Electric Power Monthly

Data for March 2023 Release Date: May 24, 2023 Next Release Date: June 27, 2023 Full report PDF

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Table ES2.A. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Physical Units, 2023 and 2022

Total (All Sectors)
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022
Coal (1000 tons)	37,647	38,531	47.31	41.20	193	206	109,340	113,712	48.54	41.23
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	1,198	1,133	124.67	134.50	101	107	5,035	4,884	126.93	114.39
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	172	205	132.76	136.40	5	5	484	536	131.49	127.46
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	890,378	769,234	3.46	5.28	569	571	2,661,538	2,481,948	5.15	6.15

Electric Utilities
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022
Coal (1000 tons)	28,673	27,928	48.36	41.82	140	144	82,919	82,897	49.87	41.98
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	904	872	125.13	135.18	72	72	3,556	2,852	130.37	116.25
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	172	205	132.76	136.40	5	5	484	536	131.49	127.46
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	429,189	369,447	3.88	5.46	294	297	1,277,063	1,193,601	6.06	6.49

Independent Power Producers
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022
Coal (1000 tons)	8,449	9,978	42.11	38.73	41	49	24,823	29,087	42.65	38.47
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	220	225	131.15	137.70	20	26	1,295	1,935	120.55	112.28
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	0	0	--	--	0	0	0	0	--	--
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	395,267	331,587	3.04	5.13	229	228	1,189,226	1,083,978	4.24	5.92

Commercial Sector
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022
Coal (1000 tons)	0	0	--	--	0	0	2	4	96.90	90.28
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	0	0	--	--	0	0	0	0	--	--
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	0	0	--	--	0	0	0	0	--	--
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	655	687	3.17	3.42	3	3	2,021	2,101	3.17	3.43

Industrial Sector
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022	March 2023	March 2022
Coal (1000 tons)	525	626	73.24	52.28	12	13	1,596	1,724	70.72	51.52
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	73	36	99.40	97.43	9	9	183	97	103.48	96.77
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	0	0	--	--	0	0	0	0	--	--
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	65,267	67,513	2.82	4.86	43	43	193,228	202,268	3.80	5.19

NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Number of Plants represents the number of plants for which receipts data were collected this month.
.... A plant using more than one fuel may be counted multiple times.
Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, synthetic coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas.
Petroleum Liquids include distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, propane, and waste oil.
Natural Gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
Petroleum Coke includeds petroleum coke and synthesis gas derived from petroleum coke.
Note: Values are preliminary. Mcf = thousand cubic feet.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'