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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Mississippi)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 14,724 31
Electric utilities 13,726 20
IPP & CHP 998 47
Net generation (megawatthours) 67,781,240 23
Electric utilities 62,601,372 16
IPP & CHP 5,179,868 45
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 12,600 28
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 17,555 32
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 27,308 23
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 28
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 34
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 886 22
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 48,979,533 31
Full service provider sales 48,979,533 28
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 1,575,629 19
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.36 35
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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