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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (New Jersey)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 16,712 28
Electric utilities 194 44
IPP & CHP 16,519 7
Net generation (megawatthours) 65,060,636 25
Electric utilities 246,416 44
IPP & CHP 64,814,220 7
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 1,017 45
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 9,219 40
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 15,891 34
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.0 48
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 47
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 537 43
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 74,442,735 21
Full service provider sales 45,629,252 29
Energy-only provider sales 28,813,483 7
Direct use (megawatthours) 1,518,703 20
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 14.80 12
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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