Monthly report, data for September 1978 cost and quality of fuels for electric utility plants

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

OSTI ID:6450972

Electric generating plants with a total combined capacity of 25 MW or greater purchased fossil fuels equivalent to 1.5 quadrillion Btu's in September, of which 98.2% was for steam-electric generation. Measured by their total heat content, fossil-fuel purchases for steam-electric generation were down 7.1% from August and down 5.6% from September 1977. The total coal deliveries during the month of September 1978 reached a level of 44.4 million tons, which was a decrease of 1.5 million tons below shipments delivered in September 1977. Oil purchases for steam-electric generation was 43.5 million barrels, which was a decrease of 3.9 million barrels below shipments delivered in September of last year. Gas deliveries to steam-electric units totaled 275.1 billion cubic feet (Bcf), down 33.5 Bcf from last year's level. In September, the price of coal averaged 111.4 cents per million Btu, a 13.7% increase over the average price of a year ago. The average price of all oil delivered to steam plants was 211.2 cents per million Btu, a decrease of 4.4% compared to September 1977. Steam gas prices continued to rise and averaged 146.6 cents per million Btu, an increase of 5.9% over the September 1977 level. Tables highlight the relative changes in deliveries and prices of fossil fuels for steam-electric generation for September 1977 and September 1978.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6450972
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0075-9(78)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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