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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (Louisiana)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 24,866 17
Electric utilities 16,815 17
IPP & CHP 8,052 16
Net generation (megawatthours) 98,715,313 14
Electric utilities 63,844,970 14
IPP & CHP 34,870,343 11
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 39,497 13
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 58,172 4
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 45,917 12
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.8 14
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 1.2 9
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,023 20
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 90,819,346 14
Full service provider sales 90,819,346 10
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 19,636,978 2
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 8.82 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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