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US power-plant evidence

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Official EIA plant identity, generator capacity, technology and annual generation joined into one sourced US power-plant record.

IdentityEIA plant and operatorStable IDs, place and grid context
EquipmentGenerators and technologyOperating, proposed and retired units
Output2024 final generationMonthly and annual EIA-923 evidence

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How represented capacity differs by state

Compare the nameplate capacity recorded in this EIA snapshot. Capacity measures equipment scale, not electricity generated or demand.

TX179,581.2
CA101,974.8
FL77,937.3
PA52,838.4
IL50,525.6
NY44,066.7
GA42,546.3
NC39,630.5
AZ36,344.9
OK34,436.8
MI33,798.9
OH33,145.1

MW of nameplate capacity · 2024 final edition · US Energy Information Administration. 12 of 51 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Largest represented states shown. The source corpus is the comparison group.

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How represented capacity differs by state — MW of nameplate capacity
RecordMW of nameplate capacity
TX179,581.2
CA101,974.8
FL77,937.3
PA52,838.4
IL50,525.6
NY44,066.7
GA42,546.3
NC39,630.5
AZ36,344.9
OK34,436.8
MI33,798.9
OH33,145.1

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01Plant, operator and EIA identity

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02Operating, proposed and retired generators

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03Capacity, fuel and technology mix

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157 plants

AK

3,107 MW represented

104 plants

AL

32,810 MW represented

145 plants

AR

17,922 MW represented

231 plants

AZ

36,345 MW represented

2171 plants

CA

101,975 MW represented

342 plants

CO

21,647 MW represented

201 plants

CT

10,828 MW represented

22 plants

DC

66 MW represented

43 plants

DE

3,449 MW represented

405 plants

FL

77,937 MW represented

315 plants

GA

42,546 MW represented

93 plants

HI

3,599 MW represented

331 plants

IA

24,421 MW represented

160 plants

ID

5,812 MW represented

566 plants

IL

50,526 MW represented

269 plants

IN

30,547 MW represented

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