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Electric Power Monthly

Data for February 2025 Release Date: April 24, 2025 Next Release Date: May 23, 2025 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, 2025 and 2024
 

Total (All Sectors)
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024
Coal (1000 tons) 28,184 30,785 45.63 46.83 177 182 59,703 63,063 45.46 46.79
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 1,393 1,042 107.12 118.95 111 92 3,646 2,738 106.42 115.94
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 73 50 80.85 73.05 2 2 214 83 78.00 73.09
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 871,105 880,287 4.98 2.98 574 577 1,929,862 1,951,497 5.51 4.06

 

Electric Utilities
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024
Coal (1000 tons) 20,926 23,300 47.56 49.14 130 137 44,427 47,683 47.11 48.79
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 923 841 108.08 118.72 68 66 1,942 2,088 105.62 116.02
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 73 50 80.85 73.05 2 2 214 83 78.00 73.09
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 412,807 430,193 5.05 3.45 297 304 925,734 944,352 5.46 4.33

 

Independent Power Producers
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024
Coal (1000 tons) 6,767 6,930 38.51 37.75 34 33 14,226 14,341 39.15 39.18
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 426 170 105.74 122.16 35 18 1,482 567 107.36 117.09
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 399,284 388,069 5.07 2.40 233 227 872,743 873,610 5.82 3.86

 

Commercial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024
Coal (1000 tons) 2 2 96.56 96.51 1 1 4 6 96.62 96.74
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 774 641 3.68 3.42 3 3 1,566 1,327 3.67 3.42

 

Industrial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024 February 2025 February 2024
Coal (1000 tons) 489 553 60.78 62.42 12 11 1,046 1,033 60.89 59.18
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 45 32 99.47 108.28 8 8 222 83 107.96 106.01
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 58,239 61,384 3.95 2.66 41 43 129,820 132,207 4.21 3.23


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.'