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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 Dakota Electricity Profile 2022

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (South Dakota)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Wind
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 6,324 42
Electric utilities 3,994 35
IPP & CHP 2,330 38
Net generation (megawatthours) 17,900,462 43
Electric utilities 9,133,867 37
IPP & CHP 8,766,595 36
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 827 46
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 2,334 46
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 2,825 45
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.1 44
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 48
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 347 46
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 13,467,064 43
Full service provider sales 13,467,064 42
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 69,385 49
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.44 33
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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