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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Electricity Overview
453,822.18 megawatt hours are generated from coal in Allegheny County. With 1,233,253 residents, this is 0.37 megawatt hours per person.
Throughout the most recent 12 months, Allegheny County had a 17.35% decline in CO2 emissions per capita.
Allegheny County generates 4.74 megawatt hours of electricity per person in the county from non-renewable electricity sources. They are the 541st highest county in the country for non-renewable production per capita.
Allegheny County is 797th out of 3230 counties in the United States in megawatt hours produced using solar power.
Duquesne Light Company is the largest provider in Allegheny County when calculated by megawatt hours sold.
Allegheny County has the 17th highest electricity generation out of 67 counties in the state, producing 5,854,623.78 megawatt hours.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Total Consumption
13,174,358 MWh
Consumption per Capita
10.68 MWh
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Total Production
5,854,624 MWh
Production from Renewable Energy
4,693 MWh
Production from Non-Renewable Energy
5,849,931 MWh
Production per Capita
4.75 MWh
EMISSIONS
CO2 Emissions
4,967,684,591 kg
CO2 Emissions per Capita
4,028.11 kg
Pittsburgh, PA Electricity Overview
Citizens who call Pittsburgh home spend, on average, 22.91 cents per kilowatt hour for their electricity. Sadly, this is 26.59% more than Pennsylvania's average price of 18.10 cents, resulting in the city ranking 1884th out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania for best average electricity rate. There is 3997.02% more electricity used in Pittsburgh than is produced, meaning they must purchase electricity from neighboring cities and counties. The city has seen a 49.84% rise in non-renewable fuel usage for electricity.
Pittsburgh is the 2nd highest ranked city in Pennsylvania out of 1892 when it comes to total pollution from electricity use, with the city emitting 1,009,447,232.09 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Additionally, the city ranks 23rd highest in the state for emissions per capita, which could be argued to be the more important statistic. They average 3,332.55 kilograms of emissions per citizen. Natural Gas is the primary fuel type in Pittsburgh, with 99.73% of electricity production coming from the fuel type. Pittsburgh has the 5th highest electricity producing plants of any city in Pennsylvania, with 2 total plants.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in April.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
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APG&E | ENERGY | 14.61 | 128.86 | 64,198 | 9,379,900 | |
Agway Energy Services | ENERGY | 15.21 | 118.46 | 11,237 | 1,708,700 | |
All American Power and Gas | ENERGY | 22.49 | 162.55 | 4,216 | 948,000 | |
Alpha Gas and Electric | ENERGY | 10.96 | 103.28 | 15,807 | 1,732,700 | |
Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 9.55 | 97.02 | 438,885 | 41,926,000 |
Zips with electric coverage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania include: 15235, 15236, 15227, 15206, 15221, 15212, 15213, 15210, 15217, 15205, 15216 and 22 other zip code(s).
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Bethel Park municipality, PA Electricity Overview
Citizens who call Bethel Park municipality home spend, on average, 18.16 cents per kilowatt hour for their electricity. Sadly, this is 0.31% more than Pennsylvania's average price of 18.10 cents, resulting in the city ranking 355th out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania for best average electricity rate. The electricity grid in the city experiences an average of 0.91 outages per customer each year, with outages lasting about 134 minutes. The US averages of outages and outage time frames are 1.27 outages per year and 137.24 minutes per outage. Duquesne Light Company has an estimated 680 residential customers, which is more than all other suppliers who operate in the city.
