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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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South Dakota Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (South Dakota)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Wind
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 6,799 41
Electric utilities 3,989 35
IPP & CHP 2,810 36
Net generation (megawatthours) 17,436,158 43
Electric utilities 9,350,152 37
IPP & CHP 8,086,006 37
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 775 44
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 2,847 46
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 2,926 46
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.1 43
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 43
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 369 47
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 13,505,999 43
Full service provider sales 13,505,999 42
Energy-only provider sales . .
Direct use (megawatthours) 59,006 48
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.49 36
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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