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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.
Last December, the price per kWh for electricity in Washington was 3.8 percent below the national average. In 2013 and 2015, prices for the Washington area and the national average for electricity were identical in December. (See chart 2.) The price paid by Washington area consumers for utility (piped) gas, commonly referred to as natural gas, was $1.192 per therm in December, 14.4 percent above the national average of $1.042 per therm.