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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (Georgia)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 38,250 7
Electric utilities 28,042 4
IPP & CHP 10,208 11
Net generation (megawatthours) 124,200,528 10
Electric utilities 103,521,223 4
IPP & CHP 20,679,305 20
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 48,870 8
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 37,537 11
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 43,566 14
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.8 15
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 31
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 772 29
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 137,363,952 7
Full service provider sales 137,363,952 4
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 5,099,645 7
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.43 22
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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