Franklin County, Pennsylvania Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Chambersburg's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 10.31 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 42.71% below Pennsylvania's average rate of 17.99 cents, resulting in the city ranking 2nd best for average electricity price out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania. The city produces 29,935.84 megawatt hours from the use of natural gas, making them the 11th ranked city in the state for total electricity production from natural gas out of 1892 cities. Residents in the city pay an average monthly residential electric bill of $85.91. This is 43.09% lower than the state average of $150.95.

As the 26th worst ranked city out of 1892 cities in the state, Chambersburg emits 82,439,071.7 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. This total also equates to a ranking of 12th worst in Pennsylvania for emissions per citizen. Around 94.18% of electricity in Chambersburg comes from generation using Natural Gas. There are 2 power producing plants in Chambersburg, which is the highest number of power plants in a city in the state.

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Waynesboro's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 17.50 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 2.74% lower than Pennsylvania's average price of 17.99 cents, resulting in the city ranking 431st out of 1892 cities in Pennsylvania for best average electricity price. West Penn Power has an estimated 50 total residential customers, which is more than any other vendor who operates in the city. Customers in the city deal with 0.92 electrical outages each year, with outages lasting around 119.95 minutes on average. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.44 outages at 123.49 minutes each.

As the 80th worst ranked city out of 1892 cities in the state, Waynesboro emits 36,831,611.93 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Averaging 3,388.06 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the city ranks 749th worst in Pennsylvania for emissions per capita. Electricity companies who provide service in Waynesboro have to rely on electricity produced in neighboring communities and rural areas, since no electricity production occurs in the city limits.