Electric Power Monthly

Data for March 2025 Release Date: May 22, 2025 Next Release Date: June 25, 2025 Full report PDF

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Table 4.2. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Electric Utilities, 2015 - March 2025

	Coal						Petroleum Liquids
	Receipts		Average Cost				Receipts		Average Cost
Period	(Billion Btu)	(Thousand Tons)	(Dollars per MMBtu)	(Dollars per Ton)	Average Sulfur Percent by Weight	Percentage of Consumption	(Billion Btu)	(Thousand Barrels)	(Dollars per MMBtu)	(Dollars per Barrel)	Average Sulfur Percent by Weight	Percentage of Consumption
Annual Totals
2015	11,088,631	571,707	2.25	43.71	1.17	105.8	90,041	14,747	11.32	69.13	0.46	79.2
2016	9,256,878	476,207	2.16	42.01	1.21	95.4	73,294	11,985	9.16	56.02	0.45	74.0
2017	9,011,629	467,595	2.12	40.81	1.16	96.0	70,422	11,640	11.60	70.19	0.47	74.4
2018	8,351,036	435,964	2.11	40.35	1.18	91.6	84,050	13,896	14.39	87.09	0.37	75.3
2019	7,970,069	413,915	2.08	39.99	1.18	103.1	66,789	11,010	13.40	81.29	0.46	69.9
2020	6,256,811	327,488	1.96	37.49	1.15	100.2	56,530	9,371	9.84	59.37	0.47	67.1
2021	6,448,846	338,205	2.03	38.68	1.14	90.2	69,111	11,468	14.53	87.56	0.47	67.7
2022	6,594,794	346,120	2.41	45.96	1.15	98.4	73,400	12,131	24.43	147.80	0.48	65.6
2023	6,224,613	326,208	2.56	48.88	1.15	111.5	78,893	13,023	20.48	124.06	0.46	79.3
2024	5,298,556	275,510	2.55	49.13	1.20	96.2	60,313	9,902	18.15	110.54	0.43	58.0
Year 2023
January	559,118	29,346	2.65	50.44	1.13	106.6	11,620	1,944	22.15	132.38	0.47	133.2
February	477,280	25,125	2.67	50.72	1.17	125.0	6,931	1,155	22.13	132.74	0.48	73.8
March	549,894	28,881	2.53	48.18	1.19	135.3	5,960	986	20.64	124.72	0.48	75.3
April	481,181	25,153	2.51	47.98	1.16	154.9	5,523	905	19.34	117.99	0.47	71.5
May	486,120	25,332	2.54	48.84	1.14	135.6	6,074	1,006	18.86	113.90	0.48	74.2
June	504,353	26,328	2.50	47.98	1.16	100.4	6,134	1,010	17.52	106.44	0.47	73.5
July	552,719	29,116	2.53	48.00	1.13	83.9	7,002	1,138	17.18	105.70	0.44	86.0
August	583,320	30,491	2.55	48.69	1.14	89.2	4,863	797	19.97	121.81	0.47	55.0
Sept	517,934	27,065	2.59	49.49	1.12	102.8	6,073	992	22.75	139.30	0.43	77.5
October	504,437	26,340	2.58	49.51	1.14	119.1	5,203	855	22.31	135.80	0.40	63.0
November	509,063	26,715	2.57	48.89	1.14	125.8	5,628	932	21.72	131.14	0.43	70.7
December	499,194	26,316	2.52	47.89	1.17	109.9	7,883	1,303	20.21	122.26	0.45	95.1
Year 2024
January	463,380	24,383	2.55	48.46	1.18	74.9	7,537	1,247	18.90	114.21	0.45	56.6
February	444,401	23,300	2.58	49.14	1.14	115.0	5,120	841	19.49	118.72	0.46	69.9
March	424,885	21,777	2.59	50.57	1.30	123.6	4,667	761	19.75	121.19	0.46	63.4
April	364,211	18,479	2.67	52.67	1.33	116.5	4,582	748	19.42	118.96	0.43	52.8
May	402,207	20,524	2.66	52.08	1.33	102.2	4,505	745	18.92	114.46	0.38	55.6
June	429,392	22,156	2.59	50.20	1.28	82.3	4,634	763	18.00	109.35	0.41	58.8
July	476,509	24,822	2.56	49.19	1.21	79.2	3,803	623	18.41	112.37	0.36	46.4
August	488,003	25,474	2.50	47.96	1.19	84.3	4,835	793	18.18	110.91	0.46	52.0
Sept	457,838	23,977	2.48	47.29	1.09	99.3	4,531	741	17.15	104.83	0.36	56.7
October	452,549	23,645	2.57	49.15	1.13	115.9	6,087	999	16.20	98.73	0.41	70.5
November	431,594	22,481	2.49	47.87	1.17	113.4	4,223	693	16.97	103.40	0.45	53.5
December	463,588	24,493	2.46	46.48	1.10	90.6	5,788	949	16.68	101.72	0.47	62.2
Year 2025
January	448,025	23,501	2.45	46.71	1.18	67.3	6,169	1,020	17.10	103.40	0.47	40.2
February	398,846	20,926	2.50	47.56	1.14	78.0	5,607	923	17.78	108.08	0.47	61.2
March	466,332	23,993	2.53	49.18	1.23	112.9	7,432	1,212	16.15	99.03	0.48	91.9
Year to Date
2023	1,586,292	83,352	2.61	49.74	1.16	120.9	24,511	4,085	21.77	130.63	0.47	94.2
2024	1,332,666	69,460	2.57	49.35	1.20	98.6	17,324	2,849	19.30	117.40	0.46	61.8
2025	1,313,203	68,420	2.49	47.83	1.19	82.4	19,208	3,154	16.93	103.09	0.47	58.8
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2024	5,970,987	312,316	2.55	48.76	1.16	106.2	71,706	11,787	19.75	120.18	0.45	70.6
2025	5,279,093	274,470	2.53	48.75	1.19	91.8	62,197	10,207	17.45	106.32	0.43	57.3

NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.

Notes:
Beginning in January 2013, the threshold for reporting fuel receipts data was changed from 50 megawatts to 200 megawatts of nameplate capacity for plants primarily fueled by natural gas, petroleum coke, distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil. In addition, the requirement to report self-produced and minor fuels, i.e., blast furnace gas, other manufactured gases, kerosene, jet fuel, propane, and waste oils was eliminated. The threshold for coal plants remained at 50 megawatts. The following caveats for each fuel type should be noted:
COAL - includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, synthesis gas was included in the category of Other Gases.
PETROLEUM LIQUIDS - includes distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil. Prior to 2013, petroleum liquids included distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, waste oil, and, beginning in 2011, propane. Prior to 2011, propane was included in the category of Other Gases.

- Values for 2023 and prior years are final. Values for 2024 and 2025 are preliminary.
- See Glossary for definitions.
- Starting in January 2013, there may have been a shift in the continuity of Chapter 4 tables due to changes in the sample design of Form EIA-923 and the imputation process.
- See the EIA-923 section of the Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
- See the Technical Notes for fuel conversion factors.
- Totals may not equal the sum of components because of independent rounding.

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" and predecessor forms including Form EIA-423, "Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report" and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants."