Monroe County, New York Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Rochester's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 18.65 cents per kilowatt hour, which is, sadly, 28.94% above the average US rate of 14.46 cents. Non-renewable fuels are often used in electricity generation in the city, leading to about 1.39 megawatt hours being generated from these fuels per capita a year. The city generates 0.01 megawatt hours per citizen from solar, which is 29th in the state out of 1306 cities.

Rochester has about 96.73% of its electricity generated by Natural Gas. Combined with Conventional Hydroelectric (2.38%) and Solar (0.89%), the three fuel types make up 100.00% of the generation. Approximately 1,874.66 kilograms of CO2 pollution per person are emitted in the city from electricity use, ranking them as the 34th worst polluter in New York out of 1306 cities. This comes to a total pollution amount from electricity consumption of 396,167,546.75 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Rochester is home to 4 power generation plants, which is the 2nd most power plants within a city in New York.

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Irondequoit CDP's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 18.65 cents per kilowatt hour, which is, sadly, 28.94% above the average US rate of 14.46 cents. Rochester Gas and Electric has an estimated 2,479 residential customers, which is more than all other electricity suppliers who operate in the city. The city is faced with an average of 0.92 electrical outages per customer per year. These outages last on average of 98.58 minutes. In comparison, the national average is 1.21 outages per customer and 122.99 minutes each outage.

Irondequoit CDP's electricity consumption results in CO2 emissions totaling 85,035,800.98 kilograms, which is 26th largest amount in the state out of 1306 cities. More importantly, the city averages 1,665.96 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person in the city, which is a better measurement of the city's emission levels. They rank as the 493rd highest in New York in this category. The city has zero electricity producing plants within its borders.