Bethel Park municipality is the 18th highest ranked city in Pennsylvania out of 1892 when it comes to total pollution from electricity use, with the city emitting 107,952,398.42 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This total also equates to a ranking of 498th worst in the state for emissions per capita. The city has no power production sources, resulting in the need to import the 356,329.07 megawatt hours that citizens here consume.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Bethel Park municipality
Bethel Park municipality residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in November.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Bethel Park municipality, Pennsylvania
Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
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APG&E | ENERGY | 14.61 | 128.86 | 64,198 | 9,379,900 | |
Agway Energy Services | ENERGY | 15.21 | 118.46 | 11,237 | 1,708,700 | |
All American Power and Gas | ENERGY | 22.49 | 162.55 | 4,216 | 948,000 | |
Alpha Gas and Electric | ENERGY | 10.96 | 103.28 | 15,807 | 1,732,700 | |
Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 9.55 | 97.02 | 438,885 | 41,926,000 |
Zips with electric coverage in Bethel Park municipality, Pennsylvania include: 15236, 15102, 15241, 15228, 15234, 15129
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Monroeville municipality, PA Electricity Overview
Citizens who call Monroeville municipality home spend, on average, 22.91 cents per kilowatt hour for their electricity. Sadly, this is 26.59% more than Pennsylvania's average price of 18.10 cents, resulting in the city ranking 1804th out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania for best average electricity rate. The electricity grid in the city experiences an average of 0.91 outages per customer each year, with outages lasting about 134 minutes. The US averages of outages and outage time frames are 1.27 outages per year and 137.24 minutes per outage. Duquesne Light Company has an estimated 11,499 residential customers, which is more than all other suppliers who operate in the city.
As the 20th worst ranked city out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania, Monroeville municipality releases 92,582,871.49 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use per year. The city also ranks 42nd worst in the state in pollution per resident, averaging 3,236.37 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per resident. The city has one power producing plant.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Monroeville municipality
Monroeville municipality residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in April.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Monroeville municipality, Pennsylvania
Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
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APG&E | ENERGY | 14.61 | 128.86 | 64,198 | 9,379,900 | |
Agway Energy Services | ENERGY | 15.21 | 118.46 | 11,237 | 1,708,700 | |
All American Power and Gas | ENERGY | 22.49 | 162.55 | 4,216 | 948,000 | |
Alpha Gas and Electric | ENERGY | 10.96 | 103.28 | 15,807 | 1,732,700 | |
Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 9.55 | 97.02 | 438,885 | 41,926,000 |
Zips with electric coverage in Monroeville municipality, Pennsylvania include: 15146, 15085, 15145, 15140, 15148
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Electricity Production in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Power Plants in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Plant | City/County | State | Primary Fuel Type | Production (MWh) | Emission (kg) | Emissions per MWh | Toxic Chemical Release | Closing Date |
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Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5LS Power (100.00%) | Allegheny County | PA | Natural Gas | 4,480,397 | 1,629,761,511.7 | 363.75 | ||
Cheswick Power PlantGenOn Energy Inc (100.00%) | Springdale | PA | Coal | 458,187 | 529,211,469.42 | 1,155.01 | 3/2022 | |
Mon Valley WorksUnited States Steel-Mon Valley (100.00%) | North Braddock | PA | Blast Furnace Gas | 416,204 | 378,815,894.64 | 910.17 | ||
Springdale 1 & 2LS Power (100.00%) | Allegheny County | PA | Natural Gas | 153,987 | 86,524,464.46 | 561.89 | ||
Clairton WorksUnited States Steel- Clairton (100.00%) | Clairton | PA | Other Gas | 128,048 | 2,713,753.7 | 21.19 | ||
Pittsburgh Airport Gas PlantPeoples Gas (100.00%) | Coraopolis | PA | Natural Gas | 115,549 | 57,576,838.62 | 498.29 | ||
Brunot IslandBrunot Island Power, LLC (100.00%) | Pittsburgh | PA | Natural Gas | 51,088 | 35,886,430.97 | 702.44 | ||
ECP Uptown CampusClearway Energy (100.00%) | Pittsburgh | PA | Natural Gas | 27,891.78 | 17,175,256.7 | 615.78 | ||
PG Solar 1IMG Energy Solutions (100.00%) | Allegheny County | PA | Solar | 4,693 | ||||
PPG Monroeville Chemicals CenterPPG Monroeville Chemicals Center (100.00%) | Monroeville municipality | PA | Distillate Fuel Oil | 2,592.9 |
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Details
When considering electricity production, Allegheny County's top fuel type is Natural Gas, making up 83.07%, or 4,863,334.4 megawatt hours of production in the county. Taken together with Coal (7.75%) and Blast Furnace Gas (5.33%), these three fuel types make up 96.15% county electricity generation. Electricity use in the county results in the release of 4,967,684,591.38 kilograms of CO2 pollution per year, which is 37th highest in the United States out of 3230 counties. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per capita, which amounts to 4,028.11 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation the county is the 1914th highest polluting county in the nation. Allegheny County is home to 10 power producing plants, which is 4th most in the state.
