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Electric Power Monthly

Data for February 2024 Release Date: April 24, 2024 Next Release Date: May 24, 2024 Full report PDF
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Table C.2. Comparison of Preliminary Monthly Data Versus Final Monthly Data at the U.S. Level, 2020 through 2022


Mean Absolute Value of Percent Change
Total (All Sectors)
Item 2020 2021 2022
Net Generation
Coal 0.12% 0.17% 0.32%
Petroleum Liquids 2.67% 5.42% 4.20%
Petroleum Coke 3.61% 2.93% 5.15%
Natural Gas 1.23% 0.28% 0.42%
Other Gases 6.01% 2.35% 3.63%
Hydroelectric 3.35% 3.89% 3.74%
Nuclear 0.01% 0.22% 0.00%
Other 1.12% 0.89% 0.83%
Total 0.46% 0.33% 0.37%
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal 0.23% 0.17% 0.62%
Petroleum Liquids 2.39% 8.15% 4.38%
Petroleum Coke 8.51% 5.23% 6.99%
Natural Gas 1.19% 0.71% 0.47%
Fuel Stocks for Electric Power Sector
Coal 0.56% 2.40% 0.58%
Petroleum Liquids 1.88% 5.16% 1.23%
Petroleum Coke 2.13% 0.48% 1.32%
Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers
Residential 0.19% 0.40% 0.83%
Commercial 0.92% 0.29% 1.30%
Industrial 4.30% 1.39% 1.28%
Transportation 1.17% 0.92% 0.14%
Total 1.49% 0.31% 0.47%
Revenue
Residential 0.13% 0.88% 1.37%
Commercial 0.38% 0.23% 0.29%
Industrial 4.43% 0.36% 0.54%
Transportation 0.90% 1.00% 0.91%
Total 0.77% 0.46% 0.64%
Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers
Residential 0.30% 0.47% 0.55%
Commercial 0.55% 0.50% 1.10%
Industrial 0.19% 1.17% 1.65%
Transportation 0.47% 0.61% 0.85%
Total 0.70% 0.77% 1.11%
Receipt of Fossil Fuels
Coal 1.01% 1.20% 1.24%
Petroleum Liquids 5.52% 15.02% 11.38%
Petroleum Coke 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Natural Gas 8.15% 8.13% 7.88%
Cost of Fossil Fuels
Coal 0.26% 0.21% 0.29%
Petroleum Liquids 1.32% 1.81% 0.50%
Petroleum Coke 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Natural Gas 0.38% 3.38% 0.35%

Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal. Coal stocks exclude waste coal.
Petroleum Liquids include distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, and waste oil.
Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately. Excludes blast furnace gas and other gases.
Hydroelectric includes conventional hydroelectric and hydroelectric pumped storage facilities.
Other generation includes geothermal, wood, waste, wind, and solar, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, and miscellaneous technologies.
Fuel Stocks are end-of-month values.
See technical notes (http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/appenc.pdf) for additional information on the Commercial, Industrial and Transportation sectors.
Cost of Fossil Fuels represent weighted values.
Notes: Mean absolute value of percent change is the unweighted average of the absolute percent cahnges.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923 'Power Plant Operations Report'; Form EIA-423, 'Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report';
Form EIA-826, 'Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State Distributions Report'; Form EIA-906, 'Power Plant Report;' Form EIA-920 'Combined Heat and Power Plant Report';
and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, 'Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants.'