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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, 2008 and 2007
November
Total (All Sectors)
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants[1] Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
November November November November November November November November November November
2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007
Coal[2] 1,763,843 1,710,779 2.15 1.78 482 465 19,255,576 19,377,696 2.06 1.76
Petroleum Liquids[3] 20,874 21,358 11.59 12.93 446 239 303,811 358,240 16.56 9.42
Petroleum Coke 15,202 13,588 2.05 1.47 22 24 150,196 148,073 1.85 1.51
Natural Gas[4] 544,678 503,318 6.49 7.11 1,061 795 7,180,538 6,839,889 9.34 7.06
Fossil Fuels 2,344,597 2,249,043 3.24 3.07 1,422 1,131 26,890,121 26,723,898 4.17 3.22
Electric Utilities
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
November November November November November November November November November November
2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007
Coal2 1,296,740 1,259,332 2.17 1.78 298 295 14,043,729 14,241,796 2.05 1.77
Petroleum Liquids3 12,071 13,121 12.52 12.73 240 120 208,138 208,509 16.43 9.1
Petroleum Coke 8,313 7,302 2.37 1.64 8 10 75,229 79,616 2.09 1.74
Natural Gas4 195,078 163,259 6.83 7.49 499 261 2,571,277 2,203,769 9.33 7.43
Fossil Fuels 1,512,201 1,443,013 2.86 2.53 713 472 16,898,373 16,733,691 3.34 2.61
Independent Power Producers
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
November November November November November November November November November November
2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007
Coal2 440,070 425,488 2.01 1.73 141 131 4,910,073 4,846,392 2.03 1.71
Petroleum Liquids3 6,824 6,253 10.65 13.85 166 87 70,569 118,384 17.69 10.29
Petroleum Coke 5,636 4,797 1.28 1.01 11 9 58,369 50,957 1.26 1.02
Natural Gas4 274,839 264,594 6.24 6.86 439 415 3,713,016 3,798,108 9.36 6.87
Fossil Fuels 727,370 701,133 3.69 3.77 569 524 8,752,026 8,813,841 5.26 4.04
Commercial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
November November November November November November November November November November
2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007
Coal2 879 978 3.49 2.69 3 3 10,572 11,633 3.1 2.68
Petroleum Liquids3 28 4 15.1 20.2 3 2 236 241 19.04 13.84
Petroleum Coke -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Natural Gas4 1,850 1,758 8.61 7.66 8 8 20,232 21,401 9.75 7.89
Fossil Fuels 2,757 2,740 7.04 5.9 10 9 31,040 33,275 7.56 6.11
Industrial Sector
Items Receipts Cost  Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost 
November November November November November November November November November November
2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007
Coal2 26,154 24,981 3.08 2.19 40 36 291,202 277,876 2.65 2.19
Petroleum Liquids3 1,951 1,980 9.06 11.33 37 30 24,868 31,105 14.52 8.25
Petroleum Coke 1,253 1,489 3.4 2.14 3 5 16,598 17,499 2.87 1.95
Natural Gas4 72,911 73,707 6.42 7.16 115 111 876,014 816,610 9.3 6.94
Fossil Fuels 102,270 102,157 5.58 5.95 130 126 1,208,682 1,143,090 7.72 5.74
  [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, 2007 are:  620; 1,542; 46; and 1,838 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 2007 are final.  Values for 2008 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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