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 4.3. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Independent Power Producers, 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	3,731,508	198,982	2.10	39.39	1.66	100.5	55,248	9,189	11.69	70.36	0.46	86.5
2016	3,047,358	164,648	1.93	35.69	1.73	91.8	25,975	4,410	9.93	58.56	0.48	75.1
2017	3,056,215	165,567	1.85	34.19	1.64	93.1	24,704	4,190	12.67	74.73	0.46	73.8
2018	2,849,062	152,015	1.89	35.41	1.70	94.2	47,699	8,022	14.52	86.39	0.44	81.7
2019	2,629,405	139,141	1.81	34.16	1.74	101.6	20,188	3,425	14.40	84.89	0.50	73.0
2020	1,937,714	105,627	1.74	31.92	1.72	97.1	18,954	3,216	9.44	55.61	0.49	88.7
2021	2,163,331	116,480	1.79	33.35	1.79	92.0	25,972	4,447	15.38	89.84	0.47	101.6
2022	2,142,472	116,864	2.19	40.16	1.69	96.4	41,066	6,827	22.83	137.45	0.39	69.1
2023	1,763,719	98,990	2.28	40.63	1.52	104.7	29,337	4,849	20.59	124.91	0.36	105.8
2024	1,476,950	82,969	2.18	38.84	1.55	94.8	20,560	3,371	18.54	113.06	0.39	66.2
Year 2023
January	160,350	8,640	2.36	43.91	1.70	107.3	3,706	618	22.40	134.71	0.41	194.5
February	150,824	8,308	2.25	40.84	1.63	122.3	3,914	637	17.39	107.13	0.37	77.7
March	156,569	8,706	2.31	41.52	1.54	117.5	1,599	261	21.45	131.58	0.47	79.2
April	143,467	8,154	2.27	39.94	1.50	122.5	1,844	305	20.51	124.08	0.37	95.0
May	145,409	8,086	2.32	41.86	1.59	118.4	1,720	282	19.41	118.27	0.43	89.2
June	136,863	7,723	2.28	40.48	1.52	105.1	1,623	269	18.98	114.73	0.46	95.4
July	142,931	8,208	2.24	38.98	1.44	83.9	2,180	361	18.91	114.20	0.35	83.9
August	148,108	8,433	2.23	39.31	1.46	86.3	2,952	490	21.29	129.36	0.26	157.0
Sept	135,357	7,629	2.24	39.75	1.41	96.0	1,974	327	23.62	143.13	0.30	89.9
October	138,346	7,862	2.28	40.14	1.50	104.7	2,214	362	22.47	137.36	0.33	79.5
November	153,037	8,666	2.27	40.16	1.46	103.8	2,920	484	20.22	121.98	0.38	147.1
December	152,457	8,573	2.27	40.45	1.52	105.4	2,692	453	21.47	128.27	0.29	148.0
Year 2024
January	132,543	7,411	2.26	40.51	1.55	74.7	2,382	398	19.20	114.96	0.36	49.9
February	122,187	6,930	2.14	37.75	1.57	121.6	1,029	170	20.11	122.16	0.42	76.0
March	108,248	6,070	2.12	37.86	1.64	128.9	1,205	197	21.08	129.22	0.45	70.3
April	94,449	5,497	2.03	34.96	1.45	101.3	1,523	250	20.40	124.24	0.44	44.6
May	101,597	5,706	2.21	39.38	1.59	92.4	1,876	307	19.40	118.51	0.38	85.3
June	117,305	6,508	2.22	40.04	1.65	86.3	1,894	309	18.04	110.44	0.46	77.8
July	134,207	7,538	2.16	38.57	1.61	82.3	1,774	291	19.04	116.15	0.29	56.4
August	143,643	8,041	2.23	39.90	1.49	87.0	1,613	264	18.60	113.66	0.40	71.8
Sept	130,820	7,272	2.20	39.64	1.47	97.1	1,377	222	17.80	110.26	0.39	82.3
October	139,279	7,736	2.15	38.76	1.55	109.4	1,773	288	16.54	101.86	0.32	93.4
November	126,525	7,070	2.17	38.97	1.60	106.3	2,161	354	16.93	103.51	0.37	109.0
December	126,145	7,190	2.20	38.66	1.45	85.4	1,954	322	17.13	103.90	0.39	46.6
Year 2025
January	133,250	7,459	2.22	39.73	1.58	67.8	6,317	1,056	17.95	108.11	0.44	44.0
February	121,649	6,767	2.14	38.51	1.62	81.1	2,538	426	17.71	105.74	0.44	65.4
March	134,147	7,450	2.13	38.48	1.69	111.5	1,520	251	16.80	101.63	0.38	93.2
Year to Date
2023	467,743	25,655	2.31	42.10	1.62	115.3	9,219	1,516	20.12	122.67	0.40	103.3
2024	362,978	20,411	2.18	38.79	1.58	100.4	4,616	764	19.90	120.23	0.41	58.8
2025	389,046	21,675	2.16	38.92	1.63	83.3	10,375	1,733	17.69	106.41	0.43	52.2
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2024	1,658,954	93,746	2.25	39.83	1.51	101.2	24,735	4,097	20.66	125.02	0.35	92.8
2025	1,503,017	84,233	2.17	38.87	1.56	90.4	26,319	4,340	17.98	109.22	0.40	61.0

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."