Electric Power Monthly
| Table 4.10.A. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, May 2020 and 2019 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | May 2019 | Percentage Change | May 2020 | May 2019 | May 2020 | May 2019 | |
| New England | W | W | W | 3.10 | 3.54 | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | 3.10 | 3.54 | -12% | 3.10 | 3.54 | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 2.29 | 1.92 | 19% | -- | -- | 2.29 | 1.92 |
| New Jersey | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| East North Central | 1.88 | 1.99 | -5.5% | 1.99 | 2.11 | 1.74 | 1.81 |
| Illinois | W | W | W | 1.67 | 1.96 | W | W |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.06 | 2.13 | W | W |
| Michigan | W | W | W | 2.04 | 2.07 | W | W |
| Ohio | 1.83 | 1.75 | 4.6% | 1.93 | 1.79 | 1.82 | 1.75 |
| Wisconsin | 1.97 | 2.24 | -12% | 1.97 | 2.24 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.58 | 1.64 | -3.7% | 1.58 | 1.64 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.56 | 1.54 | 1.3% | 1.56 | 1.54 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.66 | 1.60 | 3.8% | 1.66 | 1.60 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 1.95 | 1.99 | -2.0% | 1.95 | 1.99 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.55 | 1.66 | -6.6% | 1.55 | 1.66 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.24 | 1.24 | 0.0% | 1.24 | 1.24 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 1.75 | 1.60 | 9.4% | 1.75 | 1.60 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 1.72 | 1.80 | -4.4% | 1.72 | 1.80 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 2.45 | 2.55 | -3.9% | 2.46 | 2.58 | 2.29 | 2.34 |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 2.57 | 2.86 | -10% | 2.57 | 2.86 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 2.73 | 2.72 | 0.4% | 2.73 | 2.72 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | 2.63 | W | -- | -- | W | 2.63 |
| North Carolina | W | W | W | 2.52 | 2.72 | W | W |
| South Carolina | W | 3.25 | W | 3.22 | 3.25 | W | -- |
| Virginia | 2.24 | W | W | 2.24 | 2.68 | -- | W |
| West Virginia | W | W | W | 2.16 | 2.08 | W | W |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 1.97 | 2.10 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.03 | 2.39 | -15% | 2.03 | 2.39 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 1.95 | 1.93 | 1.0% | 1.95 | 1.93 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 2.56 | 3.04 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 1.78 | 2.16 | -18% | 1.78 | 2.16 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 1.73 | 1.88 | -8.0% | 1.92 | 2.27 | 1.60 | 1.53 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 1.93 | 2.08 | W | W |
| Louisiana | W | W | W | 2.11 | 3.71 | W | W |
| Oklahoma | 1.55 | 1.84 | -16% | 1.55 | 1.84 | -- | -- |
| Texas | W | W | W | 1.98 | 2.06 | W | W |
| Mountain | 1.88 | W | W | 1.90 | 2.11 | 1.63 | W |
| Arizona | 2.24 | 2.96 | -24% | 2.24 | 2.96 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 1.62 | 1.64 | -1.2% | 1.62 | 1.64 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | 2.18 | 2.20 | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | 2.32 | 2.76 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 2.54 | 2.44 | 4.1% | 2.54 | 2.44 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 2.07 | 2.00 | 3.5% | 2.07 | 2.00 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.59 | 1.69 | 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 | 3.53 | 3.44 | W | W |
| Alaska | 3.53 | 3.44 | 2.6% | 3.53 | 3.44 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| U.S. Total | 1.89 | 2.05 | -7.8% | 1.93 | 2.12 | 1.76 | 1.83 |
| 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 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." |