Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Harrisburg averages a residential electricity price of 18.62 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 4.49% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 17.82 cents and 15.52% above the US average of 16.12 cents. The city is ranked 19th in Pennsylvania in total electricity produced from electrical power plants within its borders, with 94,781 megawatt hours generated. The city ranks 17th out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania for renewable energy production per capita, with 0.81 megawatt hours being produced per person.

Harrisburg's electricity consumption results in CO2 pollution totaling 192,430,984.8 kilograms, which is 10th highest amount in Pennsylvania out of 1892 cities. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which amounts to 3,851.01 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Harrisburg is the 14th highest polluting city in Pennsylvania. Electricity facilities in the city mainly use Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste, which accounts for 49,748.53 megawatt hours (or 52.49%) of the fuel types used for electricity generation in the city. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste and Natural Gas are also primary fuel types in the city, with 42.95% and 4.53% of total electricity production being generated from each, respectively. Harrisburg has 2 power generation plants, which is the 2nd highest for a city in Pennsylvania.

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Colonial Park CDP averages a residential electricity price of 18.62 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 4.49% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 17.82 cents and 15.52% above the US average of 16.12 cents. The average residential power bill for a citizen in the city is $149.43 per month. PPL Electric Utilities sells an estimated 5,095.63 megawatt hours in the city a year, which is more than any other vendor.

Emitting 53,551,323.35 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Colonial Park CDP ranks 42nd worst out of 1892 cities in the state for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 3,319.57 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, which ranks the city 1013th 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 178,662.66 megawatt hours the residents consume annually.