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The Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Power Plants 2007- 2008
Jan 22, 2010
The "Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Power Plants 2007- 2008" is available on EIA's Electricity page. Between 2007 and 2008, the cost of coal delivered to electric power plants increased 17 percent, from 177 cents per MMBtu to 207 cents per MMBtu. The cost of delivered natural gas increased 27 percent, from 711 cents per MMBtu to 902 cents per MMBtu, over the same time period. For the first time, this publication includes estimates of fossil fuel receipts to fossil-fueled plants under 50 megawatts.
Electric Power Annual 2008
Jan 21, 2010
The Electric Power Annual 2008 is now available. In 2008, electricity generation and sales were adversely affected by the weakening economy. Annual net electric power generation decreased for the first time since 2001, dropping 0.9 percent from 4,157 million megawatthours in 2007 to 4,119 million megawatthours. However, the average retail electricity price for all U.S. customers rose 6.7 percent during the year to 9.74 cents per kilowatthour.
Monthly Flash Estimate (MFE)
Jan 19, 2010
The January issue of the Monthly Flash Estimate (MFE) of Electric Power Data is available on EIA's Electricity page. This issue provides early highlights of November, 2009 electricity data. In November 2009, retail sales of electricity decreased by 4.1 percent compared to November 2008. The average U.S. retail price of electricity decreased 4.1 percent in November 2009 compared to the previous year.
Wholesale Market Data
Jan 19, 2010
This site contains spreadsheets with wholesale electricity price data from the Intercontinental Exchange through December 31, 2009. The files contain peak prices, volumes, and number of transactions at six electricity trading hubs covering most regions of the United States.
Electric Power Monthly October 2009 data
Jan 15, 2010
The latest EPM issue (January 2009) is now available on EIA's Electricity page. Data are for October 2009, during which net generation in the United States dropped by 3.8 percent and consumption of coal for power generation was down by 6.6 percent compared to October 2008. The average retail price of electricity for October 2009 was 9.81 cents per kilowatthour (kWh), 3.9 percent lower than September 2009 when the average retail price of electricity was 10.21 cents per kWh, and 2.3 percent lower than October 2008, when the price was 10.04 cents per kWh.
Historical copies of the EPM tables in Excel format are located at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_ex_bkis.html
OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet
Jan 13, 2010
Based on projections from the EIA January 2010 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could earn $767 billion of net oil export revenues in 2010 and $833 billion in 2011. Last year, OPEC earned $573 billion in net oil export revenues, a 41 percent decrease from 2008. Saudi Arabia earned the largest share of these earnings, $154 billion, representing 27 percent of total OPEC revenues. On a per-capita basis, OPEC net oil export earning reached $1,553 in 2009, a 42 percent decrease from 2008.
Short-Term Energy Outlook January 2010
Jan 12, 2010
Short-term energy projections for supply, demand, and price for the major fuels through 2011 for the U.S. International oil forecasts are included.
International Petroleum Monthly - December 2009
Jan 11, 2010
This report contains world petroleum production data through October 2009; and OECD country
petroleum demand, imports, and stocks data through September 2009. Also
included are international oil balance data for 2005-2009 and annual petroleum data series for 1970-2008.
Federal Register notice: Informational: Refinery Outage Survey
Jan 8, 2010
A Federal Register notice was published on December 31, 2009, to inform the pubic of EIA's plans for a refinery outage survey and that a notice requesting public comments on a proposed survey would be forthcoming in 2010.
Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturing Activities 2008
Jan 7, 2010
In 2008, total solar thermal collector shipments increased nearly 12 percent from a year ago to almost 17 million square feet. Even with this increase, total shipments were 18 percent below the 2006 level.
Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) - 3rd Quarter 2009
Jan 5, 2010
Provides detailed quarterly coal data for July-September 2009 and
aggregated quarterly historical coal data for 2003 through 3rd Quarter
2009. This report now includes data for coke and breeze commercial
sales, steam and metallurgical coal imports by Customs District, coke
import and export prices, and average quality for receipts at commercial
and institutional coal users. All data for 2007 are final. All data for
2008 are final, with the exception of other industrial consumption,
electric power sector consumption and stocks. All data for 2009 are
preliminary.
