State Electricity Profiles

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

New Jersey Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (New Jersey)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	16,838	28
Electric utilities	206	44
IPP & CHP	16,632	7
Net generation (megawatthours)	64,228,924	23
Electric utilities	281,679	44
IPP & CHP	63,947,245	7
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	557	45
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	8,432	40
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	15,112	33
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.0	48
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.3	48
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	518	43
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	71,096,939	21
Full service provider sales	44,699,189	29
Energy-only provider sales	26,397,750	8
Direct use (megawatthours)	1,628,531	19
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	15.27	12
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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