Spokane County, Washington Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity rate for Spokane is about 9.19 cents per kilowatt hour. Luckily, this is 9.45% below Washington's average rate of 10.15 cents, ranking the city at 148th best for average electricity rate out of 645 cities in the state. According to government surveys, there are 145,487 megawatt hours of electricity generated at the hydroelectric dams and other facilities in the city. This ranks them 5th in the state out of 645 cities. The city's use of renewable fuel types for electricity generation totals 0.86 megawatt hours per citizen.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Spokane averages 2,046.92 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen from electricity use, which ranks them 7th worst in Washington out of 645 cities for emissions efficiency. At 2,046.92 kilograms per person and 228,989 residents in the city, the city emits 468,721,531.08 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 3rd highest amount in the state for total pollution from electricity use. Conventional Hydroelectric makes up 55.94% of the fuel types used for electricity production in Spokane. Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste and Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste make up 24.23% and 19.83% of production, respectively. Spokane has 3 electricity plants, which is the highest for a city in the state.

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The average residential electricity rate for Spokane Valley is about 8.95 cents per kilowatt hour. Luckily, this is 11.89% below Washington's average rate of 10.15 cents, ranking the city at 121st best for average electricity rate out of 645 cities in the state. The city produces 69,727 megawatt hours from natural gas as the fuel source, ranking them the 5th ranked city in the state for total electricity production from natural gas out of 645 cities. Production from non-renewable fuels makes up 0.68 megawatt hours per citizen in the city.

Emissions in Spokane Valley average 1,401.39 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person from electricity use, making them the 9th worst polluting city out of 645 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. At 1,401.39 kilograms per person and 102,976 people in the city, the city emits 144,309,518.88 kilograms of CO2 emissions each year. This is the 8th worst rank in the state for total emissions. The city is home to one electricity generation plant. When considering electricity generation, Spokane Valley's top fuel is Natural Gas, accounting for 69,727 megawatt hours, or 100.00% of production in the city.