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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (New York)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 39,890 6
Electric utilities 10,839 27
IPP & CHP 29,051 5
Net generation (megawatthours) 124,944,935 9
Electric utilities 36,774,858 28
IPP & CHP 88,170,077 6
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 7,826 32
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 29,077 18
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 28,355 23
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.1 43
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 38
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 499 44
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 141,423,778 6
Full service provider sales 75,558,614 16
Energy-only provider sales 65,865,164 5
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,133,416 15
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 16.11 9
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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