Electricity
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Recent Data
August 2016 | % change from August 2015 |
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Total net generation thousand megawatthours |
410,885 | 4.4% |
Residential retail price cents/kilowatthour |
12.90 | -0.2% |
Retail sales thousand megawatthours |
375,848 | 4.7% |
Natural gas consumption million cubic feet |
1,197,948 | 12.0% |
Coal consumption thousand tons |
73,951 | -0.2% |
Cooling Degree-Days | 374 | 19.9% |
Source: Electricity Monthly Update |
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