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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2022 Release Date: November 2, 2023 Next Release Date: November 2024
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Massachusetts Electricity Profile 2022

Table 1. 2022 Summary statistics (Massachusetts)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 12,767 33
Electric utilities 1,045 42
IPP & CHP 11,722 9
Net generation (megawatthours) 21,026,161 41
Electric utilities 529,283 43
IPP & CHP 20,496,878 19
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 2,449 41
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 8,129 41
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 9,098 40
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.2 35
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.8 17
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 952 20
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 50,983,440 29
Full service provider sales 18,018,552 39
Energy-only provider sales 32,964,888 6
Direct use (megawatthours) 838,517 27
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 21.27 3
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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