Travis County, Texas Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 13.95 cents per kilowatt hour for consumers in Austin, which ranks the city 967th out of 1870 cities in Texas. Non-renewable fuels are often used in electricity production in the city, leading to approximately 2.51 megawatt hours being produced from these fuel types per citizen each year. Solar facilities in the city produce 3,515 megawatt hours, which is 0.14% of the city's total electricity generation.

Electricity use in Austin results in the release of 5,541,938,081.79 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year, which is the 5th largest amount in the state out of 1870 cities. This total results in 5,682.09 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident, ranking the city 28th worst in Texas for emissions per capita. Electricity plants in the city primarily use Natural Gas, which makes up 97.15% of the fuel used for electricity production in the city. When taken together with Landfill Gas (1.51%) and Conventional Hydroelectric (1.21%), the three fuel types account for 99.86% of the production in the city. Austin is home to 12 power plants, which is the 3rd most out of any city in the state.

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The residential electricity price is 14.04 cents per kilowatt hour for consumers in Pflugerville, which ranks the city 1650th out of 1870 cities in Texas. Austin Energy sells an estimated 131,141.04 megawatt hours in the city a year, more than all other electricity providers. Consumers in the city are faced with 0.67 power outages per year, with outages lasting an average of 69.47 minutes. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.44 outages at 123.49 minutes each.

Emitting 359,235,933.97 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Pflugerville ranks 64th highest out of 1870 cities in the state for total emissions from electricity consumption. This total also results in a ranking of 87th worst in Texas for emissions per resident. The city has 2 electricity producing plants, which is the 30th most for a city in the state.