Alachua County, Florida Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Gainesville's residents pay an average residential electricity rate of 19.00 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 25.72% higher than Florida's average rate of 15.12 cents, ranking the city at 953rd best for average electricity rate out of 960 cities in the state. The city ranks 4th in the state out of 960 cities for electricity produced per resident from the use of natural gas. The city produces about 6.71 megawatt hours per resident each year from power plants located within its borders, which ranks them as the 40th highest producing city in Florida out of 960 cities.

Roughly 1,060,155,339.47 kilograms of CO2 emissions are released in Gainesville from electricity use each year. Additionally, the city ranks 6th highest in the state for emissions per capita, which could be argued to be the more important statistic. Natural Gas makes up 71.92% of the fuel types used for electricity production in Gainesville. Secondary fuels used in electricity generation include Wood/Wood Waste Solids at 27.57% and Coal at 0.50% of production. Gainesville has the 5th most electricity generation plants of any city in Florida, with 2 total plants.

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Alachua's residents pay an average residential electricity rate of 14.31 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 5.31% lower than Florida's average rate of 15.12 cents, ranking the city at 41st best for average electricity rate out of 960 cities in the state. With an estimated 4,751 residential customers, Alachua Electric is the largest electricity supplier in the city.

Alachua emits 4,077.79 kilograms of CO2 pollution per capita from electricity use, which makes it the 801st highest polluting city out of 960 cities in Florida based on emissions per capita. This adds up to total emissions of 42,926,912.65 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use, ranking the city 330th highest for total pollution in Florida. The city is home to zero power plants.