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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (North Dakota)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 9,402 40
Electric utilities 6,673 32
IPP & CHP 2,729 37
Net generation (megawatthours) 42,068,807 34
Electric utilities 32,581,700 29
IPP & CHP 9,487,107 36
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 35,940 8
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 30,251 14
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 27,040 23
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1.7 4
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 1.4 5
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,414 7
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 28,202,179 38
Full service provider sales 28,202,179 37
Energy-only provider sales . .
Direct use (megawatthours) 179,455 44
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 8.03 51
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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