Washington County, Utah Electricity Rates & Statistics

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On average, St. George's residential electricity rate is 9.53 cents per kilowatt hour, which is, fortunately, 40.45% less than the average nationwide electricity rate of 16.01 cents. St. George produces 16.77% of the electricity needed in the city and must import power from neighboring cities and counties or rural area power plants. The city has allowed a 26.97% rise in non-renewable fuel source usage in their power facilities.

St. George's top fuel source consumed for electricity production is Natural Gas. The city produces 163,392.54 megawatt hours from this fuel source. Other fuel types used include Solar at 2.58% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 0.39% of generation. Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. The city averages 5,892.96 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita from electricity consumption, which is sufficient to rank them 318th highest in Utah out of 334 cities for emissions efficiency. Total emissions in the city are 604,164,346.6 kilograms, which is the 5th worst total amount of pollution for any city in the state. St. George has 5 power generation plants within its borders. This is the highest amount of plants within a city in the state.

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On average, Washington's residential electricity rate is 10.77 cents per kilowatt hour, which is, fortunately, 32.72% less than the average nationwide electricity rate of 16.01 cents. The largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Washington City Utilities.

Washington has zero electricity plants within its borders. The city is the 37th highest ranked city in the state out of 334 when it comes to total pollution due to electricity consumption, with the city releasing 166,920,821.32 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Averaging 6,028.42 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident, the city ranks 6th worst in Utah for emissions per capita from electricity consumption.