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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Arkansas)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 14,954 30
Electric utilities 13,586 21
IPP & CHP 1,368 44
Net generation (megawatthours) 65,905,030 24
Electric utilities 58,598,394 19
IPP & CHP 7,306,637 38
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 41,239 11
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 21,690 26
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 31,303 19
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1.3 8
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 27
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,045 17
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 48,997,663 30
Full service provider sales 48,997,663 27
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 1,211,942 23
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.91 41
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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