Electric Power Monthly
Data for August 2025
Release Date:
October 24, 2025
Next Release Date:
November 25, 2025
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| Table 4.10.B. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) August 2025 and 2024 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 YTD | August 2024 YTD | Percentage Change | August 2025 YTD | August 2024 YTD | August 2025 YTD | August 2024 YTD | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 2.78 | 2.08 | 34% | -- | -- | 2.78 | 2.08 |
| New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | 2.78 | 2.08 | 34% | -- | -- | 2.78 | 2.08 |
| East North Central | 2.31 | 2.46 | -6.1% | 2.53 | 2.64 | 1.95 | 2.15 |
| Illinois | 1.66 | 1.79 | -7.3% | 1.76 | 2.06 | 1.63 | 1.73 |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.80 | 2.90 | W | W |
| Michigan | W | 2.61 | W | 2.39 | 2.61 | W | -- |
| Ohio | 2.26 | 2.62 | -14% | 2.80 | 2.73 | 2.18 | 2.59 |
| Wisconsin | 2.58 | 2.34 | 10% | 2.58 | 2.34 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.84 | 1.81 | 1.7% | 1.84 | 1.81 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.78 | 1.97 | -9.6% | 1.78 | 1.97 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.61 | 1.62 | -0.6% | 1.61 | 1.62 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 2.42 | 2.31 | 4.8% | 2.42 | 2.31 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.92 | 1.82 | 5.5% | 1.92 | 1.82 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.25 | 1.32 | -5.3% | 1.25 | 1.32 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 1.95 | 1.84 | 6.0% | 1.95 | 1.84 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 2.39 | 2.37 | 0.8% | 2.39 | 2.37 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 3.43 | 3.43 | 0.0% | 3.47 | 3.51 | 2.84 | 2.41 |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 3.59 | 3.65 | -1.6% | 3.59 | 3.65 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 3.62 | 4.11 | -12% | 3.62 | 4.11 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| North Carolina | 4.31 | 4.48 | -3.8% | 4.31 | 4.48 | -- | -- |
| South Carolina | 3.59 | 3.26 | 10% | 3.59 | 3.26 | -- | -- |
| Virginia | 4.54 | 4.59 | -1.1% | 4.54 | 4.59 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | 2.74 | W | 2.87 | 2.86 | W | 2.09 |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 2.38 | 2.59 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.53 | 2.71 | -6.6% | 2.53 | 2.71 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 2.27 | 2.44 | -7.0% | 2.27 | 2.44 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 2.94 | 3.90 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 2.75 | 3.12 | -12% | 2.75 | 3.12 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 2.05 | 2.09 | -1.9% | 2.04 | 2.07 | 2.06 | 2.11 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 2.21 | 2.02 | W | W |
| Louisiana | W | W | W | 2.55 | 2.67 | W | W |
| Oklahoma | 1.94 | 2.19 | -11% | 1.94 | 2.19 | -- | -- |
| Texas | 1.94 | 2.01 | -3.5% | 1.85 | 1.99 | 1.98 | 2.02 |
| Mountain | W | 2.63 | W | 2.68 | 2.70 | W | 2.04 |
| Arizona | 3.27 | 3.20 | 2.2% | 3.27 | 3.20 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 2.17 | 2.08 | 4.3% | 2.17 | 2.08 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | 5.64 | 4.48 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 3.58 | 3.66 | -2.2% | 3.58 | 3.66 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 3.58 | 3.63 | -1.4% | 3.58 | 3.63 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.79 | 1.74 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Washington | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 4.37 | 4.57 | -4.4% | 4.37 | 4.57 | -- | -- |
| Alaska | 4.37 | 4.57 | -4.4% | 4.37 | 4.57 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| U.S. Total | 2.43 | 2.49 | -2.4% | 2.50 | 2.58 | 2.16 | 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 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." |