Providers In Each City in Allegheny County:
- Aspinwall, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Avalon, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Baldwin, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Bell Acres, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 98.22%
- Penn Power: 1.78%
- Bellevue, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Ben Avon, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Ben Avon Heights, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Bethel Park municipality, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 89.73%
- Duquesne Light Company: 10.27%
- Blawnox, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Brackenridge, Pennsylvania:
- Tarentum Borough Electric: 1.64%
- West Penn Power: 98.36%
- Braddock, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania:
- Penn Power: 100.00%
- Brentwood, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Bridgeville, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 94.08%
- Duquesne Light Company: 5.92%
- Carnegie, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Chalfant, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Cheswick, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 100.00%
- Churchill, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Clairton, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 60.40%
- Duquesne Light Company: 39.60%
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Crafton, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Dormont, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Dravosburg, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Duquesne, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- East McKeesport, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Edgewood, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Edgeworth, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 100.00%
- Emsworth, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Etna, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Forest Hills, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 94.34%
- West Penn Power: 5.66%
- Franklin Park, Pennsylvania:
- Penn Power: 90.20%
- Duquesne Light Company: 9.80%
- Glassport, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Glenfield, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Green Tree, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Haysville, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Heidelberg, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Homestead, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Ingram, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 88.65%
- Duquesne Light Company: 11.35%
- Leetsdale, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Lincoln, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 29.93%
- West Penn Power: 70.07%
- McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- McKeesport, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Millvale, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Monroeville municipality, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Munhall, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- North Braddock, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Oakdale, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 100.00%
- Oakmont, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Pennsbury Village, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Pitcairn, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 52.24%
- Pitcairn, Pennsylvania Electricity Utility: 47.76%
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 41.59%
- West Penn Power: 58.41%
- Plum, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 8.61%
- Duquesne Light Company: 91.39%
- Port Vue, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Rankin, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Rosslyn Farms, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Sewickley, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Sewickley Hills, Pennsylvania:
- Penn Power: 36.08%
- Duquesne Light Company: 63.92%
- Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Springdale, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 100.00%
- Swissvale, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Tarentum, Pennsylvania:
- Tarentum Borough Electric: 49.18%
- West Penn Power: 50.82%
- Thornburg, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Verona, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Versailles, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 88.18%
- West Penn Power: 11.82%
- Wall, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania:
- West Penn Power: 100.00%
- West Homestead, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- West View, Pennsylvania:
- Penn Power: 45.17%
- Duquesne Light Company: 54.83%
- Whitaker, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- White Oak, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 82.33%
- West Penn Power: 17.67%
- Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
- Wilmerding, Pennsylvania:
- Duquesne Light Company: 100.00%
* City coverage generated based on government data. Always verify you can get service from the provider.
FAQ
How many power plants are located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has 10 active electricity plants producing electricity for the county and other surrounding areas.
What electricity company is the largest provider in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?
By total customer count, Duquesne Light Company is the largest electricity company in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
How many electric companies offer service in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?
There are 64 electricity suppliers offering service in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
What electricity companies offer service in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?
County Customers Rank | Provider | Est. County Customers |
---|---|---|
1 | Duquesne Light Company | 290,563 |
2 | West Penn Power | 13,036 |
3 | Penn Power | 6,497 |
4 | Tarentum Borough Electric | 2,272 |
5 | Constellation Energy | 2,057 |
6 | Direct Energy | 1,885 |
7 | Pitcairn, Pennsylvania Electricity Utility | 1,782 |
8 | Inspire Energy | 1,290 |
9 | Clean Choice Energy | 906 |
10 | IGS Energy | 869 |