Boone County, Missouri Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, Columbia's residential electricity price is 12.61 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 1.87% lower than the state's average price of 12.85 cents. This makes the city 331st out of 1086 cities in Missouri for best average electricity rate. There is a deficiency of 1,389,557.68 megawatt hours in the city due to the fact that residents are consuming 627.29% more electricity than the city generates. With an estimated 48,374 residential customers, Columbia MO Utilities is the largest supplier in the city.

Columbia's fuel of choice is Natural Gas, with 73.86% of electricity generation using this fuel source. Combined with Wood/Wood Waste Solids (18.13%) and Landfill Gas (5.51%), these three fuel types account for 215,972.9 megawatt hours (or 97.50%) city's electricity production. The city has 4 electricity producing plants, which is the 3rd highest out of any city in Missouri. Columbia is the 5th highest ranked city in the state out of 1086 when it comes to total pollution due to electricity consumption, with the city emitting 1,029,611,592.18 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This total equates to 8,009.74 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen, ranking the city 1062nd highest in the state for emissions per capita from electricity use.

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On average, Ashland's residential electricity price is 12.44 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 3.17% lower than the state's average price of 12.85 cents. This makes the city 311th out of 1086 cities in Missouri for best average electricity rate. Customers in the city have 0.68 electrical outages a year, with outages lasting an average of 79.94 minutes. The national averages for these data points are 1.45 outages at 171.11 minutes each. Ameren Missouri sells an estimated 8,554.52 megawatt hours in the city per year, which is more than any other provider.

Ashland is the 152nd worst ranked city in Missouri out of 1086 when it comes to total emissions from electricity consumption, with the city emitting 39,769,996.92 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which is 8,497.86 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This calculation ranks Ashland as the 122nd highest polluting city in the state. Since there is no electricity production occurring within the city limits, electricity providers who service Ashland must source the megawatt hours they need each year.