Table 1.  Fossil Steam Plant Operations and Maintenance Costs, 1981-1997

Year

Capacity (Megawatts)

Generation (Thousand Kilowatthours)

Fuel
(1997 Dollars)

Total Nonfuel (1997 Dollars)

Fuel
(Mills per Kilowatthour)

Nonfuel
(Mills per Kilowatthour)

Total Production (Mills per Kilowatthour)

1981

385,929

1,575,674,225

62,975,524,370

8,630,113,999

39.97

5.48

45.44

1982

412,938

1,555,652,910

59,745,257,414

9,442,540,715

38.41

6.07

44.48

1983

424,230

1,619,872,921

59,048,520,113

9,427,733,649

36.45

5.82

42.27

1984

435,888

1,697,846,310

58,923,996,040

9,952,591,520

34.71

5.86

40.57

1985

453,477

1,756,950,576

56,676,427,149

10,828,858,046

32.26

6.16

38.42

1986

456,651

1,743,567,437

46,772,159,501

10,885,713,440

26.83

6.24

33.07

1987

461,408

1,812,650,361

44,939,763,615

10,704,403,807

24.79

5.91

30.70

1988

462,893

1,906,901,849

43,792,779,635

10,847,790,833

22.97

5.69

28.65

1989

466,169

1,934,621,433

43,226,040,887

10,537,230,489

22.34

5.45

27.79

1990

469,255

1,921,672,263

41,136,540,826

10,560,409,433

21.41

5.50

26.90

1991

472,534

1,909,148,545

38,403,461,613

10,371,046,045

20.12

5.43

25.55

1992

472,655

1,912,634,257

36,474,519,112

9,987,287,062

19.07

5.22

24.29

1993

469,528

1,953,792,504

36,666,102,978

9,902,692,491

18.77

5.07

23.84

1994

466,710

1,964,967,375

34,470,527,774

9,555,774,162

17.54

4.86

22.41

1995

464,289

1,963,740,860

32,096,070,053

9,101,325,045

16.34

4.63

20.98

1996

465,097

2,014,510,149

33,066,835,339

8,790,566,243

16.41

4.36

20.78

1997

465,626

2,071,399,409

33,191,910,572

8,551,685,295

16.02

4.13

20.15

Sources: FERC Form 1, “Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others,” and Form EIA-412, “Annual Report of Public Electric Utilities” (1981-1997).