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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Louisiana)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 24,963 17
Electric utilities 16,732 18
IPP & CHP 8,231 18
Net generation (megawatthours) 97,784,565 15
Electric utilities 60,863,429 15
IPP & CHP 36,921,136 11
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 25,941 14
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 58,305 3
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 42,944 13
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 17
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 1.2 7
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 966 17
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 95,374,457 14
Full service provider sales 95,374,457 9
Energy-only provider sales . .
Direct use (megawatthours) 17,064,723 2
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 8.91 49
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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