Electric Power Monthly
Data for December 2025
Release Date:
February 24, 2026
Next Release Date:
March 24, 2026
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| Table 4.10.B. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2025 and 2024 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 YTD | December 2024 YTD | Percentage Change | December 2025 YTD | December 2024 YTD | December 2025 YTD | December 2024 YTD | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 2.81 | 2.23 | 26% | -- | -- | 2.81 | 2.23 |
| New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | 2.81 | 2.23 | 26% | -- | -- | 2.81 | 2.23 |
| East North Central | 2.29 | 2.41 | -5.0% | 2.51 | 2.59 | 1.96 | 2.12 |
| Illinois | 1.67 | 1.80 | -7.2% | 1.71 | 2.02 | 1.66 | 1.75 |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.76 | 2.87 | W | W |
| Michigan | W | 2.53 | W | 2.41 | 2.53 | W | -- |
| Ohio | 2.27 | 2.55 | -11% | 2.83 | 2.77 | 2.19 | 2.50 |
| Wisconsin | 2.53 | 2.32 | 9.1% | 2.53 | 2.32 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.85 | 1.81 | 2.2% | 1.85 | 1.81 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.73 | 1.89 | -8.5% | 1.73 | 1.89 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.61 | 1.61 | 0.0% | 1.61 | 1.61 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 2.41 | 2.29 | 5.2% | 2.41 | 2.29 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.91 | 1.84 | 3.8% | 1.91 | 1.84 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.24 | 1.32 | -6.1% | 1.24 | 1.32 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 2.08 | 1.90 | 9.5% | 2.08 | 1.90 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 2.39 | 2.36 | 1.3% | 2.39 | 2.36 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 3.40 | 3.45 | -1.4% | 3.44 | 3.53 | 2.78 | 2.47 |
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 3.42 | 3.62 | -5.5% | 3.42 | 3.62 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 3.58 | 4.14 | -14% | 3.58 | 4.14 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| North Carolina | 4.24 | 4.50 | -5.8% | 4.24 | 4.50 | -- | -- |
| South Carolina | 3.65 | 3.28 | 11% | 3.65 | 3.28 | -- | -- |
| Virginia | 4.42 | 4.46 | -0.9% | 4.42 | 4.46 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | 2.78 | W | 2.87 | 2.90 | W | 2.10 |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 2.38 | 2.54 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.53 | 2.65 | -4.5% | 2.53 | 2.65 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 2.26 | 2.40 | -5.8% | 2.26 | 2.40 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 3.02 | 3.70 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 2.72 | 3.01 | -9.6% | 2.72 | 3.01 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 2.02 | 2.10 | -3.8% | 2.01 | 2.08 | 2.04 | 2.12 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 2.18 | 2.02 | W | W |
| Louisiana | W | W | W | 2.45 | 2.80 | W | W |
| Oklahoma | 1.93 | 2.16 | -11% | 1.93 | 2.16 | -- | -- |
| Texas | 1.93 | 2.02 | -4.5% | 1.84 | 1.98 | 1.97 | 2.04 |
| Mountain | W | 2.61 | W | 2.68 | 2.69 | W | 2.05 |
| Arizona | 3.28 | 3.24 | 1.2% | 3.28 | 3.24 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 2.23 | 2.23 | 0.0% | 2.23 | 2.23 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | 5.64 | 4.52 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 3.60 | 3.66 | -1.6% | 3.60 | 3.66 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 3.59 | 3.64 | -1.4% | 3.59 | 3.64 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.76 | 1.71 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Washington | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 4.30 | 4.43 | -2.9% | 4.30 | 4.43 | -- | -- |
| Alaska | 4.30 | 4.43 | -2.9% | 4.30 | 4.43 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| U.S. Total | 2.42 | 2.46 | -1.6% | 2.49 | 2.55 | 2.15 | 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." |