What's New for the Electric Power Annual 2022

The Electric Power Annual 2022 (EPA2022) report is now available with final data through 2022. The EPA2022 presents 11 years (2012–22) of national-level data on electricity generating capacity, electricity generation, and useful thermal output, fuel receipts, consumption, and emissions.

The EPA2022 indicates:

• A 2.9% increase in utility-scale electric power generation from 2021 to 2022
• A 3.2% increase in retail sales from 2021 to 2022
• A 10.1% increase in the average residential retail price of electricity from 2021 to 2022
• 30,780 megawatts (MW) of capacity was added from new generators in 2022
• 17,939 MW of capacity was dropped due to retirements in 2022