Electric Power Monthly

Data for August 2025 Release Date: October 24, 2025 Next Release Date: November 25, 2025 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, 2025 and 2024

Total (All Sectors)
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024
Coal (1000 tons)	35,625	34,430	45.36	45.98	178	193	256,287	241,823	46.32	47.22
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	1,527	1,141	102.09	111.35	98	155	11,344	9,505	101.77	115.46
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	127	134	80.33	86.70	2	3	815	686	79.11	84.57
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	1,288,790	1,493,494	3.27	2.33	598	828	8,189,705	9,315,620	4.05	2.81

Electric Utilities
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024
Coal (1000 tons)	27,515	25,647	47.58	47.79	133	143	194,690	182,258	48.24	49.69
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	1,094	835	101.45	111.11	65	105	7,618	6,913	100.38	115.16
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	127	134	80.33	86.70	2	3	815	686	79.11	84.57
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	663,423	781,275	3.57	2.60	315	450	4,107,547	4,780,077	4.23	3.09

Independent Power Producers
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024
Coal (1000 tons)	7,655	8,293	36.99	39.55	34	39	57,645	55,606	38.92	38.17
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	424	280	103.74	113.61	28	42	3,389	2,364	104.87	117.58
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	0	0	--	--	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	562,233	643,563	2.85	1.95	241	329	3,557,316	4,001,858	3.88	2.46

Commercial Sector
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024
Coal (1000 tons)	0.05	0	97.50	--	1	0	6	6	96.89	96.74
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)	710	733	3.56	3.40	3	3	5,590	4,895	3.61	3.35

Industrial Sector
							Year-to-Date
	Receipts		Cost				Receipts		Cost
	(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)		Number of Plants		(Physical Units)		(Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024	August 2025	August 2024
Coal (1000 tons)	456	491	51.45	59.46	10	11	3,946	3,954	59.18	59.88
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)	9	26	102.57	95.00	5	8	336	228	104.33	103.07
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	0	0	--	--	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)	62,424	67,923	3.14	2.14	39	46	519,252	528,790	3.59	2.47

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 for 2025 are preliminary. Values for 2024 are final. Mcf = thousand cubic feet.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'