National State Electric - Primary Fuel Source Rankings

Table A1. Selected Electric Industry Summary Statistics by State, 2008 State Primary Fuel Source Net Generation Carbon Dioxide Emissions (MWh) Rank (1000 Metric Tons) Rank Alabama Coal 145,869,895 7 82,917 10 Alaska Gas 6,774,834 50 4,367 46 Arizona Coal 119,459,172 12 58,423 16 Arkansas Coal 55,050,528 26 30,468 31 California Gas 207,984,263 4 62,544 14 Colorado Coal 53,441,594 28 41,480 24 Connecticut Nuclear 30,409,473 40 9,429 41 Delaware Coal 7,523,839 46 6,589 44 District of Columbia Petroleum 72,316 51 70 50 Florida Gas 219,636,818 3 120,969 5 Georgia Coal 136,173,395 9 89,500 8 Hawaii Petroleum 11,376,385 45 9,046 42 Idaho Hydroelectric 11,970,553 44 1,015 49 Illinois Coal 199,475,178 5 105,766 6 Indiana Coal 129,510,294 10 124,295 3 Iowa Coal 53,086,786 29 45,835 22 Kansas Coal 46,630,321 32 37,065 28 Kentucky Coal 97,863,340 16 93,909 7 Louisiana Gas 92,453,141 17 54,603 17 Maine Gas 17,094,919 43 5,313 45 Maryland Coal 47,360,953 31 29,121 32 Massachusetts Gas 42,505,478 35 22,248 35 Michigan Coal 114,989,806 13 77,086 12 Minnesota Coal 54,763,360 27 37,498 27 Mississippi Gas 48,205,711 30 25,879 33 Missouri Coal 91,028,795 19 77,144 11 Montana Coal 29,637,137 41 20,226 36 Nebraska Coal 32,373,522 39 22,304 34 Nevada Gas 35,089,974 37 18,121 38 New Hampshire Nuclear 22,876,992 42 6,777 43 New Jersey Nuclear 63,674,789 23 20,072 37 New Mexico Coal 37,009,837 36 30,664 30 New York Gas 140,322,100 8 47,092 20 North Carolina Coal 125,239,063 11 75,247 13 North Dakota Coal 32,734,579 38 32,918 29 Ohio Coal 153,412,251 6 128,758 2 Oklahoma Coal 76,328,908 21 53,145 18 Oregon Hydroelectric 58,718,438 25 10,793 40 Pennsylvania Coal 222,350,925 2 123,855 4 Rhode Island Gas 7,387,266 47 2,988 48 South Carolina Nuclear 100,978,005 15 42,490 23 South Dakota Coal 7,082,672 48 4,011 47 Tennessee Coal 90,663,312 20 58,506 15 Texas Gas 404,787,781 1 252,055 1 Utah Coal 46,578,763 33 39,329 26 Vermont Nuclear 6,820,216 49 7 51 Virginia Coal 72,678,531 22 41,355 25 Washington Hydroelectric 110,828,451 14 13,622 39 West Virginia Coal 91,123,097 18 84,472 9 Wisconsin Coal 63,479,555 24 49,310 19 Wyoming Coal 46,500,448 34 46,517 21 U.S. Total Coal 4,119,387,760 - 2,477,213 - MWh = Megawatthours. MW = Megawatt. * = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure (e.g., for values with no decimals, the smallest unit is 1 and values under 0.5 are shown as *). - (dash) = Data not available.