State Electricity Profiles
Data for:
2023
Release Date:
October 23, 2024
Next Release:
November 2025
Re-Release Date: November 6, 2024 (Correction/revision notices)
Massachusetts Electricity Profile 2023
| Item | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Primary energy source | Natural gas | |
| Net summer capacity (megawatts) | 12,850 | 33 |
| Electric utilities | 1,045 | 42 |
| IPP & CHP | 11,805 | 9 |
| Net generation (megawatthours) | 19,695,884 | 41 |
| Electric utilities | 528,607 | 43 |
| IPP & CHP | 19,167,277 | 21 |
| Emissions | ||
| Sulfur dioxide (short tons) | 1,898 | 41 |
| Nitrogen oxide (short tons) | 8,608 | 39 |
| Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) | 8,263 | 41 |
| Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) | 0.2 | 34 |
| Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) | 0.9 | 14 |
| Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) | 923 | 19 |
| Total retail sales (megawatthours) | 50,011,964 | 29 |
| Full service provider sales | 16,555,854 | 40 |
| Energy-only provider sales | 33,456,110 | 6 |
| Direct use (megawatthours) | 793,542 | 27 |
| Average retail price (cents/kWh) | 23.21 | 4 |
| 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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