Mercer County, New Jersey Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, Trenton's inhabitants purchase residential electricity for 19.27 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 14.42% more than the average state rate of 16.84 cents. Customers in Trenton experience 0.68 electrical outages per year with outages lasting an average of 54.7 minutes. The city has had a 96.88% decrease in fossil fuels and other non-renewable fuel source use in their electricity generation facilities.

Trenton is the 8th highest ranked city in New Jersey out of 704 when it comes to total pollution due to electricity consumption, with the city releasing 165,597,386.28 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which amounts to 1,837.99 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this measurement Trenton is the 660th highest polluting city in the state. Solar makes up 99.92% of the fuel sources used for electricity production in Trenton. Other fuel types used include Distillate Fuel Oil at 0.06% and Natural Gas at 0.03%. Trenton is home to 2 power generation plants, which is the 14th most power plants within a city in New Jersey.

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On average, Princeton's inhabitants purchase residential electricity for 19.27 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 14.42% more than the average state rate of 16.84 cents. Customers in the city are faced with 0.68 electrical outages per year, with outages lasting about 54.7 minutes on average. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.58 outages at 145.81 minutes each. Princeton residents use 382.77% of the electricity produced within the city boundaries and the city must import electricity generated in rural areas or other nearby municipalities to make up the difference.

Princeton is the 37th highest ranked city in New Jersey out of 704 when it comes to total pollution due to electricity consumption, with the city releasing 51,566,926.73 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which amounts to 1,678.77 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this measurement Princeton is the 686th highest polluting city in the state. Natural Gas makes up 62.39% of the fuel sources used for electricity production in Princeton. Other fuel types used include Solar at 36.54% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 1.07%. Princeton is home to 2 power generation plants, which is the 14th most power plants within a city in New Jersey.