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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2020 Summary statistics (South Carolina)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Nuclear
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 24,268 18
Electric utilities 21,604 9
IPP & CHP 2,664 35
Net generation (megawatthours) 98,390,441 15
Electric utilities 92,973,822 6
IPP & CHP 5,416,619 43
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 23,279 21
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 16,331 33
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 25,193 29
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 24
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 45
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 563 40
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 79,792,136 18
Full service provider sales 79,792,136 14
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,449,830 12
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.96 28
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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