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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (Iowa)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Wind
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 21,771 20
Electric utilities 17,801 15
IPP & CHP 3,970 29
Net generation (megawatthours) 67,207,008 23
Electric utilities 56,114,741 18
IPP & CHP 11,092,267 32
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 30,015 17
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 26,706 19
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 28,923 22
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.9 12
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.8 20
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 947 22
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 52,893,269 28
Full service provider sales 52,893,269 23
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,172,591 14
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.13 38
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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