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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2022 Release Date: November 2, 2023 Next Release Date: November 2024
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District of Columbia Electricity Profile 2022

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (District of Columbia)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source Natural gas - GT
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 51 51
Electric utilities 2 50
IPP & CHP 49 51
Net generation (megawatthours) 160,237 51
Electric utilities 334 51
IPP & CHP 159,903 51
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 1 51
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 459 51
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 64 50
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.0 49
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 5.7 2
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 874 23
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 10,241,534 47
Full service provider sales 3,770,401 51
Energy-only provider sales 6,471,133 12
Direct use (megawatthours) 139,170 46
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 14.94 11
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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