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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2024 Release Date: November 10, 2025 Next Release: November 2026
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Alaska Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2024 Summary statistics (Alaska)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 2,853 48
Electric utilities 2,639 39
IPP & CHP 215 50
Net generation (megawatthours) 6,690,506 48
Electric utilities 6,020,426 38
IPP & CHP 670,080 50
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 2,275 40
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 20,325 23
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 3,636 44
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 10
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 6.1 1
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,196 9
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 6,046,503 50
Full service provider sales 6,046,503 47
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 228,890 43
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 22.17 6
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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