Camden County, New Jersey Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity rate is 19.27 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Camden, which is 14.42% higher than the average state price of 16.84 cents and 25.60% above the national average of 15.34. Natural gas is one of the major fuel types used in the country, and Camden is in on the action. They produce 76,318 megawatt hours by burning natural gas. This amount makes the city as the 11th highest city out of 704 cities in New Jersey for natural gas production. PSEG sells an estimated 164,919.95 megawatt hours in the city each year, which is more than all other electricity providers.

In Camden, Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste makes up 35.20% of the fuel sources utilized in electricity production. Natural Gas and Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste are also primary fuel sources in the city, with 32.23% and 28.80% of total electricity generation coming from each type, respectively. On average, the city citizens emit 5,672.21 kilograms of CO2 emissions from the consumption of electricity, which makes it the 3rd highest polluting city out of 704 cities in New Jersey based on emissions per capita. A total of 410,560,008.13 kilograms of CO2 emissions are emitted from the city. Camden has 5 power generation plants, which is the 5th highest for a city in the state.

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The residential electricity rate is 24.20 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Sicklerville CDP, which is 43.72% higher than the average state price of 16.84 cents and 57.77% above the national average of 15.34. Customers in the city have an average monthly residential electric bill of $170.7. This is 24.19% higher than the national average bill of $137.45. With an estimated 3,446 residential customers, Atlantic City Electric is the largest supplier in the city.

The inhabitants of Sicklerville CDP have to get their power from outside city limits because there are not any electricity generating facilities within the city. The city's electricity consumption results in CO2 emissions totaling 85,831,797.73 kilograms, which is 25th highest amount in the state out of 704 cities. Averaging 1,840.86 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the city ranks 267th highest in the state for emissions per capita from electricity use.