In the most recent month of electricity data, January 2021, Rainier's average rate of 9.76¢/kWh -- a difference of about -23% from the U.S. average of 12.69¢/kWh that month.[1]
Year over year in Rainier (WA), electricity rates increased an estimated 3 percent -- from 9.43¢/kWh (January 2020) to 9.76¢/kWh (January 2021).[1]
In January 2020, the average electricity rate in Rainier (Washington) of 9.43¢/kWh -- a difference of about -26% from the United States average of 12.79¢/kWh that month.[1]
Average electricity rates in Rainier, WA in January 2021 were 9.76¢/kWh -- an estimated 23 percent less than average rates that same month in the nation as a whole. [1]
→ Any electricity rate value listed as 0 (zero) signifies temporarily missing data.
→ ¢/kWh = cents per kilowatthour
Comparison of Rainier electricity rates versus national average rates. [1]
→ Any electricty rate value listed as 0 (zero) signifies temporarily missing data.
The average amount of solar radition in Rainier (measured on a monthly basis) is 46 percent lower than an area of the U.S. (Nevada) with historically high levels of solar radiation.[2]
July is historically the month that will have the highest solar output (AC) values in Rainier -- averaging an estimated 585 kWhac. January typically has the lowest output (138 kWhac).[2]
The average amount of solar radition in Rainier (measured monthly) is 4 percent lower than an area of the U.S. (Washington) with historically low levels of solar radiation.[2]
The average monthly solar radiation level in Rainier, WA is 3.58 kilowatt hours per square meter per day(kWh/m2/day). See the chart below for monthly comparisons.[2]
→ Any solar value listed as 0 (zero) signifies temporarily missing data.
→ kWh/m2/day = kilowatt hours per square meter per day
The average monthly solar system output (AC) in Rainier, WA is 4429 kilowatt hours (AC). See the visualization below for month-by-month averages in Rainier.[2]
→ Any solar value listed as 0 (zero) signifies temporarily missing data.
→ kWhac = kilowatt hours (AC)
In the most recent month of natural gas data, January 2021, Rainier's average rate of 0.00$/Mcf -- a difference of about -100% from the U.S. average of 9.74$/Mcf that month.[3]
On a year-over-year basis in Rainier (WA), natural gas rates decreased about 100 percent -- from 10.23$/Mcf (January 2020) to 0.00$/Mcf (January 2021).[3]
In January 2020, the average electricity rate in Rainier (Washington) of 10.23$/Mcf -- a difference of about +8% from the United States average of 9.51$/Mcf that month.[3]
Average natural gas rates in Rainier, WA in December 2020 were 10.57$/Mcf -- an estimated 9 percent more than that month's average U.S. rate of 9.74$/Mcf.[3]
→ Any gas rate value listed as 0 (zero) signifies temporarily missing data.
→ $/Mcf = dollars per thousand cubic feet
Comparison of Rainier natural gas rates versus national average rates.[3]
→ Any gas rate value listed as 0 (zero) signifies temporarily missing data.
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Rainier (WA) is a city in Thurston County with an estimated population of 1,794.[4]
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