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Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Physical Units                                          
Electric Power Monthly with data for December 2007
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Table ES2.A. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Physical Units, 2007 and 2006
December
Total (All Sectors)
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants[1] Year-to-Date
(physical units) (dollars/
  physical unit) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal (1000 tons)[2] 89,107 90,276 36.07 33.61 477 469 1,072,997 1,079,943 35.65 34.09
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)[3] 3,496 4,944 87.46 51.61 357 342 69,524 65,002 60.18 54.35
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 433 472 42.08 40.19 22 22 5,784 7,193 43.81 37.46
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)[4] 546,009 462,904 7.88 7.63 840 814 7,291,211 6,675,246 7.3 7.13
Electric Utilities
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(physical units) (dollars/
  physical unit) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal (1000 tons)2 66,006 67,200 36.47 33.95 308 308 789,377 797,361 36.11 34.26
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)3 1,727 2,877 81.78 50.67 226 222 44,053 42,415 58.37 52.8
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 106 146 48.33 42.22 8 10 2,446 3,516 50.57 42.21
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)4 178,326 145,645 8.15 7.97 314 314 2,450,253 2,163,113 7.65 7.56
Independent Power Producers
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(physical units) (dollars/
  physical unit) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal (1000 tons)2 21,929 21,833 34.14 32.06 132 139 269,062 266,856 33.52 33.04
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)3 1,362 1,780 98.32 53.98 100 105 20,102 19,236 66.15 58.98
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 249 259 34.32 35.13 9 9 2,639 3,031 34.47 30.34
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)4 288,902 242,507 7.79 7.33 412 398 3,957,742 3,647,102 7.1 6.84
Commercial Sector
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(physical units) (dollars/
  physical unit) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal (1000 tons)2 35 54 57.08 64.95 3 3 531 518 62.46 61.95
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)3 1 3 115.56 84.32 2 3 43 137 81.93 78.7
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)4 1,858 1,791 9.34 8.8 8 8 21,398 20,819 8.22 8.55
Industrial Sector
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(physical units) (dollars/
  physical unit) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal (1000 tons)2 1,137 1,189 49.68 41.5 37 28 14,027 15,208 49.51 42.76
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels)3 406 285 75.11 45.89 32 19 5,327 3,214 52.49 45.95
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 77 67 58.49 55.21 5 3 698 646 55.42 45.05
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)4 76,923 72,960 7.53 7.9 109 98 861,818 844,211 7.18 7.22
  [1] Represents the number of plants for which receipts data were collected for this month.  The same plant using more than one fuel may be counted multiple times.  The total numbers of electric power plants using coal, petroleum liquids, petroleum coke, and natural gas in the country as of  January 1, 2005 are 623; 1,575; 54; and 1,816 respectively).of January 1, 2007 are:  620; 1,542; 46; and 1,838 respectively.
  [2] Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel.
  [3] Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, and waste oil.
  [4] Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
  Notes: Values for 2006 are final.  Values for 2007 are preliminary.  Values for January through July 2007 are revised.  Mcf = thousand cubic feet.
  Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-423, "Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report;" Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants."

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