Spokane County, Washington Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The average residential electricity rate for Spokane is about 8.47 cents per kilowatt hour. Luckily, this is 17.76% below Washington's average rate of 10.30 cents, ranking the city at 51st best for average electricity rate out of 645 cities in the state. According to government surveys, there are 196,282 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. Electricity production plants in the city produce, on average, 0.26 megawatt hours per citizen from non-renewable fuel sources, which means they are 10th out of 645 cities in Washington.

Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Spokane averages 1,985.61 kilograms of CO2 emissions per citizen from electricity use, which ranks them 10th worst in Washington out of 645 cities for emissions efficiency. At 1,985.61 kilograms per person and 225,709 residents in the city, the city emits 448,170,673.98 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 4th highest amount in the state for total pollution from electricity use. Conventional Hydroelectric makes up 64.68% of the fuel types used for electricity production in Spokane. Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste and Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste make up 19.42% and 15.89% of production, respectively. Spokane has 4 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 8.35 cents per kilowatt hour. Luckily, this is 18.93% below Washington's average rate of 10.30 cents, ranking the city at 47th best for average electricity rate out of 645 cities in the state. Natural gas is one of the major fuel types used in the US, and Spokane Valley is in on the action. They generate 69,727 megawatt hours from the burning of natural gas. Non-renewable fuel types are used to produce 69,727 megawatt hours in the city, which is 100.00% of the total production.

Emissions in Spokane Valley average 1,406.07 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person from electricity use, making them the 13th worst polluting city out of 645 cities in the state based on emissions per capita. At 1,406.07 kilograms per person and 102,178 people in the city, the city emits 143,669,899.14 kilograms of CO2 emissions each year. This is the 9th 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.