Cooke County, Texas Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 10.60 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Gainesville, which is 16.61% below the average Texas price of 12.71 cents and 26.72% less than the US average of 14.46 cents. PenTex Cooke County Electric Coop is the largest vendor in the city based on residential customer count. The average residential power bill for a resident in the city is $126.32 per month, while the state average is $148.45.

Gainesville citizens average 5,510.84 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita from electricity use, which ranks them 1841st highest in Texas out of 1870 in this category. With total emissions of 95,855,503.28 kilograms, the city ranks 175th highest in Texas for total pollution from electricity consumption, however, it could be argued that emissions per capita is a better measurement of a city's pollution levels. The city has one power producing plant. Gainesville's power plants mainly use Solar, which accounts for 100.00% of the fuel sources used for electricity generation in the city.

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The residential electricity price is 10.60 cents per kilowatt hour for residents of Lake Kiowa CDP, which is 16.61% below the average Texas price of 12.71 cents and 26.72% less than the US average of 14.46 cents. The largest vendor in the city based on megawatt hours sold is PenTex Cooke County Electric Coop. The electricity grid in the city experiences an average of 2.13 outages per consumer per year, with outages lasting about 241.8 minutes per outage. The countrywide averages for outages and outage time frames are 1.21 outages per year and 122.99 minutes each outage.

Lake Kiowa CDP citizens average 5,655.58 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita from electricity use, which ranks them 58th highest in Texas out of 1870 in this category. Total emissions in the city are 12,747,683.26 kilograms, which is the 663rd worst total amount of pollution for all cities in the state. Electricity companies who provide service in Lake Kiowa CDP have to rely on electricity generated in nearby towns or rural areas, since zero electricity generation happens within the city.