Electric Power Monthly
| Table 4.10.A. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, March 2026 and 2025 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | March 2025 | Percentage Change | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 2.61 | 2.89 | -9.7% | -- | -- | 2.61 | 2.89 |
| New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | 2.61 | 2.89 | -9.7% | -- | -- | 2.61 | 2.89 |
| East North Central | 2.24 | 2.29 | -2.2% | 2.44 | 2.55 | 1.91 | 1.91 |
| Illinois | 1.55 | 1.65 | -6.1% | 1.63 | 1.81 | 1.50 | 1.60 |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.78 | 2.82 | W | W |
| Michigan | 2.36 | W | W | 2.36 | 2.44 | -- | W |
| Ohio | 2.31 | 2.27 | 1.8% | 2.76 | 2.60 | 2.24 | 2.22 |
| Wisconsin | 2.35 | 2.58 | -8.9% | 2.35 | 2.58 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.89 | 1.82 | 3.8% | 1.89 | 1.82 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.68 | 1.72 | -2.3% | 1.68 | 1.72 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.67 | 1.54 | 8.4% | 1.67 | 1.54 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 2.41 | 2.31 | 4.3% | 2.41 | 2.31 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.96 | 1.89 | 3.7% | 1.96 | 1.89 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.19 | 1.27 | -6.3% | 1.19 | 1.27 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 2.06 | 1.96 | 5.1% | 2.06 | 1.96 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 2.48 | 2.36 | 5.1% | 2.48 | 2.36 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 3.28 | W | W | 3.32 | 3.59 | 2.84 | W |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 3.24 | 4.10 | -21% | 3.24 | 4.10 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 3.30 | 3.99 | -17% | 3.30 | 3.99 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| North Carolina | 4.18 | 4.35 | -3.9% | 4.18 | 4.35 | -- | -- |
| South Carolina | 3.58 | 3.46 | 3.5% | 3.58 | 3.46 | -- | -- |
| Virginia | 4.94 | 4.74 | 4.2% | 4.94 | 4.74 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | W | W | 2.62 | 2.91 | W | W |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 2.41 | 2.37 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.29 | 2.63 | -13% | 2.29 | 2.63 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 2.41 | 2.24 | 7.6% | 2.41 | 2.24 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 2.83 | 2.77 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 2.69 | 2.63 | 2.3% | 2.69 | 2.63 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 1.95 | 2.08 | -6.3% | 1.90 | 2.11 | 2.00 | 2.05 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 2.13 | 2.23 | W | W |
| Louisiana | 2.14 | W | W | 2.14 | 2.74 | -- | W |
| Oklahoma | 2.07 | 2.04 | 1.5% | 2.07 | 2.04 | -- | -- |
| Texas | 1.86 | 1.94 | -4.1% | 1.60 | 1.87 | 1.98 | 1.96 |
| Mountain | W | W | W | 3.01 | 2.54 | W | W |
| Arizona | 5.91 | 3.31 | 79% | 5.91 | 3.31 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 2.77 | 1.86 | 49% | 2.77 | 1.86 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | -- | 5.69 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 3.66 | 3.59 | 1.9% | 3.66 | 3.59 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 3.64 | 3.62 | 0.6% | 3.64 | 3.62 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.46 | 1.67 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | -- | W | W | -- | -- | -- | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Washington | -- | W | W | -- | -- | -- | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 4.37 | 4.27 | 2.3% | 4.37 | 4.27 | -- | -- |
| Alaska | 4.37 | 4.27 | 2.3% | 4.37 | 4.27 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| U.S. Total | 2.41 | 2.44 | -1.2% | 2.49 | 2.53 | 2.11 | 2.13 |
| NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change. W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percentage change is calculated before rounding. Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |