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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Georgia)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 36,198 7
Electric utilities 25,381 6
IPP & CHP 10,817 11
Net generation (megawatthours) 126,484,633 9
Electric utilities 100,541,863 5
IPP & CHP 25,942,770 16
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 46,673 8
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 40,085 11
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 43,772 14
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 12
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 28
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 761 30
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 145,035,204 6
Full service provider sales 145,035,204 4
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 5,090,678 6
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 12.00 17
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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