Electric Power Monthly

Data for March 2013  |  Release Date: May 21, 2013  |  Next Release: June 21, 2013  
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Table ES2.A. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Physical Units, 2013 and 2012
 

Total (All Sectors)
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012
Coal (1000 tons) 64,817 66,648 45.85 46.86 318 546 193,286 215,420 45.36 46.68
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 2,306 1,993 123.96 133.21 171 1,243 5,860 6,338 126.35 131.49
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 284 417 73.77 69.44 8 31 968 1,247 71.54 73.69
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 630,783 794,248 4.40 3.03 697 1,638 1,880,962 2,336,208 4.46 3.39

 

Electric Utilities
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012
Coal (1000 tons) 47,831 48,567 46.67 47.85 222 295 142,501 154,135 46.51 47.11
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 1,607 1,494 126.12 139.37 112 821 3,854 4,355 127.82 134.28
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 190 194 57.27 55.37 5 6 681 586 57.53 59.87
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 271,949 300,446 4.57 3.43 345 624 803,882 865,652 4.48 3.76

 

Independent Power Producers
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012
Coal (1000 tons) 16,226 16,328 42.38 42.12 75 116 48,638 55,833 40.90 43.91
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 658 214 119.28 137.18 51 212 1,886 1,117 124.16 135.16
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 53 104 W W 1 10 156 313 W W
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 297,974 378,379 4.44 2.79 307 557 898,670 1,117,044 4.63 3.19

 

Commercial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012
Coal (1000 tons) 21 132 W 55.65 2 22 55 399 W 56.61
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 0 NM -- NM 0 86 0 NM -- 130.21
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 1 -- W 0 1 0 4 -- W
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 378 NM W 3.73 2 128 1,094 NM W 4.10

 

Industrial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012 March 2013 March 2012
Coal (1000 tons) 739 1,622 W 64.27 19 113 2,093 5,053 W 63.39
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 41 273 114.33 96.58 8 124 120 819 112.23 111.73
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 41 117 W W 2 14 131 343 W W
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 60,482 107,145 W 2.70 43 329 177,316 327,444 W 3.02


NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Number of Plants represents the number of plants for which receipts data were collected this month.
.... A plant using more than one fuel may be counted multiple times.
Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, synthetic coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas.
Petroleum Liquids include distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, propane, and waste oil.
Natural Gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
Petroleum Coke includeds petroleum coke and synthesis gas derived from petroleum coke.
Note: Values are preliminary. Mcf = thousand cubic feet.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'