Monthly report cost and quality of fuels for electric utility plants: data for October 1977

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6398114

Electric-generating plants used a total combined capacity of 25 MW or greater purchased fossil fuels equivalent to 1.56 quadrillion Btu's in October, of which 98.9% was for steam-electric generation. Measured by their total heat content, fossil-fuel purchases for steam-electric generation were down 6.8% from the preceding month and up 14.2% from October 1976. Deliveries of coal totaled 46.7 million tons, an increase of 6.6 million tons above shipments made during October 1976. Oil purchases for steam-electric generation reached 40.9 million barrels this month, an increase of 2.5 million barrels over shipments made in October of last year. Gas deliveries to steam--electric units totaled 265.7 billion cubic feet (Bcf), up 14 percent from last year's level. A table summarizes the relative changes in deliveries and prices of fossil fuels for steam-electric generation for October 1976 and October 1977.

• Research Organization: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Electric Power Regulation
• OSTI ID: 6398114
• Report Number(s): NP-23303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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