Dallas County, Texas Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, citizens living in Dallas are billed a residential electricity price of 13.82 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 3.86% less than the average state price of 14.37 cents and 14.28% below the nationwide average of 16.12 cents. The city generates 864,492.78 megawatt hours from natural gas as the fuel source, ranking them the 19th ranked city in the state for total electricity production from natural gas out of 1871 cities. There has been a 16.31% rise in the use of sustainable fuels (think solar, wind or hydro power) in Dallas over the course of the previous year. It's great to see these fuels slowly replace nonrenewable fuels such as coal or oil.

Dallas has roughly 93.18% of its electricity generated by Natural Gas. Other fuel sources used include Distillate Fuel Oil at 3.83% and Landfill Gas at 2.99% of production. Approximately 7,684,067,290.17 kilograms of CO2 emissions are released in the city due to electricity consumption. The city also ranks 21st worst in Texas in emissions per resident, averaging 5,912.85 kilograms of CO2 emissions emissions per resident. This is, perhaps, the more important of the two rankings. There are 5 power producing plants in Dallas, which is the 7th most plants in a city in the state.

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On average, citizens living in Irving are billed a residential electricity price of 13.82 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 3.86% less than the average state price of 14.37 cents and 14.28% below the nationwide average of 16.12 cents. Power plants in the city produce, on average, 0 megawatt hours per citizen from non-renewable energy sources. This makes it 85th in the state out of 1871 cities. The city has seen a 46.15% decrease in non-renewable fuel use in their electric generation facilities.

Electricity use in Irving results in the release of 1,443,785,116.29 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year, which is the 12th highest amount in Texas out of 1871 cities. This total also results in a ranking of 79th highest in the state for emissions per capita. The top fuel source consumed in Irving is Distillate Fuel Oil. The city generates 100.00% of the total production in the city from this fuel source. Irving has the 47th highest number of electricity plants of any city in Texas, with one total power plant.