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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2024 Release Date: November 10, 2025 Next Release: November 2026
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Wisconsin Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2024 Summary statistics (Wisconsin)
Item Value Rank
Primary Energy Source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 17,430 27
Electric utilities 15,334 19
IPP & CHP 2,097 44
Net generation (megawatthours) 65,276,344 24
Electric utilities 52,258,080 20
IPP & CHP 13,018,264 32
Emissions
Sulfur Dioxide (short tons) 8,122 28
Nitrogen Oxide (short tons) 23,349 21
Carbon Dioxide (thousand metric tons) 32,335 17
Sulfur Dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.2 29
Nitrogen Oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 18
Carbon Dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,090 11
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 68,291,424 23
Full service provider sales 68,291,424 19
Energy-only provider sales 0 0
Direct use (megawatthours) 1,463,939 21
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 12.72 17
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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