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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
April
Total (All Sectors)
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants[1] Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07
Coal[2] 1,708,777 1,783,131 1.97 1.78 486 478 6,825,407 7,057,122 1.93 1.76
Petroleum Liquids[3] 32,729 37,739 14.95 8.62 431 337 104,466 147,006 14.92 8.24
Petroleum Coke 14,632 13,133 1.61 1.54 22 22 53,466 53,195 1.56 1.56
Natural Gas[4] 550,299 515,734 9.96 7.54 1,073 835 2,241,152 1,984,234 8.99 7.4
Fossil Fuels 2,306,436 2,349,738 4.06 3.16 1,427 1,158 9,224,491 9,241,558 3.79 3.07
Electric Utilities
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07
Coal2 1,243,294 1,295,771 1.95 1.79 306 309 4,925,626 5,225,226 1.9 1.77
Petroleum Liquids3 23,380 21,873 14.72 8.64 233 212 69,026 81,415 14.77 8.08
Petroleum Coke 6,701 5,536 1.86 1.71 8 10 26,096 25,336 1.91 1.82
Natural Gas4 187,204 166,940 9.92 7.82 499 317 779,532 629,141 9.06 7.79
Fossil Fuels 1,460,579 1,490,121 3.17 2.57 709 516 5,800,280 5,961,118 3.02 2.49
Independent Power Producers
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07
Coal2 437,485 460,183 2 1.75 138 130 1,791,216 1,729,964 1.96 1.71
Petroleum Liquids3 6,711 12,370 16.51 8.9 152 91 25,805 51,406 16.1 8.76
Petroleum Coke 6,537 6,083 1.21 1.25 11 8 22,255 22,364 1.02 1.19
Natural Gas4 286,883 276,631 10.06 7.4 450 404 1,156,608 1,056,278 9.05 7.23
Fossil Fuels 737,616 755,268 5.26 3.93 577 514 2,995,883 2,860,012 4.81 3.87
Commercial Sector
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07
Coal2 811 897 2.89 2.55 3 3 3,309 4,577 2.74 2.71
Petroleum Liquids3 15 19 20.17 14.18 4 3 78 118 18.78 12.04
Petroleum Coke -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Natural Gas4 1,814 1,714 10.43 7.96 8 8 8,569 7,741 9.77 8.77
Fossil Fuels 2,640 2,630 8.17 6.16 11 9 11,956 12,435 7.88 6.57
Industrial Sector
Items Receipts Cost Number of Plants Year-to-Date
(billion Btu) (dollars/million Btu) Receipts Cost
Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-07
Coal2 27,187 26,279 2.42 2.14 39 40 105,256 97,356 2.35 2.19
Petroleum Liquids3 2,623 3,477 13.08 7.48 42 34 9,557 14,067 12.87 7.18
Petroleum Coke 1,394 1,514 2.35 2.04 3 4 5,115 5,496 2.06 1.92
Natural Gas4 74,398 70,449 9.65 7.39 116 109 296,444 291,074 8.58 7.09
Fossil Fuels 105,601 101,720 7.78 5.96 130 124 416,372 407,993 7.02 5.85
  [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 and 2008 are preliminary. Values for January through July 2007 are revised.
  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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