State Electricity Profiles

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

New Mexico Electricity Profile 2023

Table 1. 2023 Summary statistics (New Mexico)
Item	Value	Rank
Primary energy source		Wind
Net summer capacity (megawatts)	10,724	36
Electric utilities	5,089	33
IPP & CHP	5,635	25
Net generation (megawatthours)	39,269,073	37
Electric utilities	20,503,028	33
IPP & CHP	18,766,046	22
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons)	1,965	40
Nitrogen oxide (short tons)	7,870	41
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons)	13,542	36
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh)	0.1	42
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh)	0.4	38
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh)	759	28
Total retail sales (megawatthours)	28,347,490	37
Full service provider sales	28,347,490	36
Energy-only provider sales	.	.
Direct use (megawatthours)	203,730	42
Average retail price (cents/kWh)	9.47	43
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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