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This page contains historical information about energy production and usage in Mississippi. For more current information about energy policy in Mississippi, see this article.

Note: The information on this page comes largely from federal government sources, including the U.S. Energy Information Administration and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Other sources may provide different data. Information from government sources has been used here for the sake of facilitating state-by-state comparisons.

As published in 2015

Energy production

See also: Electricity generation by state and Fossil fuel production

The tables below display information about energy production in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]

Where electricity comes from, December 2014
State Petroleum Natural gas Coal Nuclear Hydroelectric Other renewable Total (thousand MWh)
Mississippi -- 60.70% 13.60% 22.80% 0.0% 2.90% 4,605
Alabama -- 38.60% 28.70% 23.70% 6.70% 2.20% 10,969
Arkansas -- 12.90% 52.50% 28.30% 3.40% 2.80% 4,867
Louisiana -- 57.30% 14.40% 17.40% 0.90% 2.90% 7,905
Tennessee 0.10% 6.50% 33.90% 43.60% 15.0% 1.60% 5,858
United States 2.88% 30.30% 37.21% 17.38% 10.22% 8.83% 6,279
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates"
Fossil fuel production
State Crude oil
(thousand barrels, December 2014) 		Natural gas
(million cubic feet) 2013 		Coal
(thousand short tons, 2013) 		Crude oil refining capacity
(barrels per day, January 2014) 		Total energy production
(Trillion BTU, 2012)
Mississippi 2,152 59,272 2,953 364,000 387
Alabama 827 196,326 19,321 120,100 1,434
Arkansas 584 1,139,654 98 90,500 1,472
Louisiana 5,766 2,406,834 3,971 3,274,520 3,794
Tennessee 31 5,400 1,090 180,000 469
United States 235,080 24,381,632 1,015,135 17,924,630 74,639
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Profile and Energy Estimates"


Renewable energy

See also: Renewable energy generation

The table below provides information about renewable energy generation in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1][2]

Renewable energy generation, December 2013
State Rank Percent renewable Renewable electricity (GWh) Total electricity (GWh)
Mississippi 45 2.72% 1,494 54,864
Alabama 25 9.20% 12,979 140,963
Arkansas 31 6.70% 4,132 61,581
Louisiana 42 3.65% 3,801 103,992
Tennessee 19 13.30% 10,693 80,257
United States -- 13.20% 539,809 4,092,935
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "Electric Power Monthly with Data for December 2013"


Energy spending

See also: Fossil fuel spending

The table below provides information about energy spending in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]

Energy spending (in millions of dollars)
State Petroleum
2012 		Natural gas
2013 		Coal
2013 		Per capita spending
(not in millions of dollars, 2012) 		Total state spending
2012
Mississippi $10,304 $1,641 $368 $5,132 $15,327
Alabama $14,525 $2,593 $1,804 $5,042 $24,291
Arkansas $8,853 $1,495 $671 $4,618 $13,623
Louisiana $30,522 $3,934 $692 $8,544 $39,322
Tennessee $18,006 $1,576 $1,204 $4,436 $28,636
United States $17,664 $2,656 $905 $4,852 $27,067
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates"

Energy use

See also: Home heating sources

The table below provides information about energy use in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]

Home heating sources, 2013
State Natural gas Fuel oil Electricity Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) Other/none
Mississippi 31.0% 0.10% 55.20% 11.80% 1.80%
Alabama 28.50% 0.20% 63.10% 6.70% 1.60%
Arkansas 40.30% 0.10% 47.60% 7.10% 4.90%
Louisiana 34.90% -- 61.80% 2.20% 1.0%
Tennessee 32.30% 0.40% 60.40% 4.20% 2.70%
United States 46.33% 8.52% 33.11% 6.37% 6.01%
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates"

Energy prices

See also: Electricity prices in the United States, Historical state electricity prices and Historical state natural gas prices

The table below provides information about residential energy prices in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]

Residential energy prices, January 2014
State Electricity price
(cents per kWh) 		Electricity price rank Natural gas price
(dollar per cubic foot) 		Natural gas price rank
Mississippi 10.44 29 $7.94 43
Alabama 10.72 28 $13.05 9
Arkansas 8.29 49 $8.91 28
Louisiana 8.49 47 $8.91 27
Tennessee 9.74 39 $8.4 33
United States 12.35 -- $9.26 --
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates"

Utilities

See also: Electricity prices by consumer type

The table below provides information about electricity prices in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]

Electricity prices by consumer type, January 2014 (in cents per kWh)
State Residential Commercial Industrial
Mississippi 10.44 10.53 6.31
Alabama 10.72 10.75 6.2
Arkansas 8.29 7.4 5.54
Louisiana 8.49 8.68 5.37
Tennessee 9.74 10.0 6.41
United States 12.35 9.34 6.76
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates"

