Electric Power Monthly
| Table ES2.B. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus, 2026 and 2025 |
| Total (All Sectors) | ||||||||||
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| Year-to-Date | ||||||||||
| Receipts | Cost | Receipts | Cost | |||||||
| (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | Number of Plants | (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | ||||||
| Fuel | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 |
| Coal | 567,645 | 613,346 | 2.41 | 2.45 | 156 | 170 | 1,798,005 | 1,729,780 | 2.42 | 2.43 |
| Petroleum Liquids | 10,710 | 9,145 | 19.69 | 16.27 | 96 | 92 | 51,305 | 31,110 | 16.58 | 17.21 |
| Petroleum Coke | 3,370 | 2,293 | 2.92 | 2.99 | 3 | 2 | 8,956 | 8,161 | 2.82 | 2.88 |
| Natural Gas | 896,038 | 828,189 | 3.11 | 4.17 | 573 | 567 | 2,867,663 | 2,836,505 | 6.57 | 5.03 |
| Fossil Fuels | 1,477,762 | 1,452,973 | 2.95 | 3.49 | 674 | 675 | 4,725,929 | 4,605,556 | 5.02 | 4.08 |
| Electric Utilities | ||||||||||
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| Receipts | Cost | Receipts | Cost | |||||||
| (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | Number of Plants | (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | ||||||
| Fuel | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 |
| Coal | 444,169 | 469,358 | 2.49 | 2.53 | 118 | 127 | 1,411,548 | 1,314,052 | 2.46 | 2.49 |
| Petroleum Liquids | 7,636 | 7,432 | 19.37 | 16.15 | 69 | 64 | 25,453 | 19,221 | 16.57 | 16.94 |
| Petroleum Coke | 3,370 | 2,293 | 2.92 | 2.99 | 3 | 2 | 8,956 | 8,161 | 2.82 | 2.88 |
| Natural Gas | 456,945 | 406,101 | 3.29 | 4.47 | 305 | 300 | 1,425,625 | 1,374,553 | 6.54 | 5.03 |
| Fossil Fuels | 912,119 | 885,183 | 3.03 | 3.53 | 382 | 381 | 2,871,581 | 2,715,987 | 4.61 | 3.88 |
| Independent Power Producers | ||||||||||
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| Receipts | Cost | Receipts | Cost | |||||||
| (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | Number of Plants | (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | ||||||
| Fuel | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 |
| Coal | 115,101 | 133,150 | 2.11 | 2.13 | 29 | 32 | 358,942 | 383,573 | 2.22 | 2.16 |
| Petroleum Liquids | 3,028 | 1,520 | 20.49 | 16.80 | 22 | 22 | 25,643 | 10,359 | 16.60 | 17.69 |
| Petroleum Coke | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural Gas | 378,923 | 352,500 | 2.86 | 3.85 | 227 | 223 | 1,250,540 | 1,254,625 | 6.95 | 5.24 |
| Fossil Fuels | 497,052 | 487,169 | 2.78 | 3.37 | 249 | 248 | 1,635,126 | 1,648,558 | 5.91 | 4.49 |
| Commercial Sector | ||||||||||
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| Year-to-Date | ||||||||||
| Receipts | Cost | Receipts | Cost | |||||||
| (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | Number of Plants | (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | ||||||
| Fuel | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 |
| Coal | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 93 | 91 | 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 | 792 | 646 | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3 | 3 | 2,479 | 2,280 | 3.93 | 3.51 |
| Fossil Fuels | 792 | 646 | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3 | 3 | 2,571 | 2,371 | 3.94 | 3.54 |
| Industrial Sector | ||||||||||
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| Receipts | Cost | Receipts | Cost | |||||||
| (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | Number of Plants | (Billion Btu) | (Dollars / Million Btu) | ||||||
| Fuel | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 | March 2026 | March 2025 |
| Coal | 8,375 | 10,838 | 2.55 | 2.87 | 9 | 11 | 27,422 | 32,064 | 2.74 | 2.96 |
| Petroleum Liquids | 45 | 194 | 20.64 | 16.95 | 5 | 6 | 209 | 1,531 | 16.71 | 17.78 |
| Petroleum Coke | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural Gas | 59,379 | 68,943 | 3.03 | 3.80 | 38 | 41 | 189,020 | 205,047 | 4.72 | 3.99 |
| Fossil Fuels | 67,799 | 79,975 | 2.98 | 3.71 | 40 | 43 | 216,651 | 238,641 | 4.48 | 3.94 |
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.' |