Table 7.7 Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Independent Power Producers, 2012 - 2022

  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
2012 4,036,436 218,341 2.21 40.92 1.42 104.9 23,922 4,073 22.34 131.28 0.44 79.8
2013 4,032,431 217,572 2.20 40.95 1.48 99.1 43,432 7,205 19.71 118.88 0.45 110.1
2014 4,243,949 226,600 2.25 42.20 1.61 100.1 71,774 11,980 19.90 119.36 0.45 101.0
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
Year 2020
January 204,384 10,993 1.79 33.36 1.63 117.5 767 132 15.20 88.67 0.56 52.0
February 171,467 9,284 1.76 32.52 1.73 112.5 765 130 14.78 86.92 0.57 51.5
March 157,521 8,456 1.78 33.11 1.91 117.4 1,400 238 10.94 64.41 0.52 81.4
April 122,808 7,138 1.72 29.55 1.47 109.2 1,594 273 8.43 49.32 0.52 109.6
May 127,290 7,319 1.75 30.51 1.37 106.4 2,434 416 6.31 36.86 0.50 156.1
June 149,025 8,115 1.72 31.63 1.80 93.0 2,598 437 8.36 49.77 0.48 142.9
July 155,687 8,460 1.72 31.65 1.84 74.2 1,418 243 9.48 55.19 0.48 67.7
August 169,527 9,246 1.71 31.48 1.73 81.1 1,180 201 9.72 56.97 0.50 61.2
September 163,030 8,829 1.72 31.78 1.80 98.8 1,315 226 9.46 55.17 0.52 84.8
October 167,811 8,964 1.71 32.08 1.84 101.6 1,303 222 8.75 51.26 0.52 76.4
November 173,645 9,286 1.72 32.19 1.73 97.0 1,703 285 9.72 58.12 0.39 92.2
December 175,520 9,538 1.74 32.07 1.65 81.1 2,476 414 9.97 59.69 0.48 91.3
Year 2021
January 185,620 9,964 1.67 31.08 1.80 84.3 1,993 340 11.82 69.33 0.60 106.2
February 154,531 8,265 1.77 33.10 1.84 71.5 2,100 361 11.10 64.65 0.63 54.2
March 176,736 9,439 1.70 31.96 1.81 108.5 1,737 297 13.80 80.67 0.55 109.2
April 158,802 8,408 1.73 32.61 1.89 112.6 1,752 300 14.50 84.69 0.55 109.2
May 172,615 9,414 1.69 31.05 1.79 110.2 2,150 369 15.19 88.44 0.51 130.5
June 185,308 9,823 1.77 33.34 1.83 84.2 2,152 367 15.80 92.53 0.49 92.3
July 186,143 10,139 1.79 32.99 1.78 72.1 1,600 275 15.25 88.82 0.48 77.4
August 191,383 10,378 1.83 33.74 1.77 76.1 1,757 300 15.27 89.45 0.50 74.3
September 184,552 9,982 1.80 33.31 1.74 93.8 1,514 262 15.86 91.81 0.43 83.3
October 185,243 10,015 1.85 34.18 1.74 102.4 2,554 440 17.08 99.21 0.33 147.2
November 196,451 10,599 1.96 36.28 1.78 114.9 3,274 560 17.91 104.62 0.42 153.5
December 185,947 10,053 1.94 35.96 1.74 105.9 3,389 576 17.33 101.92 0.41 134.2
Year 2022
January 190,059 10,391 2.06 37.66 1.62 79.5 8,892 1,482 18.48 111.05 0.39 51.8
February 169,787 9,274 2.07 37.95 1.56 82.2 4,566 762 18.20 109.02 0.36 96.9
March 191,644 10,240 2.04 38.27 1.72 101.2 1,540 252 22.72 138.89 0.45 63.0
April 175,332 9,448 1.99 37.03 1.86 107.7 1,498 247 27.01 163.98 0.48 89.1
May 170,813 9,355 2.01 36.76 1.87 107.8 1,250 205 28.43 173.23 0.48 73.6
June 170,764 9,296 2.20 40.47 1.83 95.7 1,651 275 30.73 185.03 0.41 72.6
July 188,956 10,384 2.45 44.55 1.71 90.8 1,756 293 30.58 183.42 0.47 48.7
August 189,136 10,350 2.41 44.15 1.63 86.5 2,286 381 27.18 162.89 0.47 67.6
September 175,484 9,589 2.16 39.62 1.72 106.1 2,185 358 23.44 143.49 0.41 98.3
October 185,852 10,141 2.18 40.02 1.67 126.2 2,848 471 23.30 140.86 0.35 112.5
November 164,764 9,127 2.20 39.71 1.49 101.3 3,910 654 26.55 158.67 0.37 194.2
December 169,882 9,269 2.47 45.38 1.65 91.6 8,682 1,447 19.92 119.50 0.33 55.5

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."