Colorado Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2024 Summary statistics (Colorado)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	19,817	22
Electric utilities	11,287	23
IPP & CHP	8,529	17
Net generation (megawatthours)	58,798,395	28
Electric utilities	37,597,975	25
IPP & CHP	21,200,421	21
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	7,353	30
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	14,121	35
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	25,602	27
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.3	28
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.5	31
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	958	16
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	56,842,904	27
Full service provider sales	56,842,904	21
Energy-only provider sales	0	0
Direct use (megawatthours)	293,978	39
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	12.07	22
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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