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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (Minnesota)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 18,286 24
Electric utilities 12,101 22
IPP & CHP 6,185 22
Net generation (megawatthours) 59,195,769 29
Electric utilities 42,497,093 22
IPP & CHP 16,698,676 25
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 15,583 25
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 23,621 24
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 23,176 30
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 21
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.8 19
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 861 25
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 66,589,168 23
Full service provider sales 66,589,168 19
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 1,399,578 21
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.08 15
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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