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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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Alaska Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (Alaska)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 2,821 48
Electric utilities 2,607 39
IPP & CHP 215 50
Net generation (megawatthours) 6,717,825 48
Electric utilities 6,022,622 38
IPP & CHP 695,203 50
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 2,070 39
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 22,403 22
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 3,605 44
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 13
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 6.7 1
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,180 9
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 6,024,598 50
Full service provider sales 6,024,598 47
Energy-only provider sales . .
Direct use (megawatthours) 257,915 39
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 21.41 7
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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