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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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Virginia Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Virginia)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 28,218 15
Electric utilities 21,020 11
IPP & CHP 7,198 21
Net generation (megawatthours) 91,059,344 16
Electric utilities 68,966,543 12
IPP & CHP 22,092,801 19
Emissions
Sulfur Dioxide (short tons) 11,179 25
Nitrogen Oxide (short tons) 16,453 32
Carbon Dioxide (thousand metric tons) 24,587 28
Sulfur Dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.2 30
Nitrogen Oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 41
Carbon Dioxide (lbs/MWh) 594 37
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 132,318,505 9
Full service provider sales 123,971,580 6
Energy-only provider sales 8,346,925 11
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,349,847 11
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 10.68 33
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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