Delaware

Energy and power

Installed electric capacity (utility and nonutility) totaled 2.45 million kW in 1999; production of electric power reached 6.9 billion kWh in the same year. Most of the power is supplied by coal- and oil-fired plants. Delaware has no nuclear reactors, nor does it have any fossil fuel resources. In 2000 Delaware's total per capita energy consumption was 386 million Btu (97.3 million kcal), ranking it 17th among the states.