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Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus                                          
Table ES2.b.    xls   format     Electric Power Monthly

Table ES2.b. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus, 2009 and 2008
August
Total (All Sectors)
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants[1]  Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
August August August August August August August August August August
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal[2]  1,720,404 1,901,248 2.22 2.18 608 629 13,257,756 14,131,860 2.25 2.02
Petroleum Liquids[3]  31,467 33,847 12.01 19.64 1,362 1,375 266,985 276,076 9.45 17
Petroleum Coke 20,417 16,437 1.85 2.56 40 38 131,012 139,003 1.7 1.8
Natural Gas[4]  963,598 889,566 4.09 9.12 1,720 1,825 5,595,454 5,515,183 4.67 10.07
Fossil Fuels 2,735,886 2,841,099 2.99 4.56 2,889 2,945 19,251,206 20,062,121 3.05 4.44
Electric Utilities
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
August August August August August August August August August August
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2  1,267,143 1,361,904 2.25 2.16 319 330 9,647,482 10,163,974 2.26 1.99
Petroleum Liquids3  21,754 21,442 11.98 19.25 889 898 154,041 170,674 9.57 16.85
Petroleum Coke 9,277 8,005 2.17 2.41 10 9 57,419 52,264 1.98 2
Natural Gas4  355,377 318,686 4.93 9.09 737 801 1,994,496 1,911,180 5.51 10.07
Fossil Fuels 1,653,551 1,710,037 2.95 3.67 1,487 1,520 11,853,437 12,298,092 2.9 3.45
Independent Power Producers
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
August August August August August August August August August August
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2  409,824 487,917 2.09 2.15 152 159 3,270,125 3,582,471 2.13 2.03
Petroleum Liquids3  3,838 4,914 13.02 20.68 245 246 55,754 54,335 9.3 18.38
Petroleum Coke 7,275 4,031 1.39 2.23 19 15 48,531 54,647 1.24 1.34
Natural Gas4  510,509 468,450 3.59 9.03 589 604 2,843,689 2,807,383 4.18 10.12
Fossil Fuels 931,446 965,312 2.95 5.59 821 832 6,218,099 6,498,836 3.13 5.66
Commercial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
August August August August August August August August August August
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2  3,499 4,073 3 2.93 18 18 26,739 29,680 2.98 2.6
Petroleum Liquids3  324 349 13.15 21.04 85 88 2,874 2,453 9.97 17.04
Petroleum Coke 35 29 1.93 2.84 1 1 222 241 1.77 1.88
Natural Gas4  5,315 5,509 4.56 8.97 106 106 42,887 45,055 5.42 9.6
Fossil Fuels 9,174 9,961 4.26 6.91 155 156 72,722 77,428 4.69 7.13
Industrial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
August August August August August August August August August August
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal 39,938 47,354 2.8 3.02 119 122 313,409 355,736 2.92 2.67
Petroleum Liquids 5,550 7,141 11.34 20.05 143 143 54,316 48,613 9.2 16
Petroleum Coke 3,830 4,372 1.95 3.12 10 13 24,841 31,851 1.97 2.26
Natural Gas 92,398 96,921 3.58 9.66 288 314 714,383 751,565 4.2 9.93
Fossil Fuels 141,715 155,789 3.62 7.93 426 437 1,106,948 1,187,765 4.03 7.8
  [1] Represents the number of plants for which receipts data were collected for this month.  The total number of fossil fuel plants is not a sum of the figures above it because a plant that receives two or more different fuels is only counted once.  The total number of electric power plants using coal, petroleum liquids, petroleum coke, and natural gas in the country as of January 1, 2008 are: 603; 1,501; 44; and 1,794 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: Due to different reporting requirements between the Form EIA-923 and historical FERC Form 423, the receipts data from 2008 and on are not directly comparable to prior years. For more information, please see the Technical Notes in Appendix C. Values for 2008 and 2009 are preliminary.
  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;" Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report," replaced the following: Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report;"  Form EIA-423, "Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report;" and  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants."

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