State Electricity Profiles
Data for:
2023
Release Date:
October 23, 2024
Next Release:
November 2025
Re-Release Date: November 6, 2024 (Correction/revision notices)
United States Electricity Profile 2023
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Primary energy source | Natural gas |
| Net summer capacity (megawatts) | 1,187,555 |
| Electric utilities | 616,662 |
| IPP & CHP | 570,893 |
| Net generation (megawatthours) | 4,183,270,672 |
| Electric utilities | 2,189,614,522 |
| IPP & CHP | 1,993,656,150 |
| Emissions | |
| Sulfur Dioxide (short tons) | 935,201 |
| Nitrogen Oxide (short tons) | 1,231,410 |
| Carbon Dioxide (thousand metric tons) | 1,531,554 |
| Sulfur Dioxide (lbs/MWh) | 0.4 |
| Nitrogen Oxide (lbs/MWh) | 0.6 |
| Carbon Dioxide (lbs/MWh) | 805 |
| Total retail sales (megawatthours) | 3,874,253,362 |
| Full service provider sales | 3,311,680,131 |
| Energy-only provider sales | 562,573,231 |
| Direct use (megawatthours) | 136,918,155 |
| Average retail price (cents/kWh) | 12.68 |
| 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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