Forrest County, Mississippi Electricity Rates & Statistics

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Hattiesburg averages a residential electricity rate of 14.31 cents per kilowatt hour paid by their citizens. This is 7.03% more than Mississippi's average rate of 13.37 cents. There is a shortage of 716,210.35 megawatt hours in the city because of customers using 830.97% more electricity than the city's electricity facilities produce. The largest electricity supplier in the city based on megawatt hours sold is Mississippi Power.

Electricity consumption in Hattiesburg creates 270,036,155.02 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 5th largest emissions amount of any city in Mississippi. This total also equates to a ranking of 420th highest in Mississippi for emissions per resident with an average of 5,736.42 kilograms of emissions per citizen. The city is home to one electricity producing plant. Hattiesburg's power plants most often use Solar, which accounts for 100.00% of the fuel used for electricity generation in the city.

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Petal averages a residential electricity rate of 13.82 cents per kilowatt hour paid by their citizens. This is 3.35% more than Mississippi's average rate of 13.37 cents. Consumers in Petal are faced with 1.36 electrical outages per year with outages lasting on average 160.24 minutes. Consumers in the city pay an average monthly residential power bill of $161.24. This is 1.93% higher than the Mississippi average bill of $158.19.

Electricity consumption in Petal creates 72,892,185.6 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 36th largest emissions amount of any city in Mississippi. This total also equates to a ranking of 350th highest in Mississippi for emissions per resident with an average of 6,426.75 kilograms of emissions per citizen. All of the electricity sold in Petal has to be sourced from surrounding cities and rural areas, as there are no power generation plants within its borders.