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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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Alabama Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Alabama)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 31,097 11
Electric utilities 22,950 8
IPP & CHP 8,147 19
Net generation (megawatthours) 139,435,010 6
Electric utilities 97,500,930 4
IPP & CHP 41,934,080 9
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 28,022 13
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 25,726 17
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 46,082 8
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 22
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.4 40
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 727 30
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 84,880,359 17
Full service provider sales 84,880,359 13
Energy-only provider sales . .
Direct use (megawatthours) 5,491,093 6
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.47 25
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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