Merrimack County, New Hampshire Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, Concord's residential electricity rate is 23.81 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 2.64% more than the average state price of 23.20 cents and 43.23% higher than the national average of 16.62. They have had a 15.02% increase in the use of renewable fuels, such as solar or wind energy, in place of fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas. The city produces 69,746.98 megawatt hours, which is 57.62% of their total number of megawatt hours produced, from renewable fuels

Coming in at as the worst ranked city out of 100 cities in the state, Concord emits 213,530,230.59 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which amounts to 4,902.88 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Concord is the 2nd highest polluting city in New Hampshire. Electricity facilities in the city most often use Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste, which makes up 51,290.02 megawatt hours (or 42.38%) of the fuel used for electricity generation in the city. Totaling Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste with Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste (34.67%) and Conventional Hydroelectric (22.95%), these three fuels account for 100.00% of the city's electricity generation. Concord is home to 2 power producing plants, which is the 2nd highest number of power plants within a city in New Hampshire.

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On average, Franklin's residential electricity rate is 24.36 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 5.02% more than the average state price of 23.20 cents and 46.55% higher than the national average of 16.62. The New Hampshire average monthly residential electric bill is $147.42, while the Franklin average is 0.47% more at $148.12 per month. This ranks the city 14th in the state for average monthly bill amount. Eversource Energy is the largest electricity provider in the city based on total residential customers.

Electricity use in Franklin creates 6,930,417.21 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 28th highest amount of any city in New Hampshire. More telling of the city's emissions reality is the per person CO2 emission amount. Currently that amount stands at 790.6 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 96th ranked city in New Hampshire for CO2 pollution emitted per capita. The city is home to 2 electricity generation plants, which is the 2nd highest for a city in the state. In Franklin, Conventional Hydroelectric makes up 100.00% of the fuel sources used in electricity generation.