Colorado Electricity Profile 2016

Table 1. 2016 Summary statistics (Colorado)

Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	16,078	26
Electric utilities	10,602	27
IPP & CHP	5,476	18
Net generation (megawatthours)	54,418,480	29
Electric utilities	42,191,338	25
IPP & CHP	12,227,142	29
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	19,631	28
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	31,869	24
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	36,075	22
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.7	28
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	1.2	16
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	1,458	11
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	54,802,037	26
Full service provider sales	54,802,037	21
Energy-only provider sales
Direct use (megawatthours)	76,539	47
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	9.83	23
kWh = Kilowatthours. 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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Full data tables 1-14 

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See also:

• State Energy Profiles
• Electric Power Monthly
• Electric Power Annual
• Annual electricity statistics back to 1949
• Projected electricity capacity to 2050
• International electricity statistics
• Electric Power Data Guide