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1 The average residential electricity rate in Seattle is 7.75Â¢/kWh. 2  This average (residential) electricity rate in Seattle is 9.14% less than the Washington average rate of 8.53Â¢/kWh. 3  The average (residential) electricity rate in Seattle is 34.76% less than the national average rate of 11.88Â¢/kWh. The average industrial electricity rate in Seattle is 5.95Â¢/kWh. 2  This average (industrial) electricity rate in Seattle is 44.07% greater than the Washington average rate of 4.13Â¢/kWh. 3  The average (industrial) electricity rate in Seattle is 10.79% less than the national average rate of 6.67Â¢/kWh.
Washington area households paid an average of 13.5 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in August 2015, up 3.1 percent from 13.1 cents per kWh in August 2014. The average price of utility (piped) gas at $1.001 per therm in August was down 4.1 percent from $1.044 per therm a year earlier.t $2.609 a gallon, Washington area consumers paid 5.0 percent less than the national average of $2.745 for a gallon of gasoline in August 2015.