Passaic County, New Jersey Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Paterson averages a residential electricity price of 20.20 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 0.91% more than New Jersey's average rate of 20.02 cents and 20.71% above the US average of 16.73 cents. The average residential power bill for a citizen in the city is $115.01 per month, while the state average is $133.45. The electricity grid in the city has an average of 0.85 outages per customer a year, with outages lasting roughly 101.55 minutes each. The countrywide averages of these two data points are 1.44 outages a year and 123.49 minutes each outage.

Approximately 279,958,924.84 kilograms of CO2 emissions are released in Paterson due to electricity use. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per person in the city, which is 1,787.29 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this measurement Paterson is the 145th highest polluting city in the state. The city has one power producing plant.

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Clifton averages a residential electricity price of 20.20 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 0.91% more than New Jersey's average rate of 20.02 cents and 20.71% above the US average of 16.73 cents. With annual production of 49,981 megawatt hours, the city is the 11th highest producer of electricity in New Jersey. Clifton produces 7.12% of the electricity used in the city and must import power from plants outside of their city limits or rural area power plants.

Emitting 158,070,208.52 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Clifton ranks 10th worst out of 704 cities in the state for total pollution from electricity use. Averaging 1,781.63 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the city ranks 699th highest in the state for pollution per capita. Roughly 99.55% of Clifton's electricity is generated using Natural Gas. Clifton is home to one power generation plant.