York County, Pennsylvania Electric Profile

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York has an average residential electricity rate of 12.40 cents per kilowatt hour, which is, fortunately, 7.79% lower than the average national electricity only service price of 13.45 cents. The Pennsylvania average monthly residential electric bill is $114.19, while the York average is 12.45% more at $128.41 per month. This is the 1384th lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in Pennsylvania. Metropolitan Edison Company sells 8,069.55 megawatt hours in the city a year, more than all other electricity suppliers.

York emits 3,727.11 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident in the city due to electricity consumption, which makes it the 621st worst polluting city out of 1761 cities in the state. With total emissions of 164,074,911.56 kilograms, the city ranks 12th worst in Pennsylvania for total pollution from electricity use, however, it could be argued that emissions per capita is a better measurement of a city’s pollution levels. The city has no power generation sources, resulting in the need to import all of the 487,191.93 megawatt hours the citizens here consume annually.

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Hanover has an average residential electricity rate of 12.42 cents per kilowatt hour, which is, fortunately, 7.64% lower than the average national electricity only service price of 13.45 cents. The Pennsylvania average monthly residential electric bill is $114.19, while the Hanover average is 16.04% more at $132.51 per month. This is the 1730th lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in Pennsylvania. Metropolitan Edison Company sells 5,571.86 megawatt hours in the city a year, more than all other electricity suppliers.

Hanover is tied for last in the country for total number of power plants in a city, with zero power plants currently operating within the city. Approximately 58,176,486.63 kilograms of CO2 emissions are emitted in the city from electricity consumption each year.. Averaging 3,727.11 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, the city ranks 621st worst in the state for emissions per capita from electricity use.