Providence County, Rhode Island Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Residents living in Providence are paying an average residential electricity rate of 28.94 cents per kilowatt hour . This is higher than both the state and United States average prices of 28.57 and 16.73 cents per kilowatt hour, respectively. Electricity production from wind in the city totals 0.04 megawatt hours generated per capita living in the city. This is the highest amount out of the 37 cities in the state. The city produces around 8.37 megawatt hours per person each year from power generating plants within its borders, which ranks it as the highest producer out of 37 cities in the state.

Electricity consumption in Providence results in the release of 535,093,496.55 kilograms of CO2 pollution, which is the largest emissions amount in the state out of 37 cities. More telling of the city's pollution reality is the per person CO2 emission amount. Currently that amount stands at 2,822.6 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 1st ranked city in Rhode Island for CO2 pollution emitted per capita. Natural Gas is the fuel of choice in Providence, with 97.87% of electricity production coming from the fuel source. Secondary fuels used during electricity generation include Distillate Fuel Oil at 1.64% and Wind at 0.43% of production. Providence has 3 electricity plants, which is the highest out of any city in Rhode Island.

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Residents living in Cranston are paying an average residential electricity rate of 28.94 cents per kilowatt hour . This is higher than both the state and United States average prices of 28.57 and 16.73 cents per kilowatt hour, respectively. Non-renewable fuels are regularly used in electricity generation in the city, resulting in around 0.23 megawatt hours being produced from these fuels per person a year. Rhode Island Energy (Narragansett Electirc Co) is the largest vendor in the city based on megawatt hours sold.

Releasing 220,407,456.69 kilograms of CO2 emissions each year, Cranston is the 3rd highest out of 37 cities in the state for total pollution from electricity consumption. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per citizen in the city, which amounts to 2,673.81 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This measurement ranks Cranston as the 36th highest polluting city in Rhode Island. The city has one power plant. In Cranston, Natural Gas makes up 99.90% of the fuel sources used in electricity generation.