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With Data for 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2026 Next Release: October 2027
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Table 7.7 Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Independent Power Producers, 2015 - 2025

  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
2015 3,731,508 198,982 2.10 39.39 1.66 100.5 55,248 9,189 11.69 70.36 0.46 86.5
2016 3,047,358 164,648 1.93 35.69 1.73 91.8 25,975 4,410 9.93 58.56 0.48 75.1
2017 3,056,215 165,567 1.85 34.19 1.64 93.1 24,704 4,190 12.67 74.73 0.46 73.8
2018 2,849,062 152,015 1.89 35.41 1.70 94.2 47,699 8,022 14.52 86.39 0.44 81.7
2019 2,629,405 139,141 1.81 34.16 1.74 101.6 20,188 3,425 14.40 84.89 0.50 73.0
2020 1,937,714 105,627 1.74 31.92 1.72 97.1 18,954 3,216 9.44 55.61 0.49 88.7
2021 2,163,331 116,480 1.79 33.35 1.79 92.0 25,972 4,447 15.38 89.84 0.47 101.6
2022 2,142,472 116,864 2.19 40.16 1.69 96.4 41,066 6,827 22.83 137.45 0.39 69.1
2023 1,763,719 98,990 2.28 40.63 1.52 104.7 29,337 4,849 20.59 124.91 0.36 105.8
2024 1,513,856 85,656 2.17 38.37 1.54 98.5 22,399 3,685 18.64 113.35 0.38 77.6
2025 1,634,545 91,449 2.14 38.28 1.64 94.9 36,374 6,040 19.30 116.50 0.41 71.5
Year 2023
January 160,350 8,640 2.36 43.91 1.70 107.3 3,706 618 22.40 134.71 0.41 194.5
February 150,824 8,308 2.25 40.84 1.63 122.3 3,914 637 17.39 107.13 0.37 77.7
March 156,569 8,706 2.31 41.52 1.54 117.5 1,599 261 21.45 131.58 0.47 79.2
April 143,467 8,154 2.27 39.94 1.50 122.5 1,844 305 20.51 124.08 0.37 95.0
May 145,409 8,086 2.32 41.86 1.59 118.4 1,720 282 19.41 118.27 0.43 89.2
June 136,863 7,723 2.28 40.48 1.52 105.1 1,623 269 18.98 114.73 0.46 95.4
July 142,931 8,208 2.24 38.98 1.44 83.9 2,180 361 18.91 114.20 0.35 83.9
August 148,108 8,433 2.23 39.31 1.46 86.3 2,952 490 21.29 129.36 0.26 157.0
September 135,357 7,629 2.24 39.75 1.41 96.0 1,974 327 23.62 143.13 0.30 89.9
October 138,346 7,862 2.28 40.14 1.50 104.7 2,214 362 22.47 137.36 0.33 79.5
November 153,037 8,666 2.27 40.16 1.46 103.8 2,920 484 20.22 121.98 0.38 147.1
December 152,457 8,573 2.27 40.45 1.52 105.4 2,692 453 21.47 128.27 0.29 148.0
Year 2024
January 136,350 7,689 2.25 39.91 1.54 78.0 2,732 457 19.22 114.73 0.35 61.1
February 125,437 7,169 2.12 37.19 1.56 124.9 1,128 186 20.22 122.40 0.42 90.7
March 111,385 6,300 2.10 37.16 1.63 131.3 1,259 206 21.01 128.52 0.45 86.0
April 97,606 5,729 2.02 34.36 1.45 105.2 1,632 269 20.39 123.79 0.44 69.7
May 104,074 5,887 2.20 38.90 1.59 96.0 2,004 329 19.41 118.21 0.38 101.2
June 120,305 6,732 2.20 39.37 1.65 90.3 2,044 335 18.17 110.82 0.46 89.9
July 137,833 7,806 2.15 37.95 1.60 85.8 1,836 301 19.09 116.28 0.29 53.8
August 147,122 8,293 2.23 39.55 1.49 90.6 1,705 280 18.63 113.61 0.40 74.0
September 133,554 7,466 2.20 39.42 1.47 101.3 1,454 236 17.80 109.92 0.39 97.5
October 141,888 7,921 2.15 38.56 1.54 114.4 1,923 313 16.68 102.39 0.32 111.3
November 128,787 7,226 2.17 38.75 1.59 110.5 2,482 408 17.54 106.75 0.37 141.1
December 129,516 7,437 2.19 38.19 1.44 88.6 2,202 365 17.27 104.34 0.39 50.6
Year 2025
January 133,268 7,510 2.21 39.35 1.61 68.8 7,118 1,190 21.94 132.06 0.42 44.7
February 123,286 6,923 2.12 37.84 1.63 83.5 2,878 484 18.94 112.81 0.44 47.9
March 136,895 7,681 2.12 37.81 1.70 114.0 1,914 319 17.27 103.73 0.38 123.3
April 121,467 6,932 2.15 37.73 1.62 111.6 1,872 308 18.41 112.11 0.44 98.0
May 125,828 6,824 2.22 40.93 1.83 105.4 2,223 368 17.51 105.98 0.41 126.8
June 134,463 7,517 2.16 38.74 1.70 89.1 1,787 296 17.00 103.06 0.45 48.3
July 145,866 8,225 2.11 37.42 1.65 81.2 2,471 411 18.71 112.46 0.37 57.1
August 139,199 7,953 2.07 36.32 1.46 89.8 2,771 454 17.14 104.61 0.38 96.4
September 136,962 7,579 2.12 38.30 1.66 102.0 2,105 346 16.64 101.82 0.40 118.4
October 163,565 8,956 2.11 38.62 1.52 119.8 1,588 274 17.37 100.61 0.39 93.7
November 142,235 7,963 2.18 38.92 1.67 106.4 2,805 462 19.60 119.06 0.44 132.2
December 131,510 7,385 2.11 37.62 1.66 93.7 6,842 1,128 21.19 128.55 0.40 95.8

NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.

Notes:
Beginning in January 2013, the threshold for reporting fuel receipts data was changed from 50 megawatts to 200 megawatts of nameplate capacity for plants primarily fueled by natural gas, petroleum coke, distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil. In addition, the requirement to report self-produced and minor fuels, i.e., blast furnace gas, other manufactured gases, kerosene, jet fuel, propane, and waste oils was eliminated. The threshold for coal plants remained at 50 megawatts. The following caveats for each fuel type should be noted:
COAL - includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, synthesis gas was included in the category of Other Gases.
PETROLEUM LIQUIDS - includes distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil. Prior to 2013, petroleum liquids included distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, waste oil, and, beginning in 2011, propane. Prior to 2011, propane was included in the category of Other Gases.

- Values are final.
- See Glossary for definitions.
- Starting in January 2013, there may have been a shift in the continuity of Chapter 7 tables due to changes in the sample design of Form EIA-923 and the imputation process.
- See the EIA-923 section of the Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
- See the Technical Notes for fuel conversion factors.
- Totals may not equal the sum of components because of independent rounding.

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" and predecessor forms 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."

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