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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2021 Release Date: November 10, 2022 Next Release Date: December 2023
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Colorado Electricity Profile 2021

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (Colorado)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 18,296 23
Electric utilities 11,378 23
IPP & CHP 6,917 19
Net generation (megawatthours) 56,838,472 30
Electric utilities 41,491,555 23
IPP & CHP 15,346,916 26
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 10,413 29
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 19,328 30
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 31,128 19
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 31
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 26
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,205 13
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 56,351,209 26
Full service provider sales 56,351,209 21
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 76,462 48
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.90 17
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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