Table 2.  Coal 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

259,539

1,148,992,891

33,842,032,705

6,653,450,298

29.45

5.79

35.24

1982

279,252

1,177,928,612

34,763,820,670

7,310,528,614

29.51

6.21

35.72

1983

292,796

1,272,573,389

36,615,713,670

7,337,676,799

28.77

5.77

34.54

1984

303,203

1,349,972,538

37,050,562,081

7,826,879,765

27.45

5.80

33.24

1985

315,456

1,421,380,003

37,280,096,310

8,596,781,832

26.23

6.05

32.28

1986

317,916

1,408,730,570

34,014,571,141

8,568,806,351

24.15

6.08

30.23

1987

324,694

1,476,798,132

32,918,684,732

8,451,851,094

22.29

5.72

28.01

1988

325,516

1,558,553,591

32,348,821,393

8,574,467,352

20.76

5.50

26.26

1989

327,777

1,574,384,025

31,072,630,168

8,220,513,022

19.74

5.22

24.96

1990

334,613

1,601,190,743

30,391,971,139

8,393,532,980

18.98

5.24

24.22

1991

336,296

1,595,449,175

29,306,061,530

8,177,760,879

18.37

5.13

23.49

1992

337,707

1,614,687,420

27,969,606,515

7,927,935,592

17.32

4.91

22.23

1993

335,096

1,661,706,887

27,916,019,989

7,908,647,569

16.80

4.76

21.56

1994

333,324

1,658,841,157

26,484,494,462

7,729,068,061

15.97

4.66

20.62

1995

335,856

1,683,198,487

25,510,935,050

7,518,131,822

15.16

4.47

19.62

1996

337,313

1,763,599,356

25,529,172,316

7,299,049,043

14.48

4.14

18.61

1997

338,005

1,807,668,491

25,359,900,563

7,165,038,725

14.03

3.96

17.99

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).