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Electric Power Monthly

Data for February 2024 Release Date: April 24, 2024 Next Release Date: May 24, 2024 Full report PDF
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Table ES2.B. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus, 2024 and 2023
 

Total (All Sectors)
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu) Number of Plants (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu)
Fuel February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023
Coal 566,897 637,812 2.49 2.60 181 195 1,167,888 1,361,481 2.49 2.60
Petroleum Liquids 6,341 9,911 19.55 20.13 92 115 16,417 23,363 19.15 21.11
Petroleum Coke 1,385 3,886 2.63 4.80 2 5 2,293 8,758 2.64 4.66
Natural Gas 910,552 866,448 2.88 4.39 576 577 2,018,999 1,838,276 3.93 5.80
Fossil Fuels 1,485,175 1,518,056 2.80 3.71 685 695 3,205,597 3,231,877 3.45 4.49

 

Electric Utilities
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu) Number of Plants (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu)
Fuel February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023
Coal 442,174 479,262 2.58 2.67 137 142 909,849 1,035,633 2.56 2.66
Petroleum Liquids 5,117 6,212 19.49 22.06 66 80 12,556 16,064 19.14 21.98
Petroleum Coke 1,385 3,886 2.63 4.80 2 5 2,293 8,758 2.64 4.66
Natural Gas 440,056 410,830 3.35 4.95 302 298 965,763 880,248 4.21 6.94
Fossil Fuels 888,731 900,190 3.06 3.85 385 382 1,890,462 1,940,703 3.51 4.76

 

Independent Power Producers
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu) Number of Plants (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu)
Fuel February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023
Coal 113,481 147,634 2.10 2.25 32 37 237,156 303,829 2.17 2.31
Petroleum Liquids 1,029 3,366 20.12 16.69 18 26 3,353 6,631 19.49 19.27
Petroleum Coke 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas 406,630 392,667 2.31 3.91 228 233 915,678 825,007 3.71 4.66
Fossil Fuels 521,141 543,667 2.30 3.48 252 265 1,156,187 1,135,467 3.39 4.03

 

Commercial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu) Number of Plants (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu)
Fuel February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023
Coal 43 22 4.28 4.28 1 1 128 43 4.28 4.28
Petroleum Liquids 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Petroleum Coke 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas 666 707 3.29 3.01 3 3 1,380 1,413 3.29 3.06
Fossil Fuels 709 728 3.35 3.05 3 3 1,508 1,456 3.38 3.10

 

Industrial Sector
  Year-to-Date
  Receipts Cost   Receipts Cost
  (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu) Number of Plants (Billion Btu) (Dollars / Million Btu)
Fuel February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023 February 2024 February 2023
Coal 11,198 10,894 3.08 3.79 11 15 20,755 21,976 2.95 3.39
Petroleum Liquids 195 332 18.01 17.22 8 9 508 668 17.34 17.49
Petroleum Coke 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Gas 63,201 62,244 2.58 3.23 43 43 136,178 131,608 3.14 4.18
Fossil Fuels 74,594 73,471 2.70 3.37 45 45 157,440 154,252 3.16 4.12


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.
.... The total number of fossil fuel plants is not the sum of the figures above it because a plant that receives two or more different fuels is only counted once.
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.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'