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

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5922475

Electric generating plants with a total combined capacity of 25 MW or greater purchased fossil fuels equivalent to 1.4 quadrillion Btu's in January, of which 97.6% was for steam electric generation. Measured by their total heat content, fossil fuel purchases for steam-electric generation were down 3.5% from last month and up 64.4% from January 1978. The total coal deliveries during the month of January reached a level of 39.4 million tons, which was an increase of 24.2 million tons above shipment delivered during January 1978. Oil purchases for steam-electric generation reached 51.7 million barrels this month, a decrease of 1.5 million barrels below shipments delivered in January of last year. Gas deliveries to steam-electric units totaled 217.2 billion cubic feet (Bcf), up 2.4 Bcf from last year's level. In January, the price of coal averaged 115.8 cents per million Btu, a 16.3% increase over the average price of a year ago. The average price of all oil delivered to steam plants was 231.8 cents per million Btu, an increase of 7.5% compared to January 1978. Steam gas prices continued to rise and averaged 150.2 cents per million Btu, an increase of 12.7% over the January 1978 level.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 5922475
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0075/1(79)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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