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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 13.0 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in February 2017, down 3.7 percent compared to the 13.5 cents per kWh in February 2016. The average price of utility (piped) gas at $1.205 per therm in February 2017 was up 25.5 percent from $0.960 per therm a year earlier. At $2.337 a gallon, Washington area consumers paid close to the national average of $2.360 for a gallon of gasoline in February 2017.