Electric Power Monthly
Data for September 2025
Release Date:
November 25, 2025
Next Release Date:
December 23, 2025
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| Table 4.10.A. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, September 2025 and 2024 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | September 2024 | Percentage Change | September 2025 | September 2024 | September 2025 | September 2024 | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 2.62 | 2.86 | -8.4% | -- | -- | 2.62 | 2.86 |
| New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | 2.62 | 2.86 | -8.4% | -- | -- | 2.62 | 2.86 |
| East North Central | 2.20 | 2.25 | -2.2% | 2.41 | 2.38 | 1.95 | 2.06 |
| Illinois | 1.63 | 1.79 | -8.9% | 1.59 | 1.79 | 1.65 | 1.80 |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.62 | 2.76 | W | W |
| Michigan | 2.56 | 2.31 | 11% | 2.56 | 2.31 | -- | -- |
| Ohio | 2.29 | 2.45 | -6.5% | 2.94 | 2.85 | 2.21 | 2.36 |
| Wisconsin | 2.35 | 2.23 | 5.4% | 2.35 | 2.23 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.85 | 1.81 | 2.2% | 1.85 | 1.81 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.72 | 1.92 | -10% | 1.72 | 1.92 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.61 | 1.60 | 0.6% | 1.61 | 1.60 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 2.32 | 2.29 | 1.3% | 2.32 | 2.29 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.96 | 1.86 | 5.4% | 1.96 | 1.86 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.23 | 1.32 | -6.8% | 1.23 | 1.32 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 2.08 | 1.94 | 7.2% | 2.08 | 1.94 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 2.38 | 2.34 | 1.7% | 2.38 | 2.34 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 3.44 | 3.50 | -1.7% | 3.50 | 3.57 | 2.80 | 2.58 |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 3.21 | 3.55 | -9.6% | 3.21 | 3.55 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 3.71 | 4.26 | -13% | 3.71 | 4.26 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| North Carolina | 4.14 | 4.66 | -11% | 4.14 | 4.66 | -- | -- |
| South Carolina | 3.77 | 3.31 | 14% | 3.77 | 3.31 | -- | -- |
| Virginia | 5.16 | 4.77 | 8.2% | 5.16 | 4.77 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | 2.82 | W | 3.04 | 2.92 | W | 2.08 |
| East South Central | W | 2.50 | W | 2.34 | 2.50 | W | -- |
| Alabama | 2.50 | 2.60 | -3.8% | 2.50 | 2.60 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 2.21 | 2.35 | -6.0% | 2.21 | 2.35 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | 3.14 | W | 2.93 | 3.14 | W | -- |
| Tennessee | 2.67 | 2.87 | -7.0% | 2.67 | 2.87 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 2.04 | 2.15 | -5.1% | 2.00 | 2.08 | 2.07 | 2.20 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 2.14 | 1.93 | W | W |
| Louisiana | W | W | W | 2.21 | 2.88 | W | W |
| Oklahoma | 1.95 | 2.22 | -12% | 1.95 | 2.22 | -- | -- |
| Texas | 1.96 | 2.07 | -5.3% | 1.90 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.11 |
| Mountain | W | 2.53 | W | 2.67 | 2.60 | W | 2.04 |
| Arizona | 3.29 | 3.43 | -4.1% | 3.29 | 3.43 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 2.43 | 2.02 | 20% | 2.43 | 2.02 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | 5.70 | 4.13 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 3.60 | 3.69 | -2.4% | 3.60 | 3.69 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 3.65 | 3.47 | 5.2% | 3.65 | 3.47 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.70 | 1.65 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Washington | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 4.17 | 4.35 | -4.1% | 4.17 | 4.35 | -- | -- |
| Alaska | 4.17 | 4.35 | -4.1% | 4.17 | 4.35 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| U.S. Total | 2.40 | 2.41 | -0.4% | 2.47 | 2.47 | 2.13 | 2.20 |
| 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 2024 are final. Values for 2025 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." |