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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2022 Release Date: November 2, 2023 Next Release Date: November 2024
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Iowa Electricity Profile 2022

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Iowa)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Wind
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 22,546 19
Electric utilities 18,083 16
IPP & CHP 4,464 28
Net generation (megawatthours) 72,982,198 21
Electric utilities 58,912,805 18
IPP & CHP 14,069,393 31
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 24,829 19
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 28,161 19
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 26,163 27
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 16
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.8 18
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 789 29
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 54,203,955 28
Full service provider sales 54,203,955 25
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,315,638 14
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.57 44
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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