Cost and quality of fuels for electric utility plants. Monthly report, data for November 1978

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6443065

Electric-generating plants with a total combined capacity of 25 MW or greater purchased fossil fuels equivalent to 1.52 quadrillion Btu's in November, 99% of which was for steam--electric generation. Measured by their total heat content, fossil-fuel purchases for steam--electric generation were up 2.9% from last month and down 0.7% from November 1977. Deliveries of coal totaled 47.2 million tons, a decrease of 1.1 million tons below shipments made during November 1977. Oil purchases for steam--electric generation reached 41.2 million barrels this month, an increase of 1.6 million barrels above shipments made in November of last year. Gas deliveries to steam--electric units totaled 221.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf), up 2.2 Bcf. The price of coal averaged 115.6 cents per million Btu, a rise of 13.7% over the average price of a year ago. The average price of all oil delivered to steam plants was 225.6 cents per million Btu, a rise of 2.9% compared to November 1977. Steam gas purchases averaged 141.1 cents per million Btu, an increase of 4.6% over the November 1977 level. Data are tabulated that highlight the relative changes in deliveries and prices of fossil fuels for steam--electric generation for November 1977 and November 1978.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 6443065
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0075/11(78)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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