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Data for January 2026 Release Date: March 24, 2026 Next Release Date: April 23, 2026 Full report PDF
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Table 4.3. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Independent Power Producers, 2016 - January 2026

  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
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 1,590,586 88,091 2.15 38.89 1.64 90.4 32,172 5,332 16.93 102.38 0.41 69.3
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
Sept 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 130,364 7,292 2.22 39.71 1.61 66.1 6,317 1,056 17.95 108.11 0.44 45.0
February 120,059 6,676 2.13 38.44 1.64 79.8 2,523 423 17.70 105.72 0.44 68.2
March 133,150 7,394 2.13 38.43 1.70 109.6 1,520 251 16.80 101.63 0.38 97.7
April 117,727 6,644 2.17 38.49 1.62 107.3 1,716 281 17.28 105.50 0.44 87.7
May 121,388 6,482 2.24 41.95 1.83 98.2 1,968 325 16.18 98.33 0.42 108.0
June 130,219 7,189 2.18 39.56 1.70 83.6 1,612 266 16.68 101.55 0.45 45.5
July 141,708 7,908 2.12 38.05 1.65 77.4 2,192 364 17.76 107.04 0.38 56.7
August 135,288 7,655 2.09 36.99 1.46 85.7 2,593 424 16.94 103.74 0.38 98.9
Sept 133,908 7,349 2.13 38.82 1.66 98.4 1,959 321 16.43 101.00 0.40 110.1
October 160,516 8,728 2.11 38.88 1.52 115.0 1,448 250 17.21 99.65 0.39 85.8
November 138,480 7,675 2.19 39.48 1.68 100.8 2,499 411 17.05 103.72 0.45 111.2
December 127,779 7,099 2.13 38.30 1.66 88.4 5,825 961 15.62 94.76 0.41 77.6
Year 2026
January 131,081 7,206 2.34 42.62 1.73 83.7 9,817 1,654 16.75 99.79 0.44 34.0
Year to Date
2024 136,350 7,689 2.25 39.91 1.54 78.0 2,732 457 19.22 114.73 0.35 61.1
2025 130,364 7,292 2.22 39.71 1.61 66.1 6,317 1,056 17.95 108.11 0.44 45.0
2026 131,081 7,206 2.34 42.62 1.73 83.7 9,817 1,654 16.75 99.79 0.44 34.0
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2025 1,507,870 85,259 2.17 38.34 1.55 96.8 25,985 4,283 18.41 111.85 0.40 67.5
2026 1,591,302 88,005 2.16 39.13 1.65 92.7 35,673 5,930 16.72 100.80 0.42 58.1

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 for 2024 and prior years are final. Values for 2025 and 2026 are preliminary.
- See Glossary for definitions.
- Starting in January 2013, there may have been a shift in the continuity of Chapter 4 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."