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Analysis

Table E7. Electric power sector energy price estimates, 2023 (dollars per million Btu)

Table E7. Electric power sector energy price estimates, 2023
(dollars per million Btu)
State	Coal	Natural gas ^a	Petroleum				Nuclear fuel	Biomass	Electricity imports ^c^,d	Total energy ^e
State	Coal	Natural gas ^a	Distillate fuel oil	Petroleum coke	Residual fuel oil	Total	Nuclear fuel	Wood and waste ^b	Electricity imports ^c^,d	Total energy ^e
Alabama	3.04	3.18	23.02	—	—	23.02	0.66	2.93	—	2.10
Alaska	4.57	8.16	25.12	—	—	25.12	—	—	—	9.32
Arizona	3.04	4.30	23.97	—	—	23.97	0.64	2.93	—	2.74
Arkansas	2.19	2.69	22.02	—	—	22.02	0.47	2.93	—	1.89
California	—	8.33	25.90	—	—	25.90	0.57	2.93	18.72	6.66
Colorado	2.11	3.84	26.51	—	—	26.51	—	2.93	—	3.03
Connecticut	—	3.68	21.04	—	18.47	19.16	0.59	2.93	—	2.37
Delaware	3.55	2.07	22.44	—	17.95	20.29	—	2.93	—	2.23
Dist. of Col.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Florida	3.37	4.00	22.82	5.20	15.21	8.09	0.49	2.62	—	3.39
Georgia	4.48	3.05	24.66	—	—	24.43	0.77	2.93	—	2.43
Hawaii	—	—	22.17	—	19.63	19.87	—	2.93	—	19.49
Idaho	—	6.52	24.66	—	—	24.66	—	2.93	—	6.42
Illinois	2.09	2.84	23.88	—	—	23.88	0.63	0.71	—	1.21
Indiana	2.99	2.92	21.24	—	—	21.24	—	0.60	—	2.98
Iowa	1.76	2.87	21.80	—	—	21.80	—	2.93	—	2.18
Kansas	1.70	3.08	20.56	—	—	20.56	0.62	2.93	—	1.57
Kentucky	2.50	3.41	22.14	—	—	22.14	—	0.86	—	2.70
Louisiana	2.97	2.84	19.58	4.49	—	4.63	0.57	2.93	—	2.39
Maine	5.40	7.22	21.04	—	18.47	18.55	—	2.93	18.72	7.70
Maryland	3.55	2.45	22.44	—	19.42	20.82	0.59	2.93	—	1.64
Massachusetts	—	7.31	21.04	—	14.70	18.10	—	2.93	—	7.11
Michigan	2.58	2.66	19.60	2.89	13.56	3.91	0.54	2.93	18.72	2.29
Minnesota	2.40	4.94	20.07	—	—	20.07	0.77	1.04	18.72	3.53
Mississippi	3.96	2.75	20.99	—	—	20.99	0.65	2.93	—	2.41
Missouri	1.92	2.85	22.06	—	—	22.06	0.70	—	—	1.92
Montana	2.39	2.30	24.67	4.49	—	4.76	—	2.93	18.72	2.57
Nebraska	1.33	2.99	21.76	—	—	21.75	0.66	2.93	—	1.29
Nevada	5.15	7.24	26.76	—	—	26.76	—	2.93	—	6.99
New Hampshire	5.40	5.70	21.04	—	17.00	18.72	0.59	2.93	—	2.02
New Jersey	—	2.05	19.74	—	—	19.74	0.61	2.93	—	1.30
New Mexico	3.57	2.61	24.67	—	—	24.67	—	2.93	—	3.07
New York	—	2.93	19.74	—	18.17	18.56	0.64	2.93	18.72	2.70
North Carolina	4.68	5.35	24.50	—	—	24.50	0.55	2.93	—	3.15
North Dakota	1.86	3.45	21.07	—	—	21.07	—	—	18.72	2.26
Ohio	2.67	2.18	23.56	2.97	—	4.83	0.62	2.93	—	2.12
Oklahoma	2.27	2.97	22.10	—	—	22.10	—	2.93	—	2.88
Oregon	—	5.07	—	—	—	—	—	2.93	—	5.00
Pennsylvania	2.31	2.07	19.74	—	18.98	19.70	0.64	2.93	—	1.52
Rhode Island	—	3.69	21.04	—	—	21.04	—	2.93	—	3.72
South Carolina	3.57	3.95	22.28	—	—	22.28	0.55	0.85	—	1.77
South Dakota	2.25	2.66	24.42	—	—	24.42	—	—	—	2.65
Tennessee	3.54	2.79	20.98	—	—	20.98	0.59	2.93	—	1.73
Texas	2.08	2.54	20.90	—	—	20.90	0.59	2.93	18.72	2.19
Utah	2.51	7.99	24.65	—	—	24.65	—	2.93	—	4.46
Vermont	—	2.89	21.04	—	—	21.04	—	2.93	18.72	16.55
Virginia	5.20	3.31	19.71	—	—	19.70	0.59	3.72	—	2.23
Washington	3.79	5.78	25.90	—	—	25.90	0.66	2.68	18.72	3.97
West Virginia	2.81	1.93	21.71	—	—	21.71	—	2.93	—	2.81
Wisconsin	2.48	3.84	19.67	5.15	—	14.42	0.59	2.86	—	2.66
Wyoming	1.88	6.91	24.40	—	—	24.40	—	—	—	2.11
United States	2.55	3.55	22.49	3.89	19.45	15.11	0.61	2.78	18.72	2.62

Footnotes:

^a Includes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas.

^b Wood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Includes small amount of other biomass liquids that are biodiesel.

^c Electricity imported from Canada and Mexico.

^d State price estimates are not available. The U.S. price estimate is assigned to all states.

^e There are no direct fuel costs for hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, or wind energy.

— = No consumption.

Note: The electric power sector consists of electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.

Web page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See technical notes. https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/