The graph below displays the average residential, commercial, and industrial electricity prices from 2000 to 2014 in Mississippi.[1][3]

Average price of electricity in Mississippi, 2000 to 2014

Energy efficiency

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) tracks energy efficiency at the state level. The table below presents ACEEE's energy efficiency assessments for Mississippi and surrounding states.[4][5]

State energy efficiency ratings, 2014
State Rank Score
Mississippi 47 8.0
Alabama 39 11.0
Arkansas 31 14.0
Louisiana 44 9.0
Tennessee 38 12.0
United States -- 19.17
Source: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, "2014 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard Executive Summary"

Oil and gas activity on federal lands

See also: BLM oil and gas leases by state

The table below provides information about oil and natural gas leases on federal lands in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[6][7][8][9][10]

Oil and gas leasing on BLM lands by state, 2013
State Active permits on BLM lands (FY 2013) Total acres under lease (FY 2013) State percentage of total permits State percentage of total acres
Mississippi 849 475,639 1.79% 1.32%
Georgia 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Kentucky 69 37,998 0.15% 0.11%
North Carolina 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
South Carolina 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Tennessee 2 736 0.00% 0.00%
Total United States 47,427 permits 36,092,482 acres
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management

As published in 2014

Energy consumption

The tables below provide information about energy consumption and spending in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]

Consumption and expenditures: summary and comparisons
Type MississippiAlabamaU.S. Figures
FigureU.S. rank*FigureU.S. rank*Totals
Population3 million314.8 million23313.9 million
Per capita income average$33,07351$35,62543$42,693
Total consumption1163 trillion BTU291931 trillion BTU1797,301 quadrillion BTU
Per capita energy consumption391 million BTU15402 million BTU13312 million BTU
Total spending on energy$15,169 million30$24,479 million19$1,394,088 million
Per capita spending on energy$5,09516$5,09615$4,474
Price of residential natural gas, dollar per thousand cubic feet$9.4432$15.983$12.48
Price of electricity, cents per kWh11.322611.83312.31
Total carbon dioxide emissions, million metric tons (2010)65.532132.7155,631
*Rank is from highest to lowest.
Consumption of energy for heating homes in Mississippi
Source Mississippi 2011 U.S. average 2011
Natural gas 30.6% 49.5%
Fuel oil .2% 6.5%
Electricity 54.7% 35.4%
Liquid Petroleum Gases (LPG) 12.6% 5%
Other/none 1.9% 3.6%


Production and transmission

The tables below provide information about energy production and transmission in Mississippi. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[11]

Energy production by type in Mississippi, 2011
Type Amount generated
(trillion BTU)		 % of state % of USA
Crude oil 140.5 31.87% 1.17%
Natural gas 100.4 22.78% 0.38%
Coal 28.8 6.53% 0.13%
Nuclear 108.2 24.55% 1.31%
Biofuels 7.6 1.72% 0.4%
Other 55.4 12.57% 0.78%
Where electricity comes from in Mississippi
Type Amount generated (MWh) % of state** % of U.S.**
Petroleum-fired 1 0.03% 0%
Natural gas-fired 2,382 63.27% 0%
Coal-fired 572 15.19% 0%
Nuclear 697 18.51% 0%
Hydroelectric 0 0% 0%
Other renewables 112 2.97% 0%
Total net electricity generation 3,765 100% 0%
**Note: Because the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) does not include all of a state's energy production in these figures, the EIA totals do not equal 100 percent. Instead, we have generated our own percentages.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates," accessed January 10, 2017
  2. ↑ U.S. Energy Information Administration "Electric Power Monthly with Data for December 2013," February 2014
  3. ↑ Outlier, "Hot and heavy energy usage: How the demand and price for electricity skyrocketed on a 100° day," September 5, 2012
  4. ↑ American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, "Energy Efficiency Programs," accessed May 19, 2015
  5. ↑ American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, "2014 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard Executive Summary," accessed May 20, 2015
  6. ↑ U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Number of Acres Leased During the Fiscal Year," accessed October 20, 2014
  7. ↑ U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Total Number of Leases in Effect," accessed October 20, 2014
  8. ↑ U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Summary of Onshore Oil and Gas Statistics," accessed October 20, 2014
  9. ↑ U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Number of Drilling Permits Approved by Fiscal Year on Federal Lands," accessed October 20, 2014
  10. ↑ U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Total Number of Acres Under Lease As of the Last Day of the Fiscal Year," accessed October 22, 2014
  11. ↑ U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Data System, Production," accessed February 18, 2014
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