Tompkins County, New York Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Ithaca averages a residential electricity price of 18.54 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 25.36% lower than New York's average rate of 24.84 cents and 11.53% above the US average of 16.62 cents. The city is 38th out of 1306 cities in New York for total hydroelectric generation. They produce 3,291 megawatt hours from hydroelectric dams and facilities. More electricity is consumed within Ithaca than is produced, with electricity usage adding up to 104.90% of production.

Ithaca's electricity consumption results in CO2 pollution totaling 55,996,249.21 kilograms, which is 50th highest amount in New York out of 1306 cities. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which amounts to 1,759.84 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Ithaca is the 41st highest polluting city in New York. Electricity facilities in the city mainly use Natural Gas, which accounts for 216,621.88 megawatt hours (or 98.47%) of the fuel types used for electricity generation in the city. Conventional Hydroelectric and Distillate Fuel Oil are also primary fuel types in the city, with 1.50% and 0.03% of total electricity production being generated from each, respectively. Ithaca has 2 power generation plants, which is the 28th highest for a city in New York.

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South Hill CDP averages a residential electricity price of 18.54 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 25.36% lower than New York's average rate of 24.84 cents and 11.53% above the US average of 16.62 cents. The average residential power bill for a citizen in the city is $127.6 per month, while the state average is $145.94. The city has an average of 0.89 electrical outages per consumer a year. These outages last on average of 93.82 minutes. In comparison, the US average is 1.44 outages per consumer and 123.49 minutes an outage.

Emitting 12,249,982.64 kilograms of CO2 emissions, South Hill CDP ranks 277th worst out of 1306 cities in the state for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 1,738.82 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, which ranks the city 592nd highest in the state for emissions per capita. The city has no electricity production sources, meaning the companies that service the city must import the 51,093.6 megawatt hours the residents consume annually.