Cherokee County, South Carolina Electricity Rates & Statistics
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Cherokee County, South Carolina Electricity Overview
Cherokee County emits 7,434.48 kilograms per capita of CO2 equivalent gases. It is the 668th highest polluting county in the country by per capita emissions.
There was a 8.32% drop in CO2 emissions per capita in the previous 12 months in Cherokee County.
With 56,204 citizens living within the county and 911,806.58 megawatt hours produced a year, Cherokee County has a megawatt hour per capita production of 16.22 megawatt hours. The city is 770th highest megawatt hour per capita amount in the US.
Cherokee County has experienced a 23.98% decline during the previous year in the usage of renewable fuels for electricity generation.
Cherokee County is home to over 56,204 citizens and produces 7,570 megawatt hours of electricity from solar sources, or 0.13 megawatt hour per capita. This ranks Cherokee County 23rd in the state out of 46 counties for solar megawatt hours generated per person.
The national average residential rate per kilowatt hour is 16.01 cents, while residents of Cherokee County enjoy an average rate that is 16.63% less at 13.35 cents per kilowatt hour.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Total Consumption
880,812 MWh
Consumption per Capita
15.67 MWh
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Total Production
911,807 MWh
Production from Renewable Energy
74,441 MWh
Production from Non-Renewable Energy
837,366 MWh
Production per Capita
16.22 MWh
EMISSIONS
CO2 Emissions
417,847,764 kg
CO2 Emissions per Capita
7,434.48 kg
Recent Energy News in Gaffney
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Residential Electricity Prices
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate national rank dropped by 2,062 positions to 5,786th, from last year's value of 3,724th
- In Gaffney, the residential electricity rate national rank dropped by 643 positions to 8,318th, from last month's value of 7,675th
- In Gaffney, the residential electricity rate national rank increased by 134 positions to 8,318th, from last year's value of 8,452nd
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate national rank increased by 33 positions to 5,786th, from last month's value of 5,819th
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate increased by 7.65% to 12.72 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 11.81 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the residential electricity rate decreased by 3.45% to 12.54 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 12.98 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the residential electricity rate state rank increased by 2 positions to 186th, from last month's value of 188th
- In Gaffney, the residential electricity rate decreased by 1.26% to 12.54 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 12.7 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the residential electricity rate state rank increased by 1 position to 186th, from last year's value of 187th
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average residential electricity rate decreased by 0.1% to 12.72 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 12.73 ¢ / kWh
Commercial Electricity Prices
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate national rank dropped by 1,948 positions to 4,495th, from last year's value of 2,547th
- In Gaffney, the commercial electricity rate national rank dropped by 3,792 positions to 6,878th, from last month's value of 3,086th
- In Gaffney, the commercial electricity rate national rank dropped by 1,818 positions to 6,878th, from last year's value of 5,060th
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate national rank increased by 57 positions to 4,495th, from last month's value of 4,552nd
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate state rank dropped by 36 positions to 198th, from last year's value of 162nd
- In Gaffney, the commercial electricity rate state rank dropped by 26 positions to 197th, from last month's value of 171st
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate increased by 8.55% to 10 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 9.21 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the commercial electricity rate increased by 14.97% to 9.95 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 8.65 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate state rank increased by 1 position to 198th, from last month's value of 199th
- In Gaffney, the commercial electricity rate state rank increased by 2 positions to 197th, from last year's value of 199th
- In Gaffney, the commercial electricity rate decreased by 1.06% to 9.95 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 10.05 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average commercial electricity rate decreased by 0.09% to 10 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 10 ¢ / kWh
Industrial Electricity Prices
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate national rank dropped by 3,866 positions to 4,971st, from last year's value of 1,105th
- In Gaffney, the industrial electricity rate national rank increased by 1,298 positions to 6,449th, from last month's value of 7,747th
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate national rank dropped by 463 positions to 4,971st, from last month's value of 4,508th
- In Gaffney, the industrial electricity rate national rank increased by 237 positions to 6,449th, from last year's value of 6,686th
- In Gaffney, the industrial electricity rate state rank increased by 155 positions to 185th, from last month's value of 340th
- In Gaffney, the industrial electricity rate state rank increased by 93 positions to 185th, from last year's value of 278th
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate state rank dropped by 22 positions to 185th, from last year's value of 163rd
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate increased by 12.09% to 6.76 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 6.03 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the industrial electricity rate decreased by 4.39% to 6.73 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 7.04 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate state rank dropped by 1 position to 185th, from last month's value of 184th
- In Gaffney, the industrial electricity rate decreased by 1.01% to 6.73 ¢ / kWh, from last year's value of 6.8 ¢ / kWh
- In Gaffney, the 12 month rolling average industrial electricity rate decreased by 0.08% to 6.76 ¢ / kWh, from last month's value of 6.76 ¢ / kWh
Gaffney Electricity Pricing Data
Average Residential Electricity Rate for January, 2024
12.54¢ per kWh
- 3.45% lower than last month
- 1.26% lower than January last year
- 6.6% lower than the South Carolina average
- 19.71% lower than the US average
- 186th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has increased by 2 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 1 since January last year
- 8,318th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 643 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 134 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Rate
12.72¢ per kWh
- 0.1% lower than last month
- 7.65% higher than January last year
- 7.36% lower than the South Carolina average
- 25.07% lower than the US average
