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- Natural gas deliveries to South Carolina's electric power sector more than doubled from 2013 to 2023. The sector accounted for 55% of the state's natural gas consumption in 2023.
- South Carolina’s per capita natural gas consumption ranks among the lowest one-fourth of the states, due in part to the state's mild winters. About one in four households in the state rely on natural gas for heating.
- South Carolina’s four nuclear power plants supplied 55% of the state’s total electricity net generation in 2023, and the state was the third-largest producer of nuclear power in the nation.
- South Carolina’s industrial sector, which includes the manufacture of chemicals and motor vehicles, is its largest end-use energy sector and accounts for about one-third of the state’s total energy consumption.
- South Carolina ranks among the top one-fifth of states in residential sector per capita electricity use. About 70% of state households heat with electricity and nearly all of them have electric air conditioning.
Last Updated: February 20, 2025