Electric Power Monthly
| Table 4.10.B. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) March 2026 and 2025 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 YTD | March 2025 YTD | Percentage Change | March 2026 YTD | March 2025 YTD | March 2026 YTD | March 2025 YTD | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 3.19 | 3.04 | 4.9% | -- | -- | 3.19 | 3.04 |
| New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | 3.19 | 3.04 | 4.9% | -- | -- | 3.19 | 3.04 |
| East North Central | 2.29 | 2.31 | -0.9% | 2.46 | 2.57 | 1.97 | 1.93 |
| Illinois | 1.64 | 1.71 | -4.1% | 1.68 | 1.86 | 1.62 | 1.66 |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.74 | 2.83 | W | W |
| Michigan | 2.41 | W | W | 2.41 | 2.48 | -- | W |
| Ohio | 2.37 | 2.26 | 4.9% | 2.83 | 2.56 | 2.29 | 2.21 |
| Wisconsin | 2.47 | 2.56 | -3.5% | 2.47 | 2.56 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.83 | 1.79 | 2.2% | 1.83 | 1.79 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.69 | 1.74 | -2.9% | 1.69 | 1.74 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.64 | 1.55 | 5.8% | 1.64 | 1.55 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 2.46 | 2.34 | 5.1% | 2.46 | 2.34 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.92 | 1.91 | 0.5% | 1.92 | 1.91 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.19 | 1.28 | -7.0% | 1.19 | 1.28 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 1.92 | 1.80 | 6.7% | 1.92 | 1.80 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 2.51 | 2.40 | 4.6% | 2.51 | 2.40 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 3.28 | 3.49 | -6.0% | 3.32 | 3.52 | 2.85 | 3.05 |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 3.41 | 3.85 | -11% | 3.41 | 3.85 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 3.28 | 3.97 | -17% | 3.28 | 3.97 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| North Carolina | 4.13 | 4.40 | -6.1% | 4.13 | 4.40 | -- | -- |
| South Carolina | 3.70 | 3.44 | 7.6% | 3.70 | 3.44 | -- | -- |
| Virginia | 4.46 | 4.58 | -2.6% | 4.46 | 4.58 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | W | W | 2.68 | 2.82 | W | W |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 2.45 | 2.39 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.42 | 2.61 | -7.3% | 2.42 | 2.61 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 2.40 | 2.26 | 6.2% | 2.40 | 2.26 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 3.30 | 3.00 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 2.64 | 2.79 | -5.4% | 2.64 | 2.79 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 1.97 | 2.07 | -4.8% | 1.97 | 2.11 | 1.98 | 2.04 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 2.14 | 2.22 | W | W |
| Louisiana | 2.18 | W | W | 2.18 | 2.95 | -- | W |
| Oklahoma | 2.10 | 2.01 | 4.5% | 2.10 | 2.01 | -- | -- |
| Texas | 1.90 | 1.95 | -2.6% | 1.76 | 1.93 | 1.97 | 1.96 |
| Mountain | W | W | W | 2.87 | 2.58 | W | W |
| Arizona | 3.48 | 3.24 | 7.4% | 3.48 | 3.24 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 2.40 | 1.88 | 28% | 2.40 | 1.88 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | -- | 5.67 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 3.70 | 3.60 | 2.8% | 3.70 | 3.60 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 3.65 | 3.58 | 2.0% | 3.65 | 3.58 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.59 | 1.77 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | -- | W | W | -- | -- | -- | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Washington | -- | W | W | -- | -- | -- | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 4.53 | 4.37 | 3.7% | 4.53 | 4.37 | -- | -- |
| Alaska | 4.53 | 4.37 | 3.7% | 4.53 | 4.37 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| U.S. Total | 2.41 | 2.42 | -0.4% | 2.46 | 2.49 | 2.22 | 2.16 |
| 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." |