State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2023 Release Date: Next Release: November 2025 Re-Release Date: November 6, 2024 (Correction/revision notices)

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.

Electricity