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Data for December 2025 Release Date: February 24, 2026 Next Release Date: March 24, 2026 Full report PDF
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Table 4.11.A. Average Cost of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2025 and 2024
(Dollars per MMBtu)

Census Division
and State
Electric Power Sector Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers
  December 2025 December 2024 Percentage Change December 2025 December 2024 December 2025 December 2024
New England 15.38 15.14 1.6% 16.77 14.15 15.23 15.15
Connecticut W W W -- -- W W
Maine W W W -- -- W W
Massachusetts W W W 16.77 14.15 W W
New Hampshire W W W -- -- W W
Rhode Island W W W -- -- W W
Vermont -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Middle Atlantic 12.28 18.83 -35% 16.74 19.24 12.01 18.33
New Jersey W -- W -- -- W --
New York W W W 16.74 19.24 W W
Pennsylvania 16.53 18.36 -10% -- -- 16.53 18.36
East North Central W 16.69 W 15.39 16.11 W 17.66
Illinois W 22.15 W 18.91 22.42 W 22.07
Indiana 16.40 16.99 -3.5% 16.40 16.99 -- --
Michigan 13.27 14.82 -10% 13.27 14.82 -- --
Ohio W W W 18.12 16.40 W W
Wisconsin 14.97 16.08 -6.9% 14.97 16.08 -- --
West North Central 15.22 16.25 -6.3% 15.22 16.25 -- --
Iowa 15.25 15.84 -3.7% 15.25 15.84 -- --
Kansas 15.55 16.39 -5.1% 15.55 16.39 -- --
Minnesota 15.48 16.03 -3.4% 15.48 16.03 -- --
Missouri 15.27 16.33 -6.5% 15.27 16.33 -- --
Nebraska 18.80 15.82 19% 18.80 15.82 -- --
North Dakota 14.50 16.23 -11% 14.50 16.23 -- --
South Dakota -- 9.91 -- -- 9.91 -- --
South Atlantic 16.33 17.96 -9.1% 16.06 18.19 16.64 17.04
Delaware W W W -- -- W W
District of Columbia -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Florida W 18.46 W 17.88 18.46 W --
Georgia 18.54 20.97 -12% 18.54 20.97 -- --
Maryland 17.48 16.72 4.5% -- -- 17.48 16.72
North Carolina 16.10 16.88 -4.6% 16.10 16.88 -- --
South Carolina 17.14 16.16 6.1% 17.14 16.16 -- --
Virginia W W W 14.85 19.20 W W
West Virginia 16.52 17.12 -3.5% 16.52 17.12 -- --
East South Central 15.94 16.94 -5.9% 15.94 16.94 -- --
Alabama -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Kentucky 15.97 16.99 -6.0% 15.97 16.99 -- --
Mississippi 15.76 -- -- 15.76 -- -- --
Tennessee 15.85 16.46 -3.7% 15.85 16.46 -- --
West South Central 16.64 17.01 -2.2% 16.49 16.59 17.15 17.42
Arkansas W W W 16.68 17.47 W W
Louisiana 16.12 16.02 0.6% 16.12 16.02 -- --
Oklahoma 17.00 -- -- 17.00 -- -- --
Texas W 17.02 W 15.61 16.53 W 17.35
Mountain W 18.45 W 16.58 18.42 W 18.95
Arizona -- 19.34 -- -- 19.34 -- --
Colorado 15.16 19.00 -20% 15.16 19.00 -- --
Idaho -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Montana W W W -- -- W W
Nevada W W W -- 18.62 W W
New Mexico -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Utah 18.29 W W 18.29 17.99 -- W
Wyoming 15.78 17.27 -8.6% 15.78 17.27 -- --
Pacific Contiguous W W W 25.91 -- W W
California -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Oregon -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Washington W W W 25.91 -- W W
Pacific Noncontiguous W W W 15.99 16.47 W W
Alaska 19.54 19.37 0.9% 19.54 19.37 -- --
Hawaii W W W 15.98 16.46 W W
U.S. Total 15.95 16.89 -5.6% 16.23 16.76 15.62 17.27

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.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate and residual fuel oils.
See the Technical Notes for fuel conversion factors.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."