January 2010 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for October 2009
Jan 4, 2010
Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level.
Wholesale Market Data
Dec 31, 2009
This site contains spreadsheets with wholesale electricity price data from the Intercontinental Exchange through December 25, 2009 (latest web site update: December 31, 2009). The files contain peak prices, volumes, and number of transactions at six electricity trading hubs covering most regions of the United States.
Revisions in Natural Gas Monthly Consumption and Price Data, 2004 - 2007
Dec 31, 2009
This report summarizes the method in which natural gas consumption data are collected and processed for publication and details the most notable revisions in natural gas consumption data for the period 2004 to 2007. It is intended to assist data users in evaluating the quality of the monthly consumption and price data for residential, commercial, and industrial consumers of natural gas.
Petroleum Supply Monthly
Dec 30, 2009
Supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products on a national and regional level. The data series describe production, imports and exports, movements and inventories.
Solar Photovoltaic Cell/Module Manufacturing Activities 2008
Dec 29, 2009
In 2008, total shipments of PV cells and modules surge more than 90 percent from a year ago to nearly 1 million peak kilowatts.
December 2009 Natural Gas Monthly With Data for October 2009
Dec 29, 2009
Natural and supplemental gas production, supply, consumption, disposition, storage, imports, exports, and prices in the United States.
Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 2008
Dec 24, 2009
Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 2008 (Performance Profiles 2008), a legislatively mandated annual report to the U.S. Congress, was released on December 18, 2009. Performance Profiles 2008 presents a comprehensive financial review and analysis of the domestic and worldwide operations of the major U.S.-based energy-producing companies. The report examines the majors' operations primarily on a consolidated corporate level, by individual lines of business and business segments, and by various geographic regions. The report is available on the EIA web site, at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/perfpro/index.html . (A PDF-version of the report also is available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/perfpro/0206(08).pdf.)
Major findings of Performance Profiles 2008 include:
* Net income fell 32 percent (in constant 2008 dollars) to $87 billion in 2008 from $127 billion in 2007. FRS companies earned a 16-percent return on stockholders' equity (ROE) in 2008, considerably below the average of 25 percent from 2004 to 2007.
* Oil and natural gas production continued to be the most profitable business segment, contributing $72 billion in net income, but this was a decline of 19 percent from 2007. Return on net investment in place (ROI) fell to 13 percent in 2008 from 17 percent in 2007.
* Net income in the refining/marketing segment fell 55 percent from 2007 for FRS companies. ROI for domestic and foreign refining/marketing were nearly identical in 2007, but in 2008, domestic ROI declined to 3 percent and foreign ROI increased to 26 percent, the highest since 1980.
* Cash flow from operations increased 13 percent from 2007 to $220 billion in 2008, despite the decline in net income. The largest use of cash was for capital expenditures, which increased 18 percent from 2007 to $199 billion in 2008, second only to 2006 as the highest ever reported in the FRS survey.
* Expenditures for exploration, development, property acquisition, and production (E&P) increased 31 percent from 2007 to $216 billion in 2008, the highest ever reported on the FRS survey.
* Worldwide production of oil (crude oil and natural gas liquids combined) by the FRS companies declined in 2008 while FRS companies' worldwide oil reserve additions increased 2 percent. Worldwide production of natural gas increased while worldwide natural gas reserve additions fell as the large decline in additions for the U.S. Onshore by itself exceeded increases from five foreign regions.
* Average worldwide finding costs for FRS companies jumped 26 percent from the previous period to $23.84 per barrel of oil equivalent (boe) in the 2006-2008 period. Lifting costs (also called production costs) increased 24 percent from 2007 to $12.59 per boe in 2008.
* Capital expenditures for the FRS companies' domestic refining/marketing segment increased 24 percent from 2007 to $26 billion in 2008 while foreign refining/marketing capital expenditures increased 11 percent.
