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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
October
Total (All Sectors)
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants[1]  Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal[2]  1,541,314 1,877,028 2.17 2.2 603 626 16,377,223 17,803,272 2.23 2.06
Petroleum Liquids[3]  16,781 28,388 12.43 15.3 1,343 1,358 301,077 336,778 9.82 16.87
Petroleum Coke 16,999 18,270 1.56 2.19 39 41 166,801 172,599 1.65 1.88
Natural Gas[4]  659,907 660,795 4.78 6.78 1,466 1,517 7,059,954 6,885,024 4.58 9.52
Fossil Fuels 2,235,002 2,584,481 3.01 3.52 2,712 2,754 23,905,055 25,197,673 3.02 4.3
Electric Utilities
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2  1,147,424 1,350,141 2.2 2.2 314 326 11,963,506 12,813,763 2.25 2.03
Petroleum Liquids3  12,202 14,208 12.65 16.53 876 882 177,300 206,294 10.01 16.78
Petroleum Coke 5,942 8,106 1.99 2.21 8 9 70,435 66,966 1.95 2.06
Natural Gas4  229,049 234,490 5.66 6.98 557 560 2,516,010 2,402,570 5.43 9.56
Fossil Fuels 1,394,617 1,606,945 2.86 3.02 1,389 1,404 14,727,251 15,489,592 2.88 3.4
Independent Power Producers
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2  354,876 479,081 2.04 2.13 153 159 3,993,612 4,507,549 2.12 2.05
Petroleum Liquids3  2,163 8,208 13.38 14.17 234 243 60,756 66,635 9.67 17.91
Petroleum Coke 7,934 5,877 1.17 1.67 18 18 64,230 65,912 1.2 1.4
Natural Gas4  331,207 331,634 4.38 6.37 512 516 3,590,882 3,504,904 4.1 9.49
Fossil Fuels 696,181 824,799 3.18 3.95 751 760 7,709,481 8,145,000 3.09 5.38
Commercial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal2  2,911 3,684 2.99 2.9 17 18 32,961 37,269 2.99 2.68
Petroleum Liquids3  145 325 14.2 15.21 86 89 3,242 3,105 10.39 17.04
Petroleum Coke -- 29 -- 2.36 -- 1 257 297 1.73 1.96
Natural Gas4  5,410 5,077 5.08 7.87 100 109 52,987 55,341 5.28 9.31
Fossil Fuels 8,466 9,115 4.52 6.11 152 157 89,447 96,012 4.62 6.96
Industrial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
Coal 36,103 44,122 2.69 3.09 119 123 387,143 444,691 2.89 2.76
Petroleum Liquids 2,271 5,646 10.25 13.85 147 144 59,777 60,744 9.39 16.03
Petroleum Coke 3,123 4,258 1.74 2.86 13 13 31,879 39,425 1.9 2.37
Natural Gas 94,241 89,595 4 7.73 297 332 900,076 922,209 4.06 9.59
Fossil Fuels 135,738 143,622 3.7 6.4 420 433 1,378,875 1,467,069 3.91 7.59
  [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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