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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
SAS Output
Comparison of Preliminary Annual Data Versus Final Annual Data at the U.S. Level, 2020 through 2022

  2020 2021 2022
Item Preliminary Annual Data Final Annual Data Percent Change Preliminary Annual Data Final Annual Data Percent Change Preliminary Annual Data Final Annual Data Percent Change
Net Generation (Thousand MWh)
Coal 773,805 773,393 -0.05% 898,679 897,999 -0.08% 828,993 831,512 0.30%
Petroleum Liquids 9,877 9,662 -2.18% 11,315 11,663 3.07% 16,274 15,805 -2.88%
Petroleum Coke 7,618 7,679 0.80% 7,467 7,511 0.58% 7,109 7,126 0.24%
Natural Gas 1,616,748 1,626,790 0.62% 1,575,230 1,579,190 0.25% 1,689,465 1,687,067 -0.14%
Other Gases 11,182 11,818 5.69% 11,283 11,397 1.01% 11,884 11,722 -1.36%
Hydroelectric 285,790 279,953 -2.04% 255,113 246,473 -3.39% 255,966 248,761 -2.81%
Nuclear 789,919 789,879 -0.01% 778,152 779,645 0.19% 771,537 771,537 -0.00%
Other 514,146 510,593 -0.69% 578,302 575,822 -0.43% 661,908 657,142 -0.72%
Total 4,009,085 4,009,767 0.02% 4,115,540 4,109,699 -0.14% 4,243,136 4,230,672 -0.29%
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1,000 tons) 436,076 435,351 -0.17% 500,592 500,367 -0.04% 468,779 471,576 0.60%
Petroleum Liquids (1,000 barrels) 18,191 18,008 -1.00% 20,676 21,633 4.63% 29,207 28,760 -1.53%
Petroleum Coke (1,000 tons) 2,866 3,077 7.35% 2,940 3,070 4.41% 2,887 2,985 3.40%
Natural Gas (1,000 Mcf) 11,887,895 11,928,104 0.34% 11,550,818 11,502,569 -0.42% 12,384,883 12,384,098 -0.01%
Fuel Stocks for Electric Power Sector
Coal (1,000 tons) 132,723 131,431 -0.97% 94,654 91,884 -2.93% 89,963 88,861 -1.23%
Petroleum Liquids (1,000 barrels) 25,547 26,063 2.02% 23,446 26,002 10.90% 21,650 22,812 5.36%
Petroleum Coke (1,000 tons) 298 298 -0.10% 302 302 -0.00% 304 318 4.84%
Retail Sales (Million kWh)
Residential 1,461,958 1,464,605 0.18% 1,476,569 1,470,487 -0.41% 1,521,886 1,509,233 -0.83%
Commercial 1,275,718 1,287,440 0.92% 1,324,782 1,328,439 0.28% 1,373,031 1,390,873 1.30%
Industrial 919,533 959,082 4.30% 986,797 1,000,613 1.40% 1,007,533 1,020,464 1.28%
Transportation 6,532 6,548 0.24% 6,392 6,334 -0.90% 6,602 6,599 -0.05%
Total 3,663,741 3,717,674 1.47% 3,794,539 3,805,874 0.30% 3,909,053 3,927,169 0.46%
Revenue (Million Dollars)
Residential 192,934 192,663 -0.14% 202,632 200,834 -0.89% 230,174 226,990 -1.38%
Commercial 135,860 136,372 0.38% 149,328 149,008 -0.21% 172,257 172,600 0.20%
Industrial 61,246 63,956 4.42% 71,682 71,835 0.21% 85,171 84,895 -0.32%
Transportation 646 648 0.30% 653 646 -0.98% 770 765 -0.61%
Total 390,686 393,639 0.76% 424,295 422,323 -0.46% 488,371 485,249 -0.64%
Average Retail Price (Cents/kWh)
Residential 13.20 13.15 -0.32% 13.72 13.66 -0.48% 15.12 15.04 -0.56%
Commercial 10.65 10.59 -0.54% 11.27 11.22 -0.49% 12.55 12.41 -1.09%
Industrial 6.66 6.67 0.12% 7.26 7.18 -1.17% 8.45 8.32 -1.59%
Transportation 9.90 9.90 0.06% 10.21 10.20 -0.09% 11.66 11.59 -0.56%
Total 10.66 10.59 -0.71% 11.18 11.10 -0.76% 12.49 12.36 -1.10%
Receipt of Fossil Fuels
Coal (1,000 tons) 435,213 439,636 1.02% 456,033 461,477 1.19% 463,950 469,718 1.24%
Petroleum Liquids (1,000 barrels) 12,178 12,864 5.63% 14,198 16,302 14.82% 17,206 19,362 12.53%
Petroleum Coke (1,000 tons) 2,396 2,396 0.00% 2,296 2,296 0.00% 2,286 2,286 0.00%
Natural Gas (1,000 Mcf) 11,067,675 11,981,552 8.26% 10,688,997 11,578,254 8.32% 11,497,833 12,436,074 8.16%
Cost of Fossil Fuels (Dollars per Million Btu)
Coal (1,000 tons) 1.92 1.92 -0.24% 1.98 1.98 -0.26% 2.37 2.36 -0.32%
Petroleum Liquids (1,000 barrels) 9.63 9.76 1.29% 14.50 14.71 1.42% 23.67 23.60 -0.32%
Petroleum Coke (1,000 tons) 1.70 1.70 0.00% 3.16 3.16 0.00% 4.35 4.35 0.00%
Natural Gas (1,000 Mcf) 2.39 2.40 0.21% 4.97 5.19 4.49% 7.23 7.22 -0.05%

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-year 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: The average revenue per kilowatthour is calculated by dividing revenue by sales. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Percent changes refer to the difference between the preliminary data published in the Electric Power Monthly (EPM) and the final data published in the EPM. Values for 2022 are Final.
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.'