Electric Power Monthly February 2012 - EIA
Electric Power Monthly February 2012 - EIA
Electric Power Monthly February 2012 - EIA
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Table ES2.B. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Power</strong> Industry by Sector, Btus,<br />
2011 and 2010<br />
December<br />
Total (All Sectors)<br />
Items<br />
Receipts<br />
(billion Btu)<br />
Cost<br />
(dollars/million Btu)<br />
Number of Plants1 Year-to-Date<br />
Receipts<br />
Cost<br />
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu)<br />
December December December December December December December December December December<br />
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010<br />
Coal 2 ........................................... 1,549,964 1,602,665 2.35 2.23 566 592 18,471,837 19,289,661 2.40 2.27<br />
Petroleum<br />
Liquids 3 14,695<br />
......................................<br />
22,447 21.72 16.45 1,293 1,182 206,361 275,058 20.10 14.02<br />
Petroleum Coke .......................... 12,592 13,307 2.29 2.57 33 39 147,713 169,508 2.80 2.28<br />
Natural Gas 4 ................................ 753,801 694,392 4.00 5.43 1,492 1,787 9,220,328 8,867,396 4.71 5.09<br />
Fossil Fuels.............................. 2,331,052 2,332,811 3.00 3.32 2,713 2,762 28,046,239 28,601,622 3.29 3.26<br />
Items<br />
Receipts<br />
(billion Btu)<br />
Cost<br />
(dollars/million Btu)<br />
<strong>Electric</strong> Utilities<br />
Number of Plants<br />
Year-to-Date<br />
Receipts<br />
Cost<br />
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu)<br />
December December December December December December December December December December<br />
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010<br />
Coal 2 ........................................... 1,122,579 1,194,186 2.37 2.23 302 325 13,289,473 14,226,995 2.41 2.27<br />
Petroleum<br />
Liquids 3 9,224<br />
......................................<br />
13,552 21.89 16.79 855 748 137,787 189,790 20.41 13.94<br />
Petroleum Coke .......................... 7,243 7,933 2.11 2.75 6 10 90,955 103,152 2.91 2.38<br />
Natural Gas 4 ................................ 267,660 263,628 4.39 5.64 537 784 3,488,532 3,395,962 5.01 5.43<br />
Fossil Fuels.............................. 1,406,707 1,479,299 2.88 2.97 1,386 1,412 17,006,746 17,915,898 3.09 2.99<br />
Independent <strong>Power</strong> Producers<br />
Items<br />
Receipts<br />
(billion Btu)<br />
Cost<br />
(dollars/million Btu)<br />
Number of Plants<br />
Year-to-Date<br />
Receipts<br />
Cost<br />
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu)<br />
December December December December December December December December December December<br />
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010<br />
Coal 2 ........................................... 385,614 368,173 2.22 2.18 138 140 4,702,024 4,555,898 2.30 2.20<br />
Petroleum<br />
Liquids 3 3,461<br />
......................................<br />
5,167 22.32 16.62 226 229 41,499 49,598 20.25 14.80<br />
Petroleum Coke .......................... 1,766 1,933 1.48 1.63 13 15 21,641 30,079 1.78 1.74<br />
Natural Gas 4 ................................ 365,902 319,863 3.82 5.49 528 562 4,364,318 4,212,611 4.59 4.94<br />
Fossil Fuels.............................. 756,743 695,136 3.09 3.81 753 775 9,129,482 8,848,185 3.48 3.57<br />
Commercial Sector<br />
Items<br />
Receipts<br />
(billion Btu)<br />
Cost<br />
(dollars/million Btu)<br />
Number of Plants<br />
Year-to-Date<br />
Receipts<br />
Cost<br />
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu)<br />
December December December December December December December December December December<br />
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010<br />
Coal 2 ........................................... 3,018 3,217 2.80 2.69 19 19 33,996 37,778 2.87 2.83<br />
Petroleum<br />
Liquids 3 140<br />
......................................<br />
242 22.54 17.22 86 75 1,927 2,395 21.44 15.23<br />
Petroleum Coke .......................... 43 58 2.28 2.45 1 1 409 410 2.64 2.19<br />
Natural Gas 4 ................................ 8,456 9,235 4.55 5.63 115 120 88,734 92,055 5.09 5.39<br />
Fossil Fuels.............................. 11,657 12,752 4.31 5.09 167 164 125,066 132,638 4.73 4.83<br />
Items<br />
Receipts<br />
(billion Btu)<br />
Cost<br />
(dollars/million Btu)<br />
Industrial Sector<br />
Number of Plants<br />
Year-to-Date<br />
Receipts<br />
Cost<br />
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu)<br />
December December December December December December December December December December<br />
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010<br />
Coal ............................................ 38,753 37,089 2.94 2.74 107 108 446,344 468,991 2.98 2.75<br />
Petroleum<br />
1,869<br />
Liquids ........................................<br />
3,487 19.76 14.82 126 130 25,147 33,276 18.04 13.21<br />
Petroleum Coke .......................... 3,540 3,383 3.08 2.71 13 13 34,709 35,866 3.17 2.46<br />
Natural Gas ................................. 111,783 101,666 3.63 4.65 312 321 1,278,744 1,166,768 4.24 4.64<br />
Fossil Fuels.............................. 155,945 145,625 3.64 4.36 407 411 1,784,945 1,704,901 4.10 4.24<br />
1<br />
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<br />
that receives two or more different fuels is only counted once.<br />
2<br />
Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel.<br />
3<br />
Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, and waste oil.<br />
4<br />
Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.<br />
Note: Values for 2010 are final. Values for 2011 are preliminary.<br />
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form <strong>EIA</strong>-923, "<strong>Power</strong> Plant Operations Report."<br />
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U.S. Energy Information Administration/<strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Power</strong> <strong>Monthly</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2012</strong>