Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Harrisburg averages a residential electricity price of 18.90 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 5.89% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 17.85 cents and 17.59% above the US average of 16.07 cents. Natural gas is one of the major fuel types used in the US, and Harrisburg is in on the action. They produce 7,133.57 megawatt hours using natural gas. PPL Electric Utilities is the largest vendor in the city based on residential customer count.

Harrisburg's electricity consumption results in CO2 pollution totaling 194,692,085.46 kilograms, which is 9th highest amount in Pennsylvania out of 1892 cities. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which amounts to 3,896.26 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation Harrisburg is the 16th highest polluting city in Pennsylvania. Electricity facilities in the city mainly use Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste, which accounts for 55,093.42 megawatt hours (or 50.73%) of the fuel types used for electricity generation in the city. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste and Natural Gas are also primary fuel types in the city, with 41.51% and 6.57% of total electricity production being generated from each, respectively. Harrisburg has 3 power generation plants, which is the 2nd highest for a city in Pennsylvania.

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Colonial Park CDP averages a residential electricity price of 18.90 cents per kilowatt hour spent by consumers living within their city limits, which is 5.89% more than Pennsylvania's average rate of 17.85 cents and 17.59% above the US average of 16.07 cents. Residents in the city have an average monthly residential power bill of $151.11. This is 6.06% above the Pennsylvania average bill of $142.47. The largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is PPL Electric Utilities.

Emitting 52,947,017.57 kilograms of CO2 emissions, Colonial Park CDP ranks 42nd worst out of 1892 cities in the state for total pollution from electricity use. This total equates to 3,282.11 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, which ranks the city 119th highest in the state for emissions per capita. The city has no electricity production sources, meaning the companies that service the city must import the 176,740.43 megawatt hours the residents consume annually.