State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2024 Release Date: Next Release: November 2025 Re-Release Date: November 6, 2024 (Correction/revision notices)

North Dakota Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (North Dakota)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	9,402	40
Electric utilities	6,673	32
IPP & CHP	2,729	37
Net generation (megawatthours)	42,068,807	34
Electric utilities	32,581,700	29
IPP & CHP	9,487,107	36
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	35,940	8
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	30,251	14
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	27,040	23
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	1.7	4
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	1.4	5
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	1,414	7
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	28,202,179	38
Full service provider sales	28,202,179	37
Energy-only provider sales	.	.
Direct use (megawatthours)	179,455	44
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	8.03	51
Data source: 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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