Tennessee Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2024 Summary statistics (Tennessee)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Nuclear
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	20,605	20
Electric utilities	19,383	12
IPP & CHP	1,222	48
Net generation (megawatthours)	76,166,766	20
Electric utilities	71,979,795	12
IPP & CHP	4,186,971	46
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	20,016	18
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	15,593	32
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	27,840	23
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.5	15
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.4	37
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	804	23
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	102,962,435	11
Full service provider sales	102,962,435	7
Energy-only provider sales	0	0
Direct use (megawatthours)	2,383,987	13
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	10.90	34
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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