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State Electricity Profiles

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

Table 1. 2021 Summary statistics (Tennessee)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Nuclear
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 21,401 21
Electric utilities 20,499 11
IPP & CHP 902 48
Net generation (megawatthours) 79,057,209 19
Electric utilities 75,220,515 10
IPP & CHP 3,836,694 47
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 26,985 19
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 12,488 38
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 27,107 27
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 17
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.3 46
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 754 32
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 99,621,137 13
Full service provider sales 99,621,137 8
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,563,917 11
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.78 31
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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