Table 3.  Oil and Gas 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

126,390

426,681,334

29,133,491,665

1,976,663,701

68.28

4.63

72.91

1982

133,686

377,724,298

24,981,436,743

2,132,012,101

66.14

5.64

71.78

1983

131,434

347,299,532

22,432,806,443

2,090,056,850

64.59

6.02

70.61

1984

132,685

347,873,772

21,873,433,959

2,125,711,755

62.88

6.11

68.99

1985

138,020

335,570,573

19,396,330,838

2,232,076,214

57.80

6.65

64.45

1986

138,735

334,836,867

12,757,588,360

2,316,907,090

38.10

6.92

45.02

1987

136,714

335,852,229

12,021,078,883

2,252,552,712

35.79

6.71

42.50

1988

137,377

348,348,258

11,443,958,242

2,273,323,480

32.85

6.53

39.38

1989

138,392

360,237,408

12,153,410,719

2,316,717,467

33.74

6.43

40.17

1990

134,642

320,481,520

10,744,569,687

2,166,876,453

33.53

6.76

40.29

1991

136,239

313,699,370

9,097,400,084

2,193,285,166

29.00

6.99

35.99

1992

134,948

297,946,837

8,504,912,597

2,059,351,470

28.55

6.91

35.46

1993

134,432

292,085,617

8,750,082,989

1,994,044,922

29.96

6.83

36.78

1994

133,386

306,126,218

7,986,033,312

1,826,706,101

26.09

5.97

32.05

1995

128,433

280,542,373

6,585,135,003

1,583,193,223

23.47

5.64

29.12

1996

127,784

250,910,793

7,537,663,023

1,491,517,200

30.04

5.94

35.99

1997

127,622

263,730,918

7,832,010,009

1,386,646,570

29.70

5.26

34.95

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).