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Data for December 2022 Release Date: February 27, 2023 Next Release Date: March 24, 2023 Full report PDF
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Table ES1.B. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, Year-to-Date 2022 and 2021
 

Net Generation and Consumption of Fuels for January through December
  Total (All Sectors) Electric Power Sector Commercial Industrial Residential

 
Electric Utilities Independent Power
Producers



Fuel Facility Type December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD Percentage Change December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD
Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours)
Coal Utility Scale Facilities 828,993 897,885 -7.7% 620,878 674,804 202,529 217,522 275 280 5,311 5,278 0 0
Petroleum Liquids Utility Scale Facilities 16,274 11,665 39.5% 10,411 8,791 5,299 2,380 89 94 475 400 0 0
Petroleum Coke Utility Scale Facilities 7,109 7,511 -5.4% 5,383 5,728 1,342 1,413 10 4 374 367 0 0
Natural Gas Utility Scale Facilities 1,689,465 1,579,361 7.0% 832,401 777,057 753,767 699,717 7,366 7,346 95,929 95,240 0 0
Other Gas Utility Scale Facilities 11,884 11,397 4.3% 0 12 3,450 3,292 0 0 8,434 8,093 0 0
Nuclear Utility Scale Facilities 771,537 778,188 -0.9% 427,933 429,227 343,604 348,961 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hydroelectric Conventional Utility Scale Facilities 261,999 251,585 4.1% 240,726 228,689 20,112 21,702 292 258 870 936 0 0
Renewable Sources Excluding Hydroelectric Utility Scale Facilities 650,870 563,682 15.5% 103,341 89,249 518,926 445,396 3,648 3,576 24,955 25,461 0 0
... Wind Utility Scale Facilities 434,812 378,197 15.0% 80,322 70,338 354,191 307,579 172 168 127 112 0 0
... Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Utility Scale Facilities 145,598 115,258 26.3% 17,661 13,911 126,954 100,612 706 598 277 137 0 0
... Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels Utility Scale Facilities 36,569 36,463 0.3% 3,310 2,796 9,312 9,101 175 153 23,772 24,413 0 0
... Other Biomass Utility Scale Facilities 16,889 17,790 -5.1% 1,052 1,197 13,005 13,637 2,053 2,156 779 800 0 0
... Geothermal Utility Scale Facilities 17,002 15,975 6.4% 995 1,007 15,465 14,466 542 502 0 0 0 0
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Utility Scale Facilities -6,034 -5,112 18.0% -4,758 -3,876 -1,276 -1,235 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Energy Sources Utility Scale Facilities 11,038 12,140 -9.1% 313 508 5,898 6,449 1,171 1,209 3,656 3,975 0 0
All Energy Sources Utility Scale Facilities 4,243,136 4,108,303 3.3% 2,236,628 2,210,187 1,853,652 1,745,598 12,852 12,768 140,005 139,750 0 0
                             
Estimated Small Scale Solar Photovoltaic Small Scale Facilities 58,512 49,164 19.0% 0 0 0 0 17,093 15,124 4,067 3,858 37,351 30,182
Estimated Total Solar Photovoltaic All Facilities 201,107 161,499 24.5% 17,633 13,883 123,979 97,717 17,800 15,722 4,344 3,994 37,351 30,182
Estimated Total Solar All Facilities 204,110 164,422 24.1% 17,661 13,911 126,954 100,612 17,800 15,722 4,344 3,994 37,351 30,182
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 468,779 500,298 -6.3% 348,344 372,694 118,644 125,851 84 87 1,706 1,666 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 29,207 21,634 35.0% 19,909 16,850 8,541 4,102 225 250 532 432 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 2,887 3,070 -6.0% 2,271 2,323 490 618 3 1 123 127 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 12,384,883 11,503,839 7.7% 6,342,093 5,876,442 5,411,303 4,996,517 44,868 45,536 586,618 585,344 0 0
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 11,805 11,301 4.5% 2,229 2,153 720 667 424 447 8,432 8,034 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 2,545 2,072 22.8% 123 80 368 278 459 331 1,595 1,384 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 734 760 -3.5% 23 21 121 113 13 6 577 621 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 1,206,012 1,222,267 -1.3% 51,514 49,103 313,065 308,223 68,143 71,093 773,290 793,848 0 0
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 480,584 511,600 -6.1% 350,574 374,848 119,364 126,518 508 534 10,138 9,700 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 31,751 23,706 33.9% 20,032 16,929 8,909 4,380 684 580 2,127 1,816 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 3,620 3,830 -5.5% 2,294 2,344 610 731 16 7 699 748 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 13,590,895 12,726,106 6.8% 6,393,607 5,925,545 5,724,368 5,304,740 113,012 116,628 1,359,908 1,379,192 0 0

 
 

Sales, Revenue, and Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers for January through December
  Total U.S. Electric Power Industry

Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers
(million kWh)
Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (million dollars) Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (cents/kWh)
Sector December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD Percentage Change December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD Percentage Change December 2022 YTD December 2021 YTD Percentage Change
Residential 1,521,886 1,470,487 3.5% 230,174 200,834 14.6% 15.12 13.66 10.7%
Commercial 1,373,031 1,328,439 3.4% 172,257 149,008 15.6% 12.55 11.22 11.9%
Industrial 1,007,533 1,000,613 0.7% 85,171 71,835 18.6% 8.45 7.18 17.7%
Transportation 6,602 6,334 4.2% 770 646 19.1% 11.66 10.20 14.3%
All Sectors 3,909,053 3,805,874 2.7% 488,371 422,323 15.6% 12.49 11.10 12.5%

YTD = Year to Date
NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Coal generation and consumption includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, refined coal, synthetic coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, propane, and waste oil.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke and synthesis gas derived from petroleum coke.
Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
Other Gases includes blast furnace gas and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels include wood, black liquor, and other wood waste.
Other Biomass includes biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and other biomass.
Coal stocks include anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, refined coal, and synthetic coal; waste coal is excluded.
Sales of electricity to ultimate customers and net generation may not correspond exactly for a particular month for a variety of reasons (e.g., sales data may include imported electricity).
Net generation is presented for the calendar month while sales of electricity to ultimate customers and associated revenue accumulate from bills collected for periods of time that vary depending
upon customer class and consumption occurring during and outside the calendar month.
Note: Values for 2022 are preliminary. Values for 2021 are final. Percentage change is calculated before rounding.
See technical notes for additional information including more on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M, 'Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State Distributions Report.'
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'