Hidalgo County, Texas Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 15.00 cents per kilowatt hour for McAllen, which is 0.57% less than the average Texas rate of 15.09 cents. Selling an estimated 46,475.98 megawatt hours each year, TXU Energy is the largest supplier in the city. The US average monthly residential power bill is $147.16, while the McAllen average is 16.95% more at $172.11 per month.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis shows us the emissions efficiency of a city. McAllen averages 5,641.62 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident due to electricity consumption. Total emissions in the city are 815,693,743.38 kilograms, which is the 23rd highest total amount of pollution for a city in Texas. All of the electricity sold in McAllen has to be imported from surrounding cities or rural areas, since there are no power production sources within its borders.

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The residential electricity price is 13.78 cents per kilowatt hour for Edinburg, which is 8.63% less than the average Texas rate of 15.09 cents. TXU Energy sells an estimated 32,392.55 megawatt hours in the city each year, more than any other provider. Natural gas is one of the major fuel types used in the US, and Edinburg is in on the action. They produce 4,251,574 megawatt hours from the use of natural gas as the fuel source. This amount ranks the city as the 9th highest in the state out of 1870 cities for totalnatural gas generation.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis shows us the emissions efficiency of a city. Edinburg averages 6,747.24 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident due to electricity consumption. Total emissions in the city are 703,750,512.21 kilograms, which is the 30th highest total amount of pollution for a city in Texas. The city is home to 3 power generation plants, which is the 4th most plants within a city in Texas out of the state's 1870 cities. In Edinburg, Natural Gas makes up 100.56% of the fuel utilized for electricity production.