State Electricity Profiles

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

Maryland Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Maryland)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	11,924	34
Electric utilities	1,073	41
IPP & CHP	10,851	11
Net generation (megawatthours)	36,000,650	38
Electric utilities	4,430,716	40
IPP & CHP	31,569,934	14
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	1,814	42
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	5,020	43
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	9,138	40
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.1	41
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.3	47
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	558	39
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	57,033,085	26
Full service provider sales	30,478,122	35
Energy-only provider sales	26,554,963	7
Direct use (megawatthours)	291,383	37
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	14.34	13
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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