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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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Georgia Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Georgia)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 37,786 7
Electric utilities 26,481 6
IPP & CHP 11,305 10
Net generation (megawatthours) 129,221,513 8
Electric utilities 105,782,142 2
IPP & CHP 23,439,371 17
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 46,044 4
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 38,053 8
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 43,044 12
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.7 10
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 27
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 733 29
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 142,028,831 5
Full service provider sales 142,028,831 4
Energy-only provider sales . .
Direct use (megawatthours) 4,764,167 7
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.06 26
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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