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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Louisiana)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 24,720 17
Electric utilities 16,736 17
IPP & CHP 7,984 16
Net generation (megawatthours) 105,504,849 13
Electric utilities 67,520,179 14
IPP & CHP 37,984,670 11
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 36,409 13
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 57,461 3
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 48,266 12
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 15
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 1.1 9
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,006 18
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 95,138,998 14
Full service provider sales 95,138,998 9
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 19,472,417 2
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.41 34
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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