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Data for August 2024 Release Date: October 24, 2024 Next Release Date: November 26, 2024 Full report PDF
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Table ES1.A. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, 2024 and 2023
 

Net Generation and Consumption of Fuels for August
  Total (All Sectors) Electric Power Sector Commercial Industrial Residential

 
Electric Utilities Independent Power
Producers


Fuel Facility Type August 2024 August 2023 Percentage Change August 2024 August 2023 August 2024 August 2023 August 2024 August 2023 August 2024 August 2023 August 2024 August 2023
Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours)
Coal Utility Scale Facilities 68,838 78,112 -11.9% 53,698 61,744 14,738 15,990 16 12 387 366 0 0
Petroleum Liquids Utility Scale Facilities 1,026 958 7.1% 772 733 211 183 5 4 38 38 0 0
Petroleum Coke Utility Scale Facilities 435 651 -33.2% 277 491 139 138 0 0 19 23 0 0
Natural Gas Utility Scale Facilities 203,094 199,000 2.1% 105,130 100,832 88,343 88,505 777 740 8,844 8,923 0 0
Other Fossil Gas Utility Scale Facilities 861 1,088 -20.8% 0 0 217 333 0 0 645 755 0 0
Nuclear Utility Scale Facilities 69,760 69,744 0.0% 39,992 40,065 29,768 29,679 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hydroelectric Conventional Utility Scale Facilities 21,359 21,293 0.3% 19,219 19,175 2,038 2,037 26 24 75 57 0 0
Renewable Sources Excluding Hydroelectric Utility Scale Facilities 58,051 51,623 12.5% 8,565 7,870 47,067 41,396 406 408 2,013 1,950 0 0
... Wind Utility Scale Facilities 28,695 28,394 1.1% 5,078 5,121 23,601 23,260 10 6 NM 6 0 0
... Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Utility Scale Facilities 23,960 17,744 35.0% 3,090 2,301 20,741 15,347 73 62 56 34 0 0
... Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels Utility Scale Facilities 2,780 2,884 -3.6% 243 293 625 715 10 14 1,902 1,862 0 0
... Other Biomass Utility Scale Facilities 1,303 1,334 -2.3% 80 72 862 889 313 326 49 48 0 0
... Geothermal Utility Scale Facilities 1,313 1,267 3.6% 75 83 1,238 1,184 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Utility Scale Facilities -812 -653 24.4% -652 -499 -160 -154 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Energy Sources Utility Scale Facilities 742 866 -14.3% 23 59 183 240 280 277 256 290 0 0
All Energy Sources Utility Scale Facilities 423,355 422,682 0.2% 227,023 230,470 182,544 178,346 1,510 1,465 12,276 12,401 0 0
                             
Estimated Small Scale Solar Photovoltaic Small Scale Facilities 8,442 7,504 12.5% 0 0 0 0 2,272 2,010 472 444 5,698 5,049
Estimated Total Solar Photovoltaic All Facilities 32,047 24,938 28.5% 3,090 2,301 20,386 15,038 2,345 2,072 528 478 5,698 5,049
Estimated Total Solar All Facilities 32,402 25,248 28.3% 3,090 2,301 20,741 15,347 2,345 2,072 528 478 5,698 5,049
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 39,427 43,887 -10.2% 30,081 34,029 9,209 9,730 6 4 131 123 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 1,925 1,789 7.7% 1,525 1,445 351 289 11 13 39 41 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 181 265 -31.9% 128 197 46 59 0 0 7 9 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 1,517,308 1,498,044 1.3% 812,335 785,548 646,225 652,373 4,707 4,711 54,041 55,411 0 0
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 812 771 5.4% 147 157 34 38 26 22 605 553 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 189 204 -7.5% 6 5 21 23 6 16 156 161 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 53 56 -5.9% 0 1 9 10 0 0 43 45 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 107,367 104,078 3.2% 5,557 4,161 29,516 27,825 5,718 5,991 66,576 66,101 0 0
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 40,239 44,658 -9.9% 30,228 34,186 9,243 9,768 32 26 736 677 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 2,114 1,993 6.1% 1,531 1,450 372 312 17 29 195 202 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 233 321 -27.3% 128 197 55 69 0 0 51 54 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 1,624,675 1,602,122 1.4% 817,892 789,709 675,741 680,198 10,425 10,702 120,617 121,512 0 0
Fuel Stocks (end-of-month)
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 122,388 119,171 2.7% 101,136 97,973 20,721 20,140 51 101 480 958 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 23,597 25,620 -7.9% 13,913 15,018 8,283 8,398 319 349 1,082 1,855 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 669 652 2.6% 384 348 6 8 1 1 278 296 0 0

 
 

Sales, Revenue, and Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers for August
  Total U.S. Electric Power Industry

Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers
(million kWh)		 Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (million dollars) Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (cents/kWh)
Sector August 2024 August 2023 Percentage Change August 2024 August 2023 Percentage Change August 2024 August 2023 Percentage Change
Residential 159,644 161,460 -1.1% 26,556 25,693 3.4% 16.63 15.91 4.5%
Commercial 136,966 138,390 -1.0% 18,345 18,102 1.3% 13.39 13.08 2.4%
Industrial 92,969 92,009 1.0% 8,104 8,185 -1.0% 8.72 8.90 -2.0%
Transportation 640 578 10.8% 84 77 10.1% 13.18 13.26 -0.6%
All Sectors 390,219 392,436 -0.6% 53,089 52,057 2.0% 13.61 13.27 2.6%


NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Coal generation and consumption includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, refined coal, synthetic coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, propane, and waste oil.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke and synthesis gas derived from petroleum coke.
Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
Other Fossil Gas includes gaseous propane, blast furnace gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels other than hydrogen.
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels include wood, black liquor, and other wood waste.
Other Biomass includes biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and other biomass.
Other Energy Sources includes hydrogen, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and other miscellaneous energy sources.
Coal stocks include anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, refined coal, and synthetic coal; waste coal is excluded.
Sales of electricity to ultimate customers and net generation may not correspond exactly for a particular month for a variety of reasons (e.g., sales data may include imported electricity).
Net generation is presented for the calendar month while sales of electricity to ultimate customers and associated revenue accumulate from bills collected for periods of time that vary depending
upon customer class and consumption occurring during and outside the calendar month.
Note: Values for 2024 are preliminary. Values for 2023 are final. Percentage change is calculated before rounding.
See technical notes for additional information including more on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M, 'Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State Distributions Report.'
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'