Albany County, New York Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 17.87 cents per kilowatt hour for citizens of Albany, which is 27.68% less than the state's average rate of 24.71 cents. This makes the city 446th out of 1306 cities in the state for lowest average electricity price. The city has seen a 196.48% rise in the usage of renewable fuel sources, such as solar or wind energy, in place of non-renewable fuel sources, such as coal or oil. National Grid is the largest supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold.

Approximately 1,777.44 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person are emitted in the city due to electricity consumption, ranking them as the 38th worst polluter in the state out of 1306 cities. Total emissions in the city are 179,223,019.46 kilograms, which is the 10th worst total amount of emissions for a city in the state. Over 72.77% of electricity in Albany comes from production using Natural Gas. Landfill Gas and Solar have the second and third highest total usage, respectively, for electricity production. Landfill Gas makes up 22.66% of electricity generation and Solar accounts for 4.58% of total production in the city. Albany has 3 power producing plants in the city. This is the 15th most power plants within a city within the state.

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The residential electricity price is 17.87 cents per kilowatt hour for citizens of Cohoes, which is 27.68% less than the state's average rate of 24.71 cents. This makes the city 446th out of 1306 cities in the state for lowest average electricity price. There has been a 12.68% increase in the usage of sustainable fuels (like solar, wind or hydro power) in Cohoes during the course of the previous year. It's great to see these fuels slowly replace nonrenewable fuels such as coal or oil. The city produces 0.07 megawatt hours per person from solar, which is 86th in the state out of 1306 cities.

Approximately 0 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person are emitted in the city due to electricity consumption, ranking them as the 1256th worst polluter in the state out of 1306 cities. With total emissions of 0 kilograms, the city ranks 1256th highest in the state for total pollution from electricity consumption, however, it could be argued that emissions per capita is a better measurement of a city's pollution levels. The city has the 28th highest electricity plants of any city in the state, with 2 total plants. For electricity production purposes, Cohoes' main fuel type is Conventional Hydroelectric, making up 168,867 megawatt hours, or 99.31% of production in the city.