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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (North Carolina)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 35,020 8
Electric utilities 26,409 6
IPP & CHP 8,611 13
Net generation (megawatthours) 129,923,364 7
Electric utilities 108,153,193 2
IPP & CHP 21,770,171 17
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 28,501 18
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 43,064 10
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 41,244 15
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 27
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 28
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 698 35
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 135,693,077 8
Full service provider sales 135,693,077 5
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 1,994,345 16
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.29 35
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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