Cost and quality of fuels for electric utility plants. Monthly report, February 1979

Technical Report · Thu May 31 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5683419

Electric generating plants with a total combined capacity of greater than or equal to 25 MW, purchased fossil fuels equivalent to 1.32 quadrillion Btu's in February, of which 97.7% was for steam-electric generation. Total heat contents of fossil fuel purchases for steam-electric generation were up 2.4% (on a per day basis) from last month, and up 48.3% from January 1978. Total coal deliveries during the month of January reached a level of 36.7 million tons, which was an increase of 20.1 million tons above shipments delivered during February 1978. Oil purchases for steam-electric generation reached 46.6 million barrels this month, a decrease of 9.5 million barrels below shipments delivered in February of last year. Gas deliveries to steam-electric units totaled 210.3 billion cubic feet (Bcf), up 18.1 Bcf from last year's level. During January, the price of coal averaged 114.6 cents per million Btu, a 12.2% increase over the average price of a year ago. The average price of all oil delivered to steam plants was 245.6 cents per million Btu, an increase of 14.7% compared to February 1978. Steam gas prices continued to rise, and averaged 159.1 cents per million Btu, an increase of 17.8% over the February 1978 level.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 5683419
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0075/2(79)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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