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Data for 2015  |  Release Date: January 17, 2017  |  Next Release: December 2017  

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Tennessee Electricity Profile 2015

Table 1. 2015 Summary statistics (Tennessee)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Coal
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 20,220 20
Electric utilities 19,715 14
IPP & CHP 505 48
Net generation (megawatthours) 75,214,636 21
Electric utilities 72,675,778 13
IPP & CHP 2,538,858 46
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 86,557 10
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 23,100 30
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 37,977 20
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 2.3 9
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.6 40
Carbon sioxide (lbs/MWh) 1,111 26
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 99,632,108 13
Full service provider sales 99,632,108 8
Energy-only provider sales    
Direct use (megawatthours) 2,523,087 11
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 9.30 35
kWh = Kilowatthours.
Sources: 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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