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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Tennessee)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Nuclear
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 21,567 20
Electric utilities 20,499 12
IPP & CHP 1,068 46
Net generation (megawatthours) 78,036,045 20
Electric utilities 74,433,678 10
IPP & CHP 3,602,367 47
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 18,714 21
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 12,138 37
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 26,586 25
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 21
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 45
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 750 31
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 102,112,051 11
Full service provider sales 102,112,051 7
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,200,590 15
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.89 28
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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