Cost and quality of fuels for electric utility plants. Monthly report: data for October 1978

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6047913

Electric-generating plants with a total combined capacity of 25 MW or greater purchased fossil fuels equivalent to 1.53 quadrillion Btu's in October, of which 99% was for steam-electric generation. Measured by their total heat content, fossil-fuel purchases for steam-electric generation were down 3.1% from last month and down 1.8% from October 1977. The total coal deliveries during the month of October 1978 were 46.3, a decrease of 400,000 tons below shipments delivered in October 1977. Oil purchases for steam-electric generation were 41.4 million barrels this month, which was an increase of 500,000 barrels above shipments delivered in October 1977. Gas deliveries to steam-electric units totaled 247 billion cubic feet (Bcf), down 18.7 Bcf from last year's level. In October, the price of coal averaged 114.0 cents per million Btu, a 13.4% increase over the average price of a year ago. The average price of all oil delivered to steam plants was 219.8 cents per million Btu, a decrease of 1.4% compared to October 1977. Steam gas prices continued to rise and averaged 147.1 cents per million Btu, an increase of 5.5% over the October 1977 level. Tables highlight the relative changes in deliveries and prices of fossil fuels for steam-electric generation for October 1977 and October 1978.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 6047913
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0075/10(78)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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