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Electric Power Monthly
Data for October 2024
Release Date:
December 20, 2024
Next Release Date:
January 24, 2025
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| Table 4.10.B. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) October 2024 and 2023 |
| (Dollars per MMBtu) |
| Census Division and State |
Electric Power Sector | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 YTD | October 2023 YTD | Percentage Change | October 2024 YTD | October 2023 YTD | October 2024 YTD | October 2023 YTD | |
| New England | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Connecticut | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maine | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New Hampshire | -- | W | W | -- | -- | -- | W |
| Rhode Island | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vermont | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Middle Atlantic | 2.38 | 2.43 | -2.1% | -- | -- | 2.38 | 2.43 |
| New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| New York | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pennsylvania | 2.38 | 2.43 | -2.1% | -- | -- | 2.38 | 2.43 |
| East North Central | 2.42 | 2.54 | -4.7% | 2.60 | 2.69 | 2.13 | 2.29 |
| Illinois | W | W | W | 2.07 | 2.07 | W | W |
| Indiana | W | W | W | 2.88 | 3.00 | W | W |
| Michigan | 2.56 | W | W | 2.56 | 2.54 | -- | W |
| Ohio | 2.57 | 2.62 | -1.9% | 2.76 | 2.59 | 2.53 | 2.63 |
| Wisconsin | 2.31 | 2.48 | -6.9% | 2.31 | 2.48 | -- | -- |
| West North Central | 1.81 | 1.83 | -1.1% | 1.81 | 1.83 | -- | -- |
| Iowa | 1.94 | 1.77 | 9.6% | 1.94 | 1.77 | -- | -- |
| Kansas | 1.62 | 1.70 | -4.7% | 1.62 | 1.70 | -- | -- |
| Minnesota | 2.28 | 2.40 | -5.0% | 2.28 | 2.40 | -- | -- |
| Missouri | 1.83 | 1.91 | -4.2% | 1.83 | 1.91 | -- | -- |
| Nebraska | 1.28 | 1.34 | -4.5% | 1.28 | 1.34 | -- | -- |
| North Dakota | 1.87 | 1.89 | -1.1% | 1.87 | 1.89 | -- | -- |
| South Dakota | 2.36 | 2.25 | 4.9% | 2.36 | 2.25 | -- | -- |
| South Atlantic | 3.46 | 3.56 | -2.8% | 3.53 | 3.65 | 2.53 | 2.71 |
| Delaware | -- | W | W | -- | -- | -- | W |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Florida | 3.62 | 3.38 | 7.1% | 3.62 | 3.38 | -- | -- |
| Georgia | 4.16 | 4.52 | -8.0% | 4.16 | 4.52 | -- | -- |
| Maryland | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| North Carolina | 4.49 | 4.61 | -2.6% | 4.49 | 4.61 | -- | -- |
| South Carolina | 3.27 | W | W | 3.27 | 3.64 | -- | W |
| Virginia | 4.55 | 5.29 | -14% | 4.55 | 5.29 | -- | -- |
| West Virginia | W | 2.81 | W | 2.89 | 2.97 | W | 2.10 |
| East South Central | W | W | W | 2.57 | 2.75 | W | W |
| Alabama | 2.69 | 3.04 | -12% | 2.69 | 3.04 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky | 2.42 | 2.51 | -3.6% | 2.42 | 2.51 | -- | -- |
| Mississippi | W | W | W | 3.76 | 4.12 | W | W |
| Tennessee | 3.02 | 3.45 | -12% | 3.02 | 3.45 | -- | -- |
| West South Central | 2.10 | 2.17 | -3.2% | 2.09 | 2.20 | 2.12 | 2.13 |
| Arkansas | W | W | W | 2.02 | 2.17 | W | W |
| Louisiana | W | W | W | 2.77 | 2.92 | W | W |
| Oklahoma | 2.19 | 2.25 | -2.7% | 2.19 | 2.25 | -- | -- |
| Texas | W | W | W | 2.00 | 2.09 | W | W |
| Mountain | W | 2.32 | W | 2.74 | 2.37 | W | 1.96 |
| Arizona | 3.23 | 3.05 | 5.9% | 3.23 | 3.05 | -- | -- |
| Colorado | 2.15 | 2.09 | 2.9% | 2.15 | 2.09 | -- | -- |
| Idaho | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Montana | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Nevada | W | W | W | 4.45 | 5.28 | W | W |
| New Mexico | 3.66 | 3.57 | 2.5% | 3.66 | 3.57 | -- | -- |
| Utah | 3.62 | 2.50 | 45% | 3.62 | 2.50 | -- | -- |
| Wyoming | W | W | W | 1.78 | 1.82 | W | W |
| Pacific Contiguous | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Washington | W | W | W | -- | -- | W | W |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 4.53 | 4.58 | -1.1% | 4.53 | 4.58 | -- | -- |
| Alaska | 4.53 | 4.58 | -1.1% | 4.53 | 4.58 | -- | -- |
| Hawaii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| U.S. Total | 2.49 | 2.50 | -0.4% | 2.57 | 2.56 | 2.18 | 2.28 |
| NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change. W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values for 2023 are final. Values for 2024 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percentage change is calculated before rounding. Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |