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Data for 2015  |  Release Date: January 17, 2017  |  Next Release: December 2017  

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Massachusetts Electricity Profile 2015

Table 1. 2015 Summary statistics (Massachusetts)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 13,236 32
Electric utilities 974 42
IPP & CHP 12,263 9
Net generation (megawatthours) 32,085,969 40
Electric utilities 715,117 43
IPP & CHP 31,370,852 12
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 5,185 40
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 12,581 42
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 13,422 38
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 40
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.8 34
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 920 35
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 54,621,088 26
Full service provider sales 26,401,355 36
Energy-only provider sales 28,219,733 8
Direct use (megawatthours) 1,186,376 25
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 16.90 5
kWh = Kilowatthours
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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