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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Illinois)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Nuclear
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 44,163 5
Electric utilities 3,863 36
IPP & CHP 40,300 4
Net generation (megawatthours) 185,223,322 5
Electric utilities 4,344,652 40
IPP & CHP 180,878,670 3
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 57,826 4
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 30,668 15
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 53,796 9
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 18
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 44
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 639 39
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 135,871,580 9
Full service provider sales 56,477,663 24
Energy-only provider sales 79,393,917 4
Direct use (megawatthours) 3,741,095 9
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.94 19
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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