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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (Pennsylvania)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 49,766 4
Electric utilities 39 47
IPP & CHP 49,728 3
Net generation (megawatthours) 241,331,434 3
Electric utilities 108,593 46
IPP & CHP 241,222,841 2
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 51,032 7
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 46,341 9
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 79,951 3
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 28
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 41
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 729 34
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 143,340,154 5
Full service provider sales 54,064,886 22
Energy-only provider sales 89,275,268 2
Direct use (megawatthours) 5,737,298 5
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.97 27
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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