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Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus                                          
Electric Power Monthly with data for December 2007
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Table ES2.b. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus, 2007 and 2006
December
Total (All Sectors)
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants[1] Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal[2] 1,765,600 1,798,678 1.82 1.69 477 469 21,544,500 21,735,101 1.78 1.69
Petroleum Liquids[3] 21,557 30,826 14.19 8.28 357 342 435,090 406,869 9.62 8.68
Petroleum Coke 12,350 13,351 1.47 1.42 22 22 164,552 203,270 1.54 1.33
Natural Gas[4] 560,199 475,288 7.68 7.43 840 814 7,490,056 6,855,680 7.1 6.94
Fossil Fuels 2,359,705 2,318,143 3.32 2.95 1,170 1,131 29,634,198 29,200,921 3.24 3.02
Electric Utilities
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal2 1,323,051 1,351,388 1.82 1.69 308 308 16,015,192 16,197,852 1.78 1.69
Petroleum Liquids3 10,815 18,145 13.06 8.03 226 222 279,281 269,033 9.21 8.33
Petroleum Coke 2,991 4,078 1.72 1.51 8 10 69,242 99,471 1.79 1.49
Natural Gas4 182,580 149,402 7.96 7.77 314 314 2,516,407 2,222,289 7.45 7.36
Fossil Fuels 1,519,435 1,523,013 2.64 2.36 518 515 18,880,122 18,788,645 2.65 2.45
Independent Power Producers
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal2 416,548 420,864 1.8 1.66 132 139 5,202,595 5,204,402 1.73 1.69
Petroleum Liquids3 8,205 10,877 16.32 8.83 100 105 123,079 117,524 10.8 9.65
Petroleum Coke 7,159 7,345 1.19 1.24 9 9 75,610 85,924 1.2 1.07
Natural Gas4 296,660 249,031 7.59 7.14 412 398 4,064,331 3,742,865 6.91 6.66
Fossil Fuels 728,572 688,117 4.31 3.75 524 510 9,465,614 9,150,716 4.07 3.82
Commercial Sector
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal2 786 1,274 2.51 2.77 3 3 12,419 12,207 2.67 2.63
Petroleum Liquids3 8 18 19.8 14.51 2 3 249 798 14.04 13.5
Petroleum Coke -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Natural Gas4 1,904 1,839 9.11 8.57 8 8 21,928 21,369 8.02 8.33
Fossil Fuels 2,699 3,131 7.23 6.24 9 8 34,596 34,374 6.15 6.42
Industrial Sector
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-06
Coal2 25,215 25,151 2.24 1.96 37 28 314,294 320,640 2.21 2.03
Petroleum Liquids3 2,529 1,786 12.05 7.31 32 19 32,481 19,514 8.61 7.57
Petroleum Coke 2,200 1,927 2.05 1.93 5 3 19,700 17,875 1.96 1.63
Natural Gas4 79,055 75,017 7.33 7.68 109 98 887,391 869,157 6.98 7.02
Fossil Fuels 109,000 103,882 6.15 6.18 125 108 1,253,866 1,227,187 5.74 5.64
  [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, 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.
  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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