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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (South Carolina)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Nuclear
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 24,286 18
Electric utilities 21,415 9
IPP & CHP 2,871 35
Net generation (megawatthours) 98,709,501 15
Electric utilities 92,254,986 6
IPP & CHP 6,454,515 41
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 22,860 20
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 17,391 33
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 24,857 29
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 22
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 43
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 554 40
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 82,758,432 18
Full service provider sales 82,758,432 14
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,568,082 10
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.74 30
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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