Table 7.5. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Electric Utilities, 2002 - 2011

  Coal Petroleum Liquids
  Receipts Average Cost   Receipts Average Cost  


Period		 (Billion
Btu)		 (Thousand
Tons)		 (Dollars
per
MMBtu)		 (Dollars
per
Ton)		 Average Sulfur Percent by Weight Percentage of
Consumption		 (Billion
Btu)		 (Thousand
Barrels)		 (Dollars
per
MMBtu)		 (Dollars
per
Barrel)		 Average Sulfur Percent by Weight Percentage of
Consumption
Annual Totals
2002 13,967,326 687,747 1.22 24.74 0.87 89.6 407,442 63,809 3.74 23.88 0.99 72.0
2003 15,292,394 746,594 1.26 25.82 0.91 98.6 605,651 95,534 4.68 29.66 0.95 90.7
2004 15,440,681 758,557 1.34 27.30 0.91 98.2 592,478 93,034 4.80 30.57 1.01 89.6
2005 15,836,924 775,890 1.53 31.22 0.94 101.9 566,320 89,303 7.17 45.46 0.89 90.9
2006 16,197,852 797,361 1.69 34.26 0.92 105.8 269,033 42,415 8.33 52.80 0.82 79.2
2007 15,561,395 767,377 1.78 36.06 0.92 100.3 216,349 34,026 9.24 58.73 0.77 59.8
2008 15,347,396 764,399 2.06 41.32 0.93 100.5 240,937 38,891 15.83 98.09 0.60 99.7
2009 14,402,019 719,253 2.22 44.47 0.99 103.4 202,598 32,959 10.44 64.18 0.51 103.5
2010 14,226,995 713,094 2.27 45.33 1.14 98.8 189,790 31,099 13.94 85.07 0.48 101.0
2011 13,723,817 691,484 2.41 47.75 1.17 100.3 144,255 23,859 20.30 122.72 0.53 114.5
2009
January 1,233,059 62,045 2.24 44.50 0.96 93.3 29,873 4,823 8.00 49.53 0.56 109.6
February 1,166,501 58,135 2.29 45.89 1.00 106.9 16,831 2,735 8.22 50.60 0.53 106.8
March 1,262,590 62,252 2.30 46.57 1.05 117.3 13,499 2,206 8.41 51.46 0.48 94.5
April 1,214,078 60,233 2.24 45.13 0.99 121.5 13,236 2,163 8.91 54.54 0.59 101.2
May 1,189,059 59,231 2.24 45.02 0.99 112.5 19,852 3,208 9.27 57.36 0.59 111.9
June 1,216,354 60,505 2.23 44.93 1.00 101.1 19,564 3,162 10.43 64.56 0.58 108.4
July 1,245,525 62,486 2.20 43.88 0.96 99.1 18,610 3,025 11.24 69.15 0.51 102.3
August 1,295,386 64,546 2.23 44.77 0.98 99.7 19,224 3,117 12.09 74.55 0.55 98.9
September 1,189,015 59,392 2.19 43.88 0.99 106.2 10,050 1,659 13.17 79.80 0.35 72.2
October 1,172,832 58,614 2.19 43.72 0.99 105.4 13,372 2,181 12.78 78.32 0.50 84.2
November 1,141,864 57,441 2.14 42.51 0.96 104.9 12,932 2,118 12.87 78.57 0.37 121.1
December 1,075,756 54,372 2.15 42.48 0.97 83.1 15,554 2,561 13.33 80.95 0.37 136.3
2010
January 1,101,993 55,521 2.21 43.89 1.09 82.6 23,632 3,860 13.16 80.54 0.54 88.1
February 1,073,034 53,695 2.26 45.26 1.16 90.6 13,223 2,179 13.59 82.50 0.40 136.3
March 1,231,470 61,038 2.32 46.85 1.16 108.5 11,782 1,943 14.11 85.52 0.28 109.5
April 1,168,587 57,821 2.30 46.45 1.17 115.7 8,388 1,398 14.96 89.76 0.24 85.6
May 1,168,195 58,565 2.27 45.27 1.12 103.0 16,261 2,649 13.61 83.58 0.62 102.2
June 1,169,040 58,803 2.24 44.62 1.13 90.6 18,097 2,937 13.16 81.08 0.62 80.1
July 1,209,770 60,990 2.27 44.95 1.07 87.2 21,588 3,497 13.29 82.07 0.47 98.6
August 1,294,681 64,603 2.30 46.16 1.13 92.5 20,667 3,331 13.08 81.14 0.60 103.1
September 1,208,559 60,693 2.28 45.47 1.11 104.3 18,501 2,988 13.35 82.68 0.62 138.8
October 1,235,011 61,883 2.29 45.68 1.15 120.5 11,210 1,858 14.98 90.39 0.35 117.5
November 1,172,469 58,841 2.27 45.29 1.19 111.1 12,889 2,191 15.82 93.06 0.35 147.4
December 1,194,186 60,641 2.23 43.90 1.14 93.8 13,552 2,267 16.79 100.36 0.25 71.7
2011
January 1,181,833 59,577 2.34 46.34 1.15 90.2 14,279 2,372 16.98 102.20 0.53 107.5
February 1,078,032 54,003 2.36 47.10 1.20 99.2 9,943 1,659 18.27 109.47 0.47 104.4
March 1,160,136 58,691 2.35 46.38 1.12 108.5 13,842 2,284 19.55 118.45 0.52 131.5
April 1,081,336 54,492 2.39 47.40 1.15 110.2 11,543 1,898 20.30 123.47 0.40 90.8
May 1,089,570 54,652 2.45 48.80 1.17 99.4 16,158 2,618 19.03 117.46 0.75 138.8
June 1,109,431 55,560 2.40 47.87 1.21 88.6 15,427 2,528 21.88 133.55 0.66 144.9
July 1,119,264 56,067 2.46 49.04 1.19 80.2 9,455 1,569 21.86 131.77 0.47 82.3
August 1,238,455 61,790 2.49 49.93 1.19 90.7 9,575 1,579 20.63 125.10 0.43 90.3
September 1,200,682 60,402 2.46 48.91 1.18 108.2 10,186 1,683 20.94 126.69 0.49 118.0
October 1,186,062 59,898 2.42 47.86 1.15 118.3 13,068 2,171 21.63 130.21 0.48 146.6
November 1,120,387 56,990 2.39 47.03 1.17 116.6 11,052 1,853 21.75 129.72 0.48 124.5
December 1,158,628 59,362 2.37 46.27 1.15 109.6 9,729 1,645 21.94 129.73 0.48 106.9

* = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure. (e.g., for values with no decimals, the smallest unit is 1 then values under 0.5 are shown as *.)
NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.

Notes:
See Glossary for definitions.
Values are final.
See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and waste coal; coal synfuel and refined coal; and beginning in 2011, coal-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011 coal-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate and residual fuel oils, jet fuel, kerosene, waste oil, and beginning in 2011, propane. Prior to 2011 propane was included in Other Gases.
See the Technical Notes for fuel conversion factors.

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" and predecessor form(s) including Form EIA-423, "Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report" and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants"