Orange County, New York Electric Profile

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Newburgh's average residential electricity price per kilowatt hour is 17.79 cents per kilowatt hour. This is, luckily for their residents, 5.65% lower than the state's average rate of 18.85 cents, ranking the city at 847th out of 1195 cities in New York for best average electricity rate. The city produces around 5.14 megawatt hours per consumer in the city each year from power generating plants located within its city limits, which ranks it as the 79th highest producing city out of 1195 cities in New York. The New York average monthly residential electric bill is $114.48, while the Newburgh average is 10.72% higher at $126.75 per month. This is the 896th lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in the state.

Newburgh's power plants mainly use Natural Gas, which accounts for 134,094.05 megawatt hours (or 92.25%) of the fuel used for electricity production in the city. Residual Fuel Oil and Distillate Fuel Oil make up the next highest amounts at 11,238.95 megawatt hours (7.73%) and 33 megawatt hours (0.02%), respectively. The city emits 3,818.23 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person in the city from electricity consumption, which makes it the 15th worst polluting city out of 1195 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. With total emissions of 107,884,041.11 kilograms, the city ranks 15th highest in New York for total emissions from electricity consumption. Newburgh has the 37th most power generation plants of any city in the state, with 2 total plants. This is also the 138th most power plants per resident in the state.

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Middletown's average residential electricity price per kilowatt hour is 19.24 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 2.06% more than New York's average price of 18.85 cents and 43.06% more than the US average of 13.45 cents. The city generates over 0 megawatt hours from its power generating plants, which is the 151st highest total production for any city in New York. The national average monthly residential power bill is $120.24, while the Middletown average is 11.25% higher at $133.77 per month.

Electricity use in Middletown results in the release of 43,240,239.78 kilograms of CO2 emissions each year, which is the 58th highest in New York out of 1195 cities. This total equates to 1,546.34 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, which ranks the city 52nd worst in New York for emissions per capita. The city has one electricity producing plant, which is 66th highest in the state. Middletown has about 100.00% of its electricity generated by Natural Gas.