Delaware County, Pennsylvania Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Chester averages a residential electricity price of 17.83 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 0.22% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 17.79 cents and 7.95% above the US average of 16.52 cents. With annual production of 724,955 megawatt hours, the city is the 10th highest producer of electricity in Pennsylvania. Electricity production in Chester outpaces consumption levels by roughly 101.66%.

Chester's electricity consumption results in CO2 pollution totaling 512,263,377.53 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 15,608.74 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 305,433.44 megawatt hours (or 42.13%) 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 34.47% and 23.39% 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 17.83 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 0.22% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 17.79 cents and 7.95% above the US average of 16.52 cents. The average residential power bill for a citizen in the city is $135.83 per month, while the state average is $146.24. The city has an average of 0.87 electrical outages per consumer a year. These outages last on average of 105.89 minutes. In comparison, the US average is 1.44 outages per consumer and 123.49 minutes an outage.

Emitting 93,898,801.42 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Drexel Hill CDP ranks 21st worst out of 1892 cities in the state for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 3,290.31 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, which ranks the city 265th 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 312,605.53 megawatt hours the residents consume annually.