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Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry                      
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Table 4.5.  Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry, 1996 through 2007
Period Coal[1] Petroleum[2] Natural Gas[3] All Fossil Fuels
Receipts (thousand tons) Average Cost Avg. Sulfur Percent by Weight Receipts (thousand barrels) Average Cost Avg. Sulfur Percent by Weight Receipts (thousand Mcf) Average Cost (cents per MMBtu) Average Cost (cents per MMBtu)
(cents per MMBtu)] (dollars/ton) (cents per MMBtu) (dollars/ barrel)
1996 862,701 129 26.45 1.1 113,678 303 18.98 1.26 2,604,663 264 152
1997 880,588 127 26.16 1.11 128,749 273 17.18 1.37 2,764,734 276 152
1998 929,448 125 25.64 1.06 181,276 202 12.71 1.48 2,922,957 238 144
1999 908,232 122 24.72 1.01 145,939 236 14.81 1.51 2,809,455 257 144
2000 790,274 120 24.28 0.93 108,272 418 26.3 1.33 2,629,986 430 174
2001 762,815 123 24.68 0.89 124,618 369 23.2 1.42 2,148,924 449 173
2002[4] 884,287 125 25.52 0.94 120,851 334 20.77 1.64 5,607,737 356 186[R]
2003 986,026 128 26 0.97 185,567 433 26.78 1.53 5,500,704 539 228
2004 1,002,032 136 27.42 0.97 186,655 429 26.56 1.66 5,734,054 596 248
2005 1,021,437 154 31.2 0.98 194,733 644 39.65 1.61 6,181,717 821 325
2006 1,079,943 169 34.09 0.97 100,965 623 37.66 2.31[5] 6,675,246 694 302
2007 1,054,664 177 35.48 0.96 88,347 717 43.5 2.1 7,200,316 711 323
  [1] Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal.
  [2] Distillate fuel oil (all diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils), residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No. 6 fuel oils and bunker C fuel oil), jet fuel, kerosene, petroleum coke (converted to liquid petroleum, see Technical Notes for conversion methodology), and waste oil.
  [3] Natural gas, including a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.  Natural gas values for 2001 forward do not include blast furnace gas or other gas.
  [4] Beginning in 2002, data from the historic Form EIA-423 for independent power producers and combined heat and power producers are included in this table.  Prior to 2002, these data were not collected; the data for 2001 and previous years include only data collected from electric utilities via the historic FERC Form 423.
  [5] The sulfur content for petroleum liquids in 2006 was 0.74 percent and for petroleum coke it was 5.15 percent.  Because the total receipts of petroleum liquids in 2006 went down by approximately 60 percent while the receipts of petroleum coke remained about the same, the weight of petroleum liquids was much less in 2006.  As a result, the average sulfur content was more influenced by the petroleum coke receipts and, therefore, increased significantly.
  R = Revised. 
  Note: MCF equals 1,000 cubic feet. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
  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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Table 4.6.B Receipts of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, Year-to-Date html   xls
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Table 4.7.B Receipts of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, Year-to-Date html   xls
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Table 4.10.B Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, Year-to-Date html   xls
Table 4.11.A Average Cost of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State html   xls
Table 4.11.B Average Cost of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, Year-to-Date html   xls
Table 4.12.A Average Cost of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State html   xls
Table 4.12.B Average Cost of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, Year-to-Date html   xls
Table 4.13.A Average Cost of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State html   xls
Table 4.13.B Average Cost of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, Year-to-Date html   xls
Table 4.14. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Total (All Sectors) by State html   xls
Table 4.15. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Electric Utilities by State html   xls
Table 4.16. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Independent Power Producers by State html   xls
Table 4.17. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Commercial Combined Heat and Power Producers by State html   xls
Table 4.18. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Industrial Combined Heat and Power Producers by State html   xls
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