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Data for March 2026 Release Date: May 21, 2026 Next Release Date: June 24, 2026 Full report PDF
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Table ES2.A. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Physical Units, 2026 and 2025
 

Total (All Sectors)
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 29,741 32,062 46.04 46.85 156 170 95,058 91,398 45.75 45.94
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 1,761 1,495 119.77 99.58 96 92 8,526 5,140 100.01 104.38
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 123 82 79.96 83.17 3 2 329 296 76.81 79.44
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 868,075 801,787 3.21 4.31 573 567 2,773,893 2,743,008 6.79 5.20

 

Electric Utilities
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 22,969 24,128 48.13 49.18 118 127 73,873 68,446 47.05 47.81
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 1,251 1,212 118.27 99.03 69 64 4,196 3,156 100.51 103.17
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 123 82 79.96 83.17 3 2 329 296 76.81 79.44
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 442,367 393,389 3.40 4.62 305 300 1,378,809 1,329,771 6.77 5.20

 

Independent Power Producers
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 6,339 7,394 38.24 38.43 29 32 19,807 21,362 40.24 38.87
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 503 251 123.35 101.63 22 22 4,297 1,730 99.42 106.41
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 366,804 340,434 2.96 3.99 227 223 1,208,003 1,211,445 7.20 5.43

 

Commercial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 4 4 98.09 96.62
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 757 618 3.59 3.64 3 3 2,372 2,183 4.10 3.67

 

Industrial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 433 539 49.40 57.64 9 11 1,373 1,585 54.70 59.79
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 7 32 129.59 104.40 5 6 33 253 105.90 107.52
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 58,148 67,347 3.09 3.89 38 41 184,710 199,608 4.83 4.10


NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Number of Plants represents the number of plants for which receipts data were collected this month.
.... A plant using more than one fuel may be counted multiple times.
Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, synthetic coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas.
Petroleum Liquids include distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, propane, and waste oil.
Natural Gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
Petroleum Coke includeds petroleum coke and synthesis gas derived from petroleum coke.
Note: Values are preliminary. Mcf = thousand cubic feet.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'