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Southern California Daily Energy Report

Released March 08, 2018 | tags: California consumption/demand electricity exports/imports inventories/stocks most popular +natural gas prices renewables states storage wholesale power wholesale prices
Construction cost data for electric generators

Released May 19, 2017 | tags: annual biomass capacity costs electricity generating capacity +geothermal hydroelectric most popular natural gas oil/petroleum power plants revenue solar utility wind
Capital Cost Estimates for Utility Scale Electricity Generating Plants, Updated

Released November 22, 2016 | tags: AEO costs electricity forecasts/projections generating capacity generation +power plants revenue
Electric Sales, Revenue, and Price

Released October 06, 2016 | tags: annual commercial consumption/demand costs electricity financial markets +industrial most popular prices residential revenue sales states transportation
Effects of the Clean Power Plan

Released June 20, 2016 | tags: AEO AEO2016 CO2 EPA capacity electric generation +electricity electricity generating fuel mix emissions environment forecasts/projections generation greenhouse gases policy power plants prices regulation
Coal power generation declines in United Kingdom as natural gas, renewables grow

Released April 24, 2018 | tags: United Kingdom coal daily electricity generation natural gas +renewables
Direct Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in Fiscal Year 2016

Released April 24, 2018 | tags: Congressional & other requests biofuels coal electricity financial markets forecasts/projections +liquid fuels nuclear oil/petroleum renewables solar wind
Electric Power Monthly

Released April 24, 2018 | tags: alternative fuels capacity capacity factor coal commercial disruption +electricity environment exports/imports generating capacity generation geothermal hydroelectric industrial inventories/stocks monthly most popular nuclear outages power plants prices production/supply renewables residential revenue sales solar states transportation wind wood
Electricity Monthly Update

Released April 24, 2018 | tags: alternative fuels coal commercial costs electric generation electricity +exports/imports generating capacity generation hydroelectric industrial inventories/stocks monthly most popular natural gas nuclear prices recurring report renewables residential revenue sales wholesale power
Fuel cell power plants are used in diverse ways across the United States

Released April 20, 2018 | tags: capacity daily electricity generation natural gas power plants +states

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