- 184th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 5,786th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has increased by 33 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 2,062 since January last year
Average Residential Electricity Bill for January, 2024
$177.12 per month
- 4.08% higher than last month
- 24.36% higher than January last year
- 3.9% lower than the South Carolina average
- 17.32% higher than the US average
- 344th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has increased by 20 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 161 since January last year
- 20,388th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has increased by 2,324 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 8,128 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Residential Bill
$130.98 per month
- 2.26% higher than last month
- 4.69% higher than January last year
- 8.33% lower than the South Carolina average
- 1.27% lower than the US average
- 184th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank is the same since January last year
- 13,456th in the US out of 26,964 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 2,039 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 2,223 since January last year
Average Commercial Electricity Rate for January, 2024
9.95¢ per kWh
- 14.97% higher than last month
- 1.06% lower than January last year
- 11.52% lower than the South Carolina average
- 25.43% lower than the US average
- 197th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has dropped by 26 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 2 since January last year
- 6,878th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 3,792 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,818 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Rate
10¢ per kWh
- 0.09% lower than last month
- 8.55% higher than January last year
- 8.51% lower than the South Carolina average
- 29.4% lower than the US average
- 198th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has increased by 1 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 36 since January last year
- 4,495th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 57 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 1,948 since January last year
Average Commercial Electricity Bill for January, 2024
$517.88 per month
- 12.6% lower than last month
- 26.44% higher than January last year
- 13.31% lower than the South Carolina average
- 68.22% lower than the US average
- 256th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has increased by 28 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 94 since January last year
- 11,846th in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has increased by 4,199 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 6,289 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Commercial Bill
$472.56 per month
- 1.95% higher than last month
- 16.3% higher than January last year
- 16.69% lower than the South Carolina average
- 71.13% lower than the US average
- 162nd in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank has increased by 5 since January last year
- 10,242nd in the US out of 26,992 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 943 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 4,152 since January last year
Average Industrial Electricity Rate for January, 2024
6.73¢ per kWh
- 4.39% lower than last month
- 1.01% lower than January last year
- 8.87% lower than the South Carolina average
- 31.48% lower than the US average
- 185th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has increased by 155 since last month
- The state rank has increased by 93 since January last year
- 6,449th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has increased by 1,298 since last month
- The national rank has increased by 237 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Rate
6.76¢ per kWh
- 0.08% lower than last month
- 12.09% higher than January last year
- 2.37% lower than the South Carolina average
- 33.92% lower than the US average
- 185th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has dropped by 1 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 22 since January last year
- 4,971st in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 463 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 3,866 since January last year
Average Industrial Electricity Bill for January, 2024
$25,873.88 per month
- 17.51% lower than last month
- 4.49% lower than January last year
- 68.93% lower than the South Carolina average
- 23.25% lower than the US average
- 255th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank has increased by 3 since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 97 since January last year
- 18,989th in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has increased by 945 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 825 since January last year
12 Month Rolling Average Industrial Bill
$30,287.21 per month
- 0.33% lower than last month
- 8.43% higher than January last year
- 61.63% lower than the South Carolina average
- 11.47% lower than the US average
- 256th in the state out of 460 cities
- The state rank is the same since last month
- The state rank has dropped by 97 since January last year
- 19,343rd in the US out of 26,382 cities
- The national rank has dropped by 284 since last month
- The national rank has dropped by 956 since January last year
Gaffney, SC Electricity Overview
On average, Gaffney's residents spend 11.63 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 17.19% less than the average South Carolina price of 14.05 cents and 27.33% less than the national average of 16.01 cents. Gaffney Electric is the largest vendor in the city based on total residential customers. Customers in Gaffney deal with 0.87 power outages each year with outages lasting on average 82.16 minutes.
Emitting 51,729,561.25 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Gaffney ranks 49th worst out of 475 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity consumption. The city averages 4,118.6 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, which is a better measurement of the city's pollution levels. All of the electricity consumed in Gaffney has to be imported from surrounding cities or rural areas, since there are no electricity production sources within its borders.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Gaffney
Gaffney residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in November.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Gaffney, South Carolina
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas | BUNDLED | 12.65 | 131.1 | 6,909,259.57 | 873,886,121 | |
| Gaffney Electric | BUNDLED | 11.60 | 112.09 | 72,037 | 8,356,000 |
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East Gaffney CDP, SC Electricity Overview
On average, East Gaffney CDP's residents spend 12.04 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 14.29% less than the average South Carolina price of 14.05 cents and 24.79% less than the national average of 16.01 cents. The average monthly residential power bill for a consumer in the city is $120.08 per month, while the state average is $148.21. Consumers in the city enjoy a 18.98% discount compared to the rest of the state. The city ranks 10th in the state out of 475 cities for solar generation per capita.
