Electric Power Monthly
Data for December 2020
Release Date: February 24, 2021
Next Release Date: March 24, 2021
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| Table 4.10.A. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2020 and 2019 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | December 2019 | Percentage Change | December 2020 | December 2019 | December 2020 | December 2019 | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | 3.18 | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | 3.18 | -- | -- | 3.18 | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 1.74 | 1.83 | -4.9% | -- | -- | 1.74 | 1.83 |
| New Jersey | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| New York | -- | W | W | -- | -- | -- | W |
| Pennsylvania | W | 1.73 | W | -- | -- | W | 1.73 |
| East North Central | 1.88 | 1.93 | -2.6% | 1.98 | 2.05 | 1.69 | 1.75 |
| Illinois | W | W | W | 1.61 | 1.96 | W | W |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.10 | 2.06 | W | W |
| Michigan | W | W | W | 1.98 | 2.13 | W | W |
| Ohio | 1.73 | 1.75 | -1.1% | 1.91 | 1.80 | 1.70 | 1.74 |
| Wisconsin | 1.93 | 2.09 | -7.7% | 1.93 | 2.09 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.57 | 1.61 | -2.5% | 1.57 | 1.61 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.51 | 1.54 | -1.9% | 1.51 | 1.54 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.48 | 1.64 | -9.8% | 1.48 | 1.64 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 1.94 | 2.00 | -3.0% | 1.94 | 2.00 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.56 | 1.66 | -6.0% | 1.56 | 1.66 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.16 | 1.20 | -3.3% | 1.16 | 1.20 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 1.63 | 1.63 | 0.0% | 1.63 | 1.63 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 1.90 | 1.86 | 2.2% | 1.90 | 1.86 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 2.33 | 2.45 | -4.9% | 2.42 | 2.47 | 1.79 | 2.34 |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 2.44 | 2.59 | -5.8% | 2.44 | 2.59 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 2.66 | 2.64 | 0.8% | 2.66 | 2.64 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | 2.63 | W | W | -- | -- | 2.63 | W |
| North Carolina | W | W | W | 2.49 | 2.65 | W | W |
| South Carolina | W | W | W | 2.98 | 3.09 | W | W |
| Virginia | 2.37 | 2.67 | -11% | 2.37 | 2.67 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | 2.06 | W | 2.13 | 2.07 | W | 1.97 |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 1.89 | 1.95 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.11 | 2.02 | 4.5% | 2.11 | 2.02 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 1.78 | 1.87 | -4.8% | 1.78 | 1.87 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 2.60 | 2.53 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 1.76 | 2.06 | -15% | 1.76 | 2.06 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 1.86 | 1.65 | 13% | 2.09 | 1.79 | 1.64 | 1.53 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 1.92 | 1.92 | W | W |
| Louisiana | W | W | W | 3.12 | 2.28 | W | W |
| Oklahoma | 1.82 | 1.79 | 1.7% | 1.82 | 1.79 | -- | -- |
| Texas | W | W | W | 2.12 | 1.67 | W | W |
| Mountain | W | W | W | 2.00 | 1.84 | W | W |
| Arizona | 2.09 | 2.22 | -5.9% | 2.09 | 2.22 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 1.71 | 1.65 | 3.6% | 1.71 | 1.65 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | 2.48 | 1.57 | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | 2.21 | 2.65 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 2.65 | 2.54 | 4.3% | 2.65 | 2.54 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 1.93 | 1.92 | 0.5% | 1.93 | 1.92 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.90 | 1.42 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | W | W | W | -- | 2.19 | W | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | 2.19 | -- | -- | 2.19 | -- | -- |
| Washington | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | W | W | W | 3.59 | 3.52 | W | W |
| Alaska | 3.59 | 3.52 | 2.0% | 3.59 | 3.52 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| U.S. Total | 1.91 | 1.90 | 0.5% | 1.96 | 1.95 | 1.75 | 1.75 |
| NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change. W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values for 2019 are final. Values for 2020 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percentage change is calculated before rounding. Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |