Electric Power Monthly
Data for September 2025
Release Date:
November 25, 2025
Next Release Date:
December 23, 2025
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| Table 4.10.B. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) September 2025 and 2024 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 YTD | September 2024 YTD | Percentage Change | September 2025 YTD | September 2024 YTD | September 2025 YTD | September 2024 YTD | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 2.77 | 2.16 | 28% | -- | -- | 2.77 | 2.16 |
| New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | 2.77 | 2.16 | 28% | -- | -- | 2.77 | 2.16 |
| East North Central | 2.30 | 2.43 | -5.3% | 2.52 | 2.61 | 1.95 | 2.14 |
| Illinois | 1.66 | 1.79 | -7.3% | 1.74 | 2.01 | 1.63 | 1.74 |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.78 | 2.89 | W | W |
| Michigan | W | 2.57 | W | 2.40 | 2.57 | W | -- |
| Ohio | 2.27 | 2.60 | -13% | 2.81 | 2.75 | 2.19 | 2.56 |
| Wisconsin | 2.55 | 2.32 | 9.9% | 2.55 | 2.32 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.84 | 1.81 | 1.7% | 1.84 | 1.81 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.77 | 1.96 | -9.7% | 1.77 | 1.96 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.61 | 1.62 | -0.6% | 1.61 | 1.62 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 2.41 | 2.31 | 4.3% | 2.41 | 2.31 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.92 | 1.82 | 5.5% | 1.92 | 1.82 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.25 | 1.32 | -5.3% | 1.25 | 1.32 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 1.96 | 1.85 | 5.9% | 1.96 | 1.85 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 2.38 | 2.36 | 0.8% | 2.38 | 2.36 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 3.43 | 3.43 | 0.0% | 3.47 | 3.52 | 2.84 | 2.42 |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 3.53 | 3.64 | -3.0% | 3.53 | 3.64 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 3.63 | 4.13 | -12% | 3.63 | 4.13 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| North Carolina | 4.29 | 4.49 | -4.5% | 4.29 | 4.49 | -- | -- |
| South Carolina | 3.61 | 3.27 | 10% | 3.61 | 3.27 | -- | -- |
| Virginia | 4.59 | 4.61 | -0.4% | 4.59 | 4.61 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | 2.75 | W | 2.89 | 2.87 | W | 2.09 |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 2.38 | 2.58 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.52 | 2.70 | -6.7% | 2.52 | 2.70 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 2.26 | 2.43 | -7.0% | 2.26 | 2.43 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 2.94 | 3.82 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 2.74 | 3.08 | -11% | 2.74 | 3.08 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 2.05 | 2.10 | -2.4% | 2.04 | 2.07 | 2.06 | 2.12 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 2.20 | 2.01 | W | W |
| Louisiana | W | W | W | 2.51 | 2.70 | W | W |
| Oklahoma | 1.94 | 2.20 | -12% | 1.94 | 2.20 | -- | -- |
| Texas | 1.94 | 2.01 | -3.5% | 1.86 | 1.98 | 1.98 | 2.03 |
| Mountain | W | 2.61 | W | 2.68 | 2.69 | W | 2.04 |
| Arizona | 3.27 | 3.22 | 1.6% | 3.27 | 3.22 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 2.20 | 2.07 | 6.3% | 2.20 | 2.07 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | 5.64 | 4.44 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 3.58 | 3.67 | -2.5% | 3.58 | 3.67 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 3.58 | 3.61 | -0.8% | 3.58 | 3.61 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.78 | 1.73 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Washington | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 4.35 | 4.54 | -4.2% | 4.35 | 4.54 | -- | -- |
| Alaska | 4.35 | 4.54 | -4.2% | 4.35 | 4.54 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| U.S. Total | 2.43 | 2.48 | -2.0% | 2.50 | 2.56 | 2.16 | 2.17 |
| 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 for 2024 are final. Values for 2025 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." |