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Colorado Electricity Profile 2006 Edition

DOE/EIA-0348
Date of Data: 2006
Data Release Date: November 2007

Table 1. 2006 Summary Statistics (Colorado)
Item	Value	U.S.Rank
NERC Region(s)		WECC
Primary Energy Source		Coal
Net Summer Capacity (megawatts)	11,156	31
Electric Utilities	8,034	28
Independent Power Producers & Combined Heat and Power	3,123	30
Net Generation (megawatthours)	50,698,353	28
Electric Utilities	42,055,989	25
Independent Power Producers & Combined Heat and Power	8,642,364	31
Emissions (thousand metric tons)
Sulfur Dioxide	59	30
Nitrogen Oxide	66	26
Carbon Dioxide	41,847	23
Sulfur Dioxide (lbs/MWh)	2.5	34
Nitrogen Oxide (lbs/MWh)	2.9	19
Carbon Dioxide (lbs/MWh)	1,820	12
Total Retail Sales (megawatthours)	49,733,698	27
Full Service Provider Sales (megawatthours)	49,733,698	25
Direct Use (megawatthours)	150,126	42
Average Retail Price (cents/kWh)	7.61	26

More Tables on Colorado's Electricity Profile:	Formats
Table 1. 2006 Summary Statistics	xls	printer friendly version pdf
Table 2. Ten Largest Plants by Generating Capability, 2006	xls
Table 3. Top Five Providers of Retail Electricity, 2006	xls
Table 4. Electric Power Industry Capability by Primary Energy Source, 1990 Through 2006	xls
Table 5. Electric Power Industry Generation by Primary Energy Source, 1990 Through 2006	xls
Table 6. Electric Power Delivered Fuel Prices for Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas, 1990 Through 2006	xls
Table 7. Electric Power Industry Emissions Estimates, 1990 Through 2006	xls
Table 8. Retail Sales, Revenue, and Average Retail Price by Sector, 1990 Through 2006	xls
Table 9. Retail Electricity Sales Statistics, 2006	xls
Table 10. Supply and Disposition of Electricity, 1990 Through 2006 (Million Kilowatthours)	xls