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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Alabama)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 28,910 13
Electric utilities 21,001 11
IPP & CHP 7,909 17
Net generation (megawatthours) 144,788,893 6
Electric utilities 103,494,925 3
IPP & CHP 41,293,968 10
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 29,847 16
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 26,279 20
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 52,252 10
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 26
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 41
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 794 28
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 87,027,545 16
Full service provider sales 87,027,545 12
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 4,896,466 7
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.59 24
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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