State Electricity Profiles

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

Tennessee Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Tennessee)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Nuclear
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	20,924	21
Electric utilities	19,634	12
IPP & CHP	1,290	46
Net generation (megawatthours)	77,791,204	19
Electric utilities	74,014,540	11
IPP & CHP	3,776,664	46
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	17,184	22
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	12,084	37
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	25,297	26
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.4	18
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.3	44
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	715	31
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	99,046,005	11
Full service provider sales	99,046,005	7
Energy-only provider sales	.	.
Direct use (megawatthours)	2,222,243	15
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	10.69	32
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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