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 (continued)

	Petroleum Coke						Natural Gas					All Fossil Fuels
	Receipts		Average Cost				Receipts		Average Cost			Average Cost
Period	(Billion Btu)	(Thousand Tons)	(Dollars per MMbtu)	(Dollars per Ton)	Average Sulfur Percent by Weight	Percentage of Consumption	(Billion Btu)	(Thousand Mcf)	(Dollars per MMBtu)	(Dollars per Mcf)	Percentage of Consumption	(Dollars per MMBtu)
Annual Totals
2015	115,929	4,069	1.77	50.44	5.23	130.1	4,717,748	4,565,040	3.52	3.64	96.0	2.67
2016	99,706	3,538	1.52	42.85	5.38	103.1	5,075,337	4,907,538	3.15	3.26	97.0	2.54
2017	90,481	3,224	2.15	60.31	5.55	117.6	4,794,383	4,640,827	3.62	3.74	96.8	2.68
2018	83,211	2,940	2.56	72.34	5.74	106.8	5,562,903	5,388,544	3.68	3.80	96.2	2.80
2019	54,266	1,896	1.92	54.88	5.50	91.0	6,038,432	5,842,392	3.03	3.13	97.0	2.53
2020	65,684	2,317	1.70	48.07	5.39	101.8	6,207,039	6,011,244	2.63	2.72	96.3	2.32
2021	64,891	2,296	3.16	89.27	5.24	98.0	5,901,472	5,713,855	5.21	5.39	96.4	3.60
2022	64,607	2,283	4.35	122.99	5.52	99.5	6,393,812	6,200,191	7.49	7.73	96.5	5.01
2023	40,716	1,450	4.05	113.73	5.61	108.5	6,803,788	6,596,937	3.81	3.92	96.1	3.32
2024	26,786	953	2.96	83.22	5.60	99.1	6,492,028	6,289,076	3.03	3.13	86.1	2.89
Year 2023
January	4,871	176	4.54	126.02	5.67	151.3	509,603	492,284	8.55	8.85	95.8	5.62
February	3,886	136	4.80	136.95	5.62	125.8	447,571	433,509	4.89	5.05	95.0	3.88
March	4,905	172	4.66	132.76	5.71	228.6	493,900	478,430	3.76	3.88	95.2	3.22
April	4,768	168	4.70	133.61	5.72	218.3	460,793	447,538	3.05	3.14	96.4	2.88
May	1,985	72	3.14	86.86	5.76	94.2	543,700	528,159	2.86	2.94	96.9	2.81
June	1,853	66	3.48	98.25	5.77	61.3	627,911	609,220	2.92	3.01	96.2	2.81
July	2,787	100	3.62	101.16	5.45	50.5	767,356	743,822	3.26	3.36	95.7	3.03
August	2,311	84	3.39	93.79	5.73	42.4	781,288	757,734	3.30	3.40	96.0	3.04
Sept	3,289	118	3.76	104.81	5.48	67.3	618,399	600,954	3.28	3.38	96.3	3.07
October	2,404	86	3.84	107.56	5.50	112.5	528,905	513,656	3.32	3.41	96.7	3.06
November	3,097	111	3.60	100.64	5.35	228.6	488,206	473,567	3.79	3.91	96.4	3.27
December	4,559	163	3.39	94.99	5.53	199.5	536,155	518,063	3.73	3.86	96.2	3.27
Year 2024
January	909	33	2.65	73.16	5.53	34.6	531,911	514,158	4.90	5.07	86.0	3.91
February	1,385	50	2.63	73.05	5.56	72.1	444,693	430,193	3.34	3.45	88.3	3.05
March	1,054	38	2.63	73.51	5.49	173.2	451,602	437,701	2.49	2.57	87.9	2.63
April	1,078	38	2.62	73.50	5.51	57.9	420,376	408,595	2.34	2.40	85.6	2.59
May	2,177	78	2.86	80.18	5.46	99.9	513,774	499,875	2.53	2.60	86.0	2.67
June	3,620	127	3.11	88.55	5.54	110.7	606,837	588,884	3.02	3.11	86.6	2.91
July	5,356	189	3.23	91.69	5.52	144.2	730,283	706,517	2.81	2.90	84.1	2.76
August	3,756	134	3.08	86.70	5.70	104.8	706,460	682,919	2.49	2.58	83.5	2.56
Sept	3,518	125	3.09	87.22	5.49	178.0	593,148	574,322	2.62	2.70	86.1	2.62
October	1,008	37	2.63	72.20	6.78	50.7	525,925	509,378	2.95	3.05	88.1	2.86
November	1,280	46	2.64	72.99	5.91	104.8	483,975	468,976	2.96	3.05	87.5	2.80
December	1,645	59	2.66	74.04	5.43	82.1	483,045	467,559	4.13	4.27	86.5	3.39
Year 2025
January	3,826	141	2.81	76.52	5.92	84.8	530,458	512,926	5.60	5.79	86.3	4.23
February	2,042	73	2.90	80.85	5.39	78.1	427,117	412,807	4.88	5.05	84.4	3.82
March	2,293	82	2.99	83.17	5.20	85.1	406,101	393,389	4.47	4.62	87.6	3.54
Year to Date
2023	13,663	484	4.66	131.49	5.67	161.5	1,451,075	1,404,224	5.79	5.98	95.3	4.27
2024	3,348	121	2.64	73.22	5.53	64.8	1,428,206	1,382,053	3.65	3.77	87.3	3.23
2025	8,161	296	2.88	79.44	5.58	83.1	1,363,677	1,319,122	5.04	5.21	86.1	3.88
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2024	30,401	1,086	3.62	101.31	5.57	88.9	6,780,920	6,574,766	3.35	3.46	94.2	3.07
2025	31,600	1,129	2.97	83.30	5.61	99.7	6,427,499	6,226,146	3.32	3.43	85.9	3.04

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:
PETROLEUM COKE - includes petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
NATURAL GAS - includes natural gas only. Prior to 2011, includes 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."