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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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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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