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Discovering Electricity Bargains: Western United States Takes the Lead with Abundant Affordable Power Bills

FRIDAY, JUN 02, 2023

Most of the best deals for electricity are in the western United States, according to a Social Explorer analysis of 2017-21 American Community Survey data. Only 7.5 percent of Americans have a monthly power bill less than $50. The 10 counties with the greatest percentage of households paying less than $50 monthly, however, are all west of the Rocky Mountains.

Among counties with more than 10,000 housing units, 27.4 percent of households in Santa Barbara County, Calif., have a monthly power bill that averages less than $50. It’s followed by San Francisco County, Calif., one of the most expensive places in the nation for housing (26.5 percent); and Chelan County, Wash. (25.7 percent). On the other end of the scale, only 0.2 percent of households in Jackson County, Fla., have a small power bill, followed by Hancock County, Miss. (0.3 percent), and Williamsburg County, S.C. (0.3 percent).

Use Social Explorer’s flexible, intuitive mapping and reporting tools to see how your county stacks up against others for inexpensive monthly power. bills.

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Author: Frank Bass

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