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Data for May 2026 Release Date: July 23, 2026 Next Release Date: August 26, 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 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 28,494 30,669 46.52 48.40 152 167 151,364 150,502 46.02 46.68
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 1,248 1,283 182.69 88.54 83 90 10,964 7,483 118.18 100.94
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 101 82 79.07 69.79 3 1 511 428 79.72 76.50
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 939,394 931,146 2.83 3.38 593 575 4,564,671 4,455,266 5.25 4.55

 

Electric Utilities
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 21,743 23,735 49.42 49.85 115 124 116,311 113,474 47.87 48.55
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 889 939 177.22 85.30 63 61 5,891 4,855 123.22 98.86
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 101 82 79.07 69.79 3 1 511 428 79.72 76.50
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 485,241 473,828 3.04 3.70 318 305 2,279,984 2,182,016 5.30 4.67

 

Independent Power Producers
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 6,376 6,482 36.49 41.95 29 31 32,853 34,488 39.04 39.38
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 350 325 198.43 98.33 16 22 5,022 2,336 111.71 105.11
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 390,170 392,856 2.53 2.95 234 225 1,971,272 1,942,666 5.40 4.55

 

Commercial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 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) 638 669 3.53 3.57 3 3 3,742 3,621 3.89 3.63

 

Industrial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit) Number of Plants (Physical Units) (Dollars / Physical Unit)
Fuel May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025 May 2026 May 2025
Coal (1000 tons) 375 452 49.09 64.43 8 12 2,196 2,536 52.63 61.39
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) 9 20 112.97 92.04 4 7 50 292 111.89 105.70
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) 63,346 63,791 2.76 3.25 38 42 309,673 326,963 4.04 3.80


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.'