Emitting 9,431,433.04 kilograms of CO2 emissions, East Gaffney CDP ranks 175th worst out of 475 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity consumption. The city also ranks 463rd worst in South Carolina in pollution per capita, averaging 3,401.17 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per resident. The city is home to one electricity generation plant. East Gaffney CDP's fuel of choice is Solar, with 100.00% of electricity generation using this fuel.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in East Gaffney CDP
East Gaffney CDP residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in November.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in East Gaffney CDP, South Carolina
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas | BUNDLED | 12.65 | 131.1 | 6,909,259.57 | 873,886,121 | |
| Gaffney Electric | BUNDLED | 11.60 | 112.09 | 72,037 | 8,356,000 |
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Blacksburg, SC Electricity Overview
On average, Blacksburg's residents spend 12.71 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 9.52% less than the average South Carolina price of 14.05 cents and 20.60% less than the national average of 16.01 cents. With an estimated 153 residential customers, Duke Energy Carolinas is the largest provider in the city. The average monthly residential electricity bill for a customer in the city is $131.96 per month, while the South Carolina average is $148.21. Customers in the city enjoy a 10.96% markdown compared to other citizens of the state.
Emitting 9,843,443.58 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Blacksburg ranks 172nd worst out of 475 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity consumption. The city averages 4,118.6 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, which is a better measurement of the city's pollution levels. All of the electricity consumed in Blacksburg has to be imported from surrounding cities or rural areas, since there are no electricity production sources within its borders.
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Blacksburg
Blacksburg residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in November.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Blacksburg, South Carolina
| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | City Production (MWh) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad River Electric Cooperative | BUNDLED | 14.83 | 161.43 | 290,157 | 43,020,900 | |
| Duke Energy Carolinas | BUNDLED | 12.65 | 131.1 | 6,909,259.57 | 873,886,121 |
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Electricity Production in Cherokee County, South Carolina
Power Plants in Cherokee County, South Carolina
| Plant | City/County | State | Primary Fuel Type | Production (MWh) | Emission (kg) | Emissions per MWh | Toxic Chemical Release | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cherokee County CogenLS Power (100.00%) | Cherokee County | SC | Natural Gas | 418,180.58 | 169,672,084.4 | 405.74 | ||
Broad River Energy CenterBroad River Energy LLC (100.00%) | Cherokee County | SC | Natural Gas | 290,136 | 164,441,716.13 | 566.77 | ||
Mill Creek (SC)Duke Energy Carolinas (100.00%) | Cherokee County | SC | Natural Gas | 129,049 | 98,437,669.66 | 762.79 | ||
99 IslandsDuke Energy Carolinas (100.00%) | Cherokee County | SC | Conventional Hydroelectric | 45,348 | ||||
Gaston ShoalsNorthbrook Carolina Hydro II, LLC (100.00%) | Cherokee County | SC | Conventional Hydroelectric | 20,071 | ||||
Mohea Solar Energy Center, LLCMohea Solar Energy Center, LLC (100.00%) | East Gaffney CDP | SC | Solar | 7,570 | ||||
Cherokee FallsEnel Green Power (100.00%) | Cherokee County | SC | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1,452 |
Cherokee County, South Carolina Details
Electricity use in Cherokee County results in the release of 417,847,764.15 kilograms of CO2 pollution a year, which is 705th highest amount in the United States out of 3230 counties and 17th highest in South Carolina out of 46 counties. Averaging 7,434.48 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident, the county ranks 668th worst for pollution per capita from electricity consumption. About 88.02% of electricity in Cherokee County comes from generation using Natural Gas. Also used is Conventional Hydroelectric at 7.33% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 3.82%. Cherokee County has 7 electricity generation plants, which is 393rd most in the US.
FAQ
What electricity company is the largest supplier in Cherokee County, South Carolina?
By total megawatt hours sold, Duke Energy Carolinas is the largest electricity supplier in Cherokee County, South Carolina.
How many power plants are in Cherokee County, South Carolina?
Cherokee County, South Carolina is home to 7 power plants generating electricity for the county and surrounding areas.
How many electric companies offer service in Cherokee County, South Carolina?
There are 5 electricity suppliers offering service in Cherokee County, South Carolina.
Which electricity companies offer service in Cherokee County, South Carolina?
| County Customers Rank | Provider | Est. County Customers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke Energy Carolinas | 32,411 |
| 2 | Broad River Electric Cooperative | 8,699 |
| 3 | Gaffney Electric | 7,556 |
| 4 | York Electric Cooperative | 958 |
| 5 | Lockhart Power Company | 787 |
