commercial Electricity Rate for January, 2024
23.8¢ per kWh
- 1.34% lower than last month
- 22.33% higher than January last year
- 4.93% higher than the Maine average
- 78.43% higher than the US average
- 154th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank has increased by 1 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 1 since January last year
- 25,219th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 253 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 764 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Rate
25.24¢ per kWh
- 1.45% higher than last month
- 28.61% higher than January last year
- 9.97% higher than the Maine average
- 78.29% higher than the US average
- 155th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 25,261st in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 20 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,231 since January last year
Average Commercial Electricity Bill for January, 2024
$388.26 per month
- 7.16% higher than last month
- 5.23% higher than January last year
- 2.58% lower than the Maine average
- 76.17% lower than the US average
- 115th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank has increased by 40 since January last year
- 5,304th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 112 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,307 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Bill
$421 per month
- 0.38% higher than last month
- 10.71% higher than January last year
- 6.66% higher than the Maine average
- 74.28% lower than the US average
- 155th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 7,329th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 67 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 2,652 since January last year
Average Industrial Electricity Rate for January, 2024
23.22¢ per kWh
- 3.11% higher than last month
- 9% higher than January last year
- 9.29% higher than the Maine average
- 136.3% higher than the US average
- 155th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 24,575th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has increased by 16 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 412 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Rate
21.89¢ per kWh
- 0.73% higher than last month
- 10.03% higher than January last year
- 14.87% higher than the Maine average
- 114.11% higher than the US average
- 155th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 24,219th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank is the same since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 48 since January last year
Average Industrial Electricity Bill for January, 2024
$1,288.92 per month
- 13.32% higher than last month
- 15.52% lower than January last year
- 80.01% lower than the Maine average
- 96.18% lower than the US average
- 103rd in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank has increased by 1 since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 2,432nd in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 844 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 195 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Bill
$1,373.76 per month
- 1.42% lower than last month
- 3.25% higher than January last year
- 68.73% lower than the Maine average
- 95.98% lower than the US average
- 104th in the state out of 155 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 1,305th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has increased by 317 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 277 since January last year
Belfast, ME Electricity Overview
On average, Belfast's residential electricity rate is 25.94 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 6.14% lower than Maine's average price of 27.64 cents, resulting in the city ranking 75th out of 157 cities in the state for lowest average electricity price. The largest provider in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Central Maine Power. The power grid in the city deals with an average of 0.91 outages per customer per year, with outages lasting around 94.41 minutes. The countrywide averages of these two data points are 1.27 outages a year and 137.24 minutes per outage.
Belfast emits 2,069.01 kilograms of CO2 pollution per resident in the city due to electricity use, which makes it the 79th worst polluting city out of 157 cities in Maine. This adds up to total emissions of 14,255,502.83 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use, making the city 20th highest for total pollution in the state. The city is home to zero power plants.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Belfast
Belfast residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in October.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Belfast, Maine
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 12.36 | 78.41 | 40,449 | 5,000,000 | |
| CN Brown Energy | ENERGY | 9.68 | 61.83 | 32,948 | 3,191,000 | |
| Central Maine Power | BUNDLED | 27.66 | 155.63 | 3,460,182.07 | 957,144,155 | |
| Clearview Electric | ENERGY | 19.24 | 72.51 | 5,046 | 971,000 | |
| ENGIE | ENERGY | 13.82 | 80.34 | 12,504 | 1,727,700 |
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Searsport CDP, ME Electricity Overview
On average, Searsport CDP's residential electricity rate is 25.94 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 6.14% lower than Maine's average price of 27.64 cents, resulting in the city ranking 36th out of 157 cities in the state for lowest average electricity price. The largest provider in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Central Maine Power. The power grid in the city deals with an average of 0.91 outages per customer per year, with outages lasting around 94.41 minutes. The countrywide averages of these two data points are 1.27 outages a year and 137.24 minutes per outage.
