State Electricity Profiles

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

Delaware Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Delaware)
Item	Value	U.S. rank
Primary energy source		Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	3,296	46
Electric utilities	102	46
IPP & CHP	3,194	34
Net generation (megawatthours)	4,772,059	49
Electric utilities	24,560	47
IPP & CHP	4,747,499	45
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	173	48
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	1,505	49
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	2,374	48
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.1	44
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.6	21
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	1,095	13
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	11,081,671	45
Full service provider sales	7,361,863	45
Energy-only provider sales	3,719,808	17
Direct use (megawatthours)	707,486	28
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	12.85	17
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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