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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2023 Release Date: Next Release: November 2025 Re-Release Date: November 6, 2024 (Correction/revision notices)
Archived State Electricity Profiles
Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (California)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 90,375 2
Electric utilities 28,571 2
IPP & CHP 61,804 2
Net generation (megawatthours) 216,628,794 4
Electric utilities 77,632,620 10
IPP & CHP 138,996,174 4
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 1,043 43
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 65,559 2
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 43,360 11
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.0 50
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 23
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 440 44
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 239,480,452 3
Full service provider sales 152,211,367 3
Energy-only provider sales 87,269,085 2
Direct use (megawatthours) 13,048,166 3
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 24.87 2
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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