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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 (Kentucky)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 18,336 24
Electric utilities 17,373 17
IPP & CHP 963 48
Net generation (megawatthours) 63,217,080 24
Electric utilities 62,093,667 14
IPP & CHP 1,123,412 49
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 37,690 7
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 32,085 12
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 50,039 6
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1.2 6
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 1.0 12
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,741 3
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 71,223,021 20
Full service provider sales 71,223,021 17
Energy-only provider sales . .
Direct use (megawatthours) 347,254 35
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.96 40
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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