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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2022 Release Date: November 2, 2023 Next Release Date: November 2024
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Colorado Electricity Profile 2022

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Colorado)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 18,092 24
Electric utilities 10,783 27
IPP & CHP 7,309 19
Net generation (megawatthours) 58,044,009 30
Electric utilities 40,493,662 23
IPP & CHP 17,550,347 25
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 10,430 29
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 19,437 29
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 29,739 21
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 30
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 23
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,127 13
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 56,763,041 26
Full service provider sales 56,763,041 23
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 223,081 41
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.75 22
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, Annual Electric Generator Report, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, Annual Electric Power Industry Report, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report and predecessor forms.

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