State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2023 Release Date: Next Release: November 2025 Re-Release Date: November 6, 2024 (Correction/revision notices)

Connecticut Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Connecticut)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	9,936	38
Electric utilities	153	45
IPP & CHP	9,783	12
Net generation (megawatthours)	40,666,418	35
Electric utilities	135,024	45
IPP & CHP	40,531,395	10
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	513	46
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	5,059	42
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	10,653	38
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.0	47
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.2	49
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	576	38
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	26,685,176	39
Full service provider sales	13,944,987	41
Energy-only provider sales	12,740,189	9
Direct use (megawatthours)	925,931	25
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	24.24	3
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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