State Electricity Profiles

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

Rhode Island Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Rhode Island)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	2,289	49
Electric utilities	7	48
IPP & CHP	2,281	39
Net generation (megawatthours)	10,430,846	46
Electric utilities	55	51
IPP & CHP	10,430,791	35
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	43	50
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	2,504	47
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	4,014	43
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.0	51
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.5	33
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	847	22
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	7,300,788	49
Full service provider sales	3,561,845	50
Energy-only provider sales	3,738,943	16
Direct use (megawatthours)	222,124	41
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	21.62	6
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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