Searsport CDP emits 2,069.01 kilograms of CO2 pollution per resident in the city due to electricity use, which makes it the 11th worst polluting city out of 157 cities in Maine. This adds up to total emissions of 2,646,268.23 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use, making the city 90th highest for total pollution in the state. The city is home to zero power plants.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Searsport CDP
Searsport CDP residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in October.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Searsport CDP, Maine
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 12.36 | 78.41 | 40,449 | 5,000,000 | |
| CN Brown Energy | ENERGY | 9.68 | 61.83 | 32,948 | 3,191,000 | |
| Central Maine Power | BUNDLED | 27.66 | 155.63 | 3,460,182.07 | 957,144,155 | |
| Clearview Electric | ENERGY | 19.24 | 72.51 | 5,046 | 971,000 | |
| ENGIE | ENERGY | 13.82 | 80.34 | 12,504 | 1,727,700 |
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Winterport CDP, ME Electricity Overview
On average, Winterport CDP's residential electricity rate is 25.97 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 6.04% lower than Maine's average price of 27.64 cents, resulting in the city ranking 119th out of 157 cities in the state for lowest average electricity price. The largest provider in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Central Maine Power. The power grid in the city deals with an average of 0.91 outages per customer per year, with outages lasting around 94.41 minutes. The countrywide averages of these two data points are 1.27 outages a year and 137.24 minutes per outage.
Winterport CDP emits 2,069.01 kilograms of CO2 pollution per resident in the city due to electricity use, which makes it the 79th worst polluting city out of 157 cities in Maine. This adds up to total emissions of 2,637,992.18 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use, making the city 91st highest for total pollution in the state. The city is home to zero power plants.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Winterport CDP
Winterport CDP residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in October.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Winterport CDP, Maine
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 12.36 | 78.41 | 40,449 | 5,000,000 | |
| CN Brown Energy | ENERGY | 9.68 | 61.83 | 32,948 | 3,191,000 | |
| Central Maine Power | BUNDLED | 27.66 | 155.63 | 3,460,182.07 | 957,144,155 | |
| Clearview Electric | ENERGY | 19.24 | 72.51 | 5,046 | 971,000 | |
| ENGIE | ENERGY | 13.82 | 80.34 | 12,504 | 1,727,700 |
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Electricity Production in Waldo County, Maine
Power Plants in Waldo County, Maine
| Plant | City/County | State | Primary Fuel Type | Production (MWh) | Emission (kg) | Emissions per MWh | Toxic Chemical Release | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Georges River EnergyRobbins Lumber Inc (100.00%) | Waldo County | ME | Wood/Wood Waste Solids | 35,342 | 43,374,714.6 | 1,227.29 | ||
Beaver Ridge WindBeaver Ridge Wind LLC (100.00%) | Waldo County | ME | Wind | 12,161 | ||||
Robbins LumberRobbins Lumber Inc (100.00%) | Waldo County | ME | Distillate Fuel Oil | 117 | 58,895.99 | 503.38 |
Waldo County, Maine Details
Releasing 113,183,095.67 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Waldo County ranks 7th worst out of 16 counties in Maine for total pollution from electricity consumption. Additionally, the county ranks 2321st worst in the country for pollution per capita, which could be argued to be the more important metric. They average 2,856.86 kilograms of emissions per person. Electricity producing facilities in the county mainly use Wood/Wood Waste Solids, which accounts for 74.22% (or 35,342 megawatt hours) of the fuel sources used for electricity generation in the county. When taken together with Wind (25.54%) and Distillate Fuel Oil (0.25%), these three fuel sources make up 100.00% of the county's electricity production. Waldo County has 3 electricity plants, which is 12th most in Maine.
FAQ
How many electric companies offer service in Waldo County, Maine?
There are 17 electricity suppliers serving customers in Waldo County, Maine.
What electricity company is the largest supplier in Waldo County, Maine?
The largest electricity provider in Waldo County, Maine by megawatt hours sold is Central Maine Power.
How many power plants are in Waldo County, Maine?
There are 3 active power plants located in Waldo County, Maine
What electricity companies offer service in Waldo County, Maine?
| County Customers Rank | Provider | Est. County Customers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Maine Power | 39,209 |
| 2 | Electricity Maine | 1,097 |
| 3 | SmartEnergy Holdings | 762 |
| 4 | Energy Rewards | 262 |
| 5 | Ambit Energy | 236 |
| 6 | CN Brown Energy | 194 |
| 7 | North American Power | 102 |
| 8 | ENGIE | 73 |
| 9 | First Point Power | 60 |
| 10 | Clearview Electric | 45 |
