Jackson County, Missouri Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, Kansas City's residential electricity rate is 13.20 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 2.73% more than the average state price of 12.85 cents and 18.14% less than the national average of 16.12 cents. There has been a 100.00% rise in electricity generated from solar in the city during the past 12 months. There are 640,931.68 megawatt hours produced by plants in the city using natural gas as the fuel source. This is the most for a city in the state out of 1086 cities.

Coming in at as the worst ranked city out of 1086 cities in the state, Kansas City emits 5,058,796,528.65 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which amounts to 9,933.88 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Kansas City is the 5th highest polluting city in Missouri. Electricity facilities in the city most often use Coal, which makes up 2,329,921.33 megawatt hours (or 77.31%) of the fuel used for electricity generation in the city. Totaling Coal with Natural Gas (21.27%) and Distillate Fuel Oil (0.85%), these three fuels account for 99.42% of the city's electricity generation. Kansas City is home to 5 power producing plants, which is the highest number of power plants within a city in Missouri.

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On average, Independence's residential electricity rate is 14.51 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 12.93% more than the average state price of 12.85 cents and 10.01% less than the national average of 16.12 cents. There has been a 5.69% decline in the use of renewable fuels (such as solar, wind or hydro power) in Independence over the last year. It's unfortunate to see these fuels not used more in place of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. The city is the 5th largest producer of megawatt hours from solar power in the state out of the 1086 cities.

Coming in at as the 4th worst ranked city out of 1086 cities in the state, Independence emits 1,037,269,623.01 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which amounts to 8,557.55 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Independence is the 9th highest polluting city in Missouri. Electricity facilities in the city most often use Solar, which makes up 5,206 megawatt hours (or 34.86%) of the fuel used for electricity generation in the city. Totaling Solar with Distillate Fuel Oil (33.41%) and Natural Gas (31.73%), these three fuels account for 100.00% of the city's electricity generation. Independence is home to 4 power producing plants, which is the 3rd highest number of power plants within a city in Missouri.