Delaware County, Pennsylvania Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Chester averages a residential electricity price of 16.69 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 12.87% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 14.79 cents and 15.45% above the US average of 14.46 cents. The city is ranked 11th in Pennsylvania in total electricity produced from electrical power plants within its borders, with 627,823 megawatt hours generated. The city ranks 7th out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania for renewable energy production per capita, with 6.2 megawatt hours being produced per person.

Chester's electricity consumption results in CO2 pollution totaling 591,302,794.1 kilograms, which is 3rd 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 18,135.34 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Chester is the highest polluting city in Pennsylvania. Electricity facilities in the city mainly use Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste, which accounts for 247,248.82 megawatt hours (or 39.38%) 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 32.22% and 28.38% of total electricity production being generated from each, respectively. Chester has 3 power generation plants, which is the 2nd highest for a city in Pennsylvania.

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Drexel Hill CDP averages a residential electricity price of 16.69 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 12.87% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 14.79 cents and 15.45% above the US average of 14.46 cents. Residents in the city have an average monthly residential power bill of $136.6. This is 8.02% above the Pennsylvania average bill of $126.46. The largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is PECO Energy Company.

Emitting 105,283,070.81 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Drexel Hill CDP ranks 20th worst out of 1892 cities in the state for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 3,607.93 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, which ranks the city 1617th 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 324,828.83 megawatt hours the residents consume annually.