Alameda County, California Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Oakland's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 37.85 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 25.55% above California's average rate of 30.14 cents, resulting in the city ranking 1521st best for average electricity price out of 1617 cities in California. Non-renewable fuel types are used to produce 8,679.92 megawatt hours in the city, which is 25.98% of their total generation. The California average monthly residential electric bill is $145.9, while the Oakland average is 18.07% more at $172.26 per month. This is the 1555th lowest average monthly bill amount for a city in California.

Oakland has 2 power plants, which is the 13th highest out of any city in California. Power generating facilities in the city most often use Other Biomass Gas, which makes up 74.02% (or 24,729.08 megawatt hours) of the fuel types used for electricity generation in the city. Secondary fuels used during electricity generation include Jet Fuel at 25.27% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 0.71% of generation. Tracking emissions on a per capita basis gives us a glimpse of the emissions efficiency of a city. Oakland averages 1,198.73 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident due to electricity consumption, which ranks them 53rd worst in the state out of 1617 cities for emissions efficiency. While not as telling of a statistic (more people almost always equals more pollution), the total pollution of Oakland from electricity consumption is 516,089,974.89 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which ranks as the 8th highest amount in California.

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Fremont's average residential electricity rate per kilowatt hour is 37.85 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 25.55% above California's average rate of 30.14 cents, resulting in the city ranking 1521st best for average electricity price out of 1617 cities in California. The US average monthly residential electric bill is $138.02, while the Fremont average is 24.81% higher at $172.26 per month. East Bay Community Energy has an estimated 65,707 residential customers, more than any other supplier who operates in the city.

As the 27th worst ranked city out of 1617 cities in the state, Fremont emits 263,228,834.4 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use. Averaging 1,175.87 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the city ranks 474th worst in California for emissions per capita. Electricity companies who provide service in Fremont have to rely on electricity produced in neighboring communities and rural areas, since no electricity production occurs in the city limits.