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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Rhode Island)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 2,162 49
Electric utilities 7 48
IPP & CHP 2,155 41
Net generation (megawatthours) 7,819,451 47
Electric utilities 346 50
IPP & CHP 7,819,105 37
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 41 50
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 2,133 47
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 2,949 44
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.0 51
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 33
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 830 26
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 7,576,284 49
Full service provider sales 4,329,918 50
Energy-only provider sales 3,246,366 17
Direct use (megawatthours) 194,419 44
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 19.30 7
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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