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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2024 Release Date: November 10, 2025 Next Release: November 2026
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Georgia Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2024 Summary statistics (Georgia)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 39,746 7
Electric utilities 28,096 4
IPP & CHP 11,650 9
Net generation (megawatthours) 139,805,428 8
Electric utilities 115,578,040 2
IPP & CHP 24,227,388 18
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 44,558 4
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 38,041 8
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 42,718 12
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 11
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 26
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 672 32
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 150,003,965 5
Full service provider sales 150,003,965 4
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 4,923,024 7
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.40 26
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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