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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2024 Release Date: November 10, 2025 Next Release: November 2026
Archived State Electricity Profiles

Connecticut Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2024 Summary statistics (Connecticut)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 9,994 39
Electric utilities 153 45
IPP & CHP 9,841 13
Net generation (megawatthours) 44,761,412 33
Electric utilities 133,816 45
IPP & CHP 44,627,596 9
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 349 47
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 4,807 43
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 11,002 38
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.0 47
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.2 50
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 541 40
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 27,351,355 39
Full service provider sales 13,863,266 41
Energy-only provider sales 13,488,089 9
Direct use (megawatthours) 912,867 24
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 24.37 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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