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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
July
Total (All Sectors)
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants[1] Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
July July July July July July July July July July
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal[2] 1,645,994 1,786,855 2.24 2.11 609 632 11,537,352 12,230,612 2.25 2
Petroleum Liquids[3] 26,280 36,134 11.29 20.49 1,351 1,374 235,518 242,228 9.1 16.63
Petroleum Coke 15,975 19,248 1.62 1.81 39 41 110,595 122,566 1.67 1.7
Natural Gas[4] 898,650 903,441 4.28 11.87 1,646 1,824 4,631,856 4,625,617 4.79 10.26
Fossil Fuels 2,586,898 2,745,679 3.04 5.56 2,850 2,954 16,515,320 17,221,023 3.06 4.42
Electric Utilities
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
July July July July July July July July July July
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2 1,217,256 1,293,340 2.26 2.08 319 331 8,380,339 8,802,070 2.26 1.96
Petroleum Liquids3 18,540 21,767 11.26 20.17 890 900 132,286 149,232 9.18 16.51
Petroleum Coke 4,446 6,694 2.22 1.78 9 9 48,142 44,260 1.94 1.93
Natural Gas4 336,444 313,300 5.04 11.54 642 807 1,639,119 1,592,493 5.64 10.27
Fossil Fuels 1,576,686 1,635,102 2.96 4.13 1,457 1,525 10,199,886 10,588,055 2.89 3.42
Independent Power Producers
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
July July July July July July July July July July
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2 387,019 441,072 2.11 2.1 151 159 2,860,302 3,094,554 2.14 2.02
Petroleum Liquids3 3,001 7,850 12.05 21.62 234 243 51,916 49,421 9.03 18.16
Petroleum Coke 8,113 7,873 1.23 1.43 18 18 41,255 50,616 1.21 1.27
Natural Gas4 466,165 488,727 3.79 11.86 576 601 2,333,180 2,338,933 4.31 10.34
Fossil Fuels 864,298 945,522 3.04 7.3 801 835 5,286,653 5,533,524 3.16 5.67
Commercial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
July July July July July July July July July July
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2 3,134 4,600 2.96 2.83 18 18 23,240 25,607 2.98 2.54
Petroleum Liquids3 243 320 12.02 21.14 84 88 2,550 2,104 9.57 16.37
Petroleum Coke 30 31 1.59 1.97 1 1 186 211 1.75 1.75
Natural Gas4 5,082 5,334 4.75 11.92 110 105 37,572 39,546 5.54 9.69
Fossil Fuels 8,488 10,285 4.29 8.11 157 155 63,548 67,467 4.76 7.16
Industrial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
July July July July July July July July July July
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal 38,584 47,843 2.86 2.89 121 124 273,471 308,381 2.94 2.62
Petroleum Liquids 4,497 6,197 10.83 20.16 143 143 48,765 41,472 8.96 15.3
Petroleum Coke 3,385 4,650 1.74 2.5 11 13 21,011 27,479 1.97 2.12
Natural Gas 90,959 96,080 3.91 13.03 318 311 621,985 654,644 4.29 9.97
Fossil Fuels 137,425 154,770 3.79 9.86 435 439 965,233 1,031,976 4.09 7.78
  [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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