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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedSection 9. Energy prices - Statistical Data Included
Monthly Energy Review, July, 2002
Table 9.9 Retail Prices of Electricity Sold by Electric Utilities
(Cents per Kilowatthour, Excluding Taxes)
Resi- Commer- Indus- Other
dential cial trial (a) Total
1973 Average 2.5 2.4 1.3 2.1 2.0
1974 Average 3.1 3.0 1.7 2.8 2.5
1975 Average 3.5 3.5 2.1 3.1 2.9
1976 Average 3.7 3.7 2.2 3.3 3.1
1977 Average 4.1 4.1 2.5 3.5 3.4
1978 Average 4.3 4.4 2.8 3.6 3.7
1979 Average 4.6 4.7 3.1 4.0 4.0
1980 Average 5.4 5.5 3.7 4.8 4.7
1981 Average 6.2 6.3 4.3 5.3 5.5
1982 Average 6.9 6.9 5.0 5.9 6.1
1983 Average 7.2 7.0 5.0 6.4 6.3
1984 Average 7.15 7.13 4.83 5.90 6.25
1985 Average 7.39 7.27 4.97 6.09 6.44
1986 Average 7.42 7.20 4.93 6.11 6.44
1987 Average 7.45 7.08 4.77 6.21 6.37
1988 Average 7.48 7.04 4.70 6.20 6.35
1989 Average 7.65 7.20 4.72 6.25 6.45
1990 Average 7.83 7.34 4.74 6.40 6.57
1991 Average 8.04 7.53 4.83 6.51 6.75
1992 Average 8.21 7.66 4.83 6.74 6.82
1993 Average 8.32 7.74 4.85 6.88 6.93
1994 Average 8.38 7.73 4.77 6.84 6.91
1995 Average 8.40 7.69 4.66 6.88 6.89
1996 Average 8.36 7.64 4.60 6.91 6.86
1997 Average 8.43 7.59 4.53 6.91 6.85
1998 Average 8.26 7.41 4.48 6.63 6.74
1999 Average 8.16 7.26 4.43 6.35 6.66
2000 January (R) 7.66 (R) 6.93 (R) 4.31 (R) 6.20 (R) 6.40
February (R) 7.71 (R) 6.96 (R) 4.32 (R) 6.44 (R) 6.39
March (R) 8.09 (R) 7.03 (R) 4.31 (R) 6.45 (R) 6.44
April (R) 8.15 (R) 7.05 (R) 4.32 (R) 6.74 (R) 6.43
May 8.34 (R) 7.25 (R) 4.51 (R) 6.42 (R) 6.64
June 8.56 (R) 7.70 (R) 4.75 (R) 6.74 (R) 7.06
July (R) 8.61 (R) 7.76 (R) 4.95 (R) 6.65 (R) 7.25
August (R) 8.63 (R) 7.93 (R) 5.07 (R) 6.66 (R) 7.34
September (R) 8.51 (R) 7.73 (R) 4.84 (R) 6.71 (R) 7.11
October (R) 8.49 (R) 7.67 (R) 4.74 (R) 6.66 (R) 6.94
November (R) 8.15 (R) 7.34 (R) 4.59 (R) 6.40 (R) 6.66
December (R) 7.82 (R) 7.52 (R) 4.88 (R) 6.57 (R) 6.85
Average (R) 8.24 (R) 7.43 (R) 4.64 (R) 6.56 (R) 6.81
2001 January (R) 7.74 (R) 7.35 (R) 5.02 (R) 6.08 (R) 6.85
February (R) 8.05 (R) 7.53 (R) 4.87 (R) 6.33 (R) 6.88
March (R) 8.31 (R) 7.68 (R) 4.91 (R) 6.38 (R) 7.00
April (R) 8.47 (R) 7.71 (R) 4.90 (R) 6.40 (R) 7.01
May (R) 8.83 (R) 7.72 (R) 5.02 (R) 6.50 (R) 7.15
June (R) 9.03 (R) 8.08 (R) 5.22 (R) 6.49 (R) 7.51
July (R) 9.01 (R) 8.37 (R) 5.51 (R) 6.62 (R) 7.80
August (R) 8.97 (R) 8.33 (R) 5.44 (R) 6.58 (R) 7.77
September (R) 8.89 (R) 8.21 (R) 5.28 (R) 6.34 (R) 7.56
October (R) 8.86 (R) 8.28 (R) 5.05 (R) 6.70 (R) 7.40
November (R) 8.48 (R) 7.74 (R) 4.78 (R) 6.45 (R) 6.99
December (R) 8.30 (R) 7.66 4.81 (R) 6.42 (R) 7.02
Average (R) 8.57 (R) 7.91 (R) 5.07 (R) 6.45 (R) 7.26
2002 January 7.99 7.58 4.81 6.51 6.98
(a) Public street and highway lighting, other sales to public
authorities, sales to railroads and railways, and interdepartmental
sales.
(R)=Revised.
Notes: * Prices are calculated by dividing revenue by sales. Revenue
may not correspond to sales for a particular month because of electric
utility billing and accounting procedures. That lack of correspondence
could result in uncharacteristic increases or decreases in the monthly
prices. See Note 7 at end of section. * Geographic coverage is the 50
States and the District of Columbia.
Web Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/prices.html.
Sources: See end of section.
Table 9.10 Quantity and Cost of Fossil-Fuel Receipts at
Steam-Electric Utility Plants
Coal Petroleum
Heavy Oil (b)
Quantity Cost Quantity Cost
(thousand (cents per (thousand (cents per
short tons) million Btu) barrels) million Btu)
1973 Year 374,842 40.5 512,650 78.5
1974 Year 384,868 70.9 479,166 189.0
1975 Year 431,527 81.4 457,582 200.5
1976 Year 454,858 84.8 495,363 195.2
1977 Year 490,415 94.7 563,685 219.8
1978 Year 476,169 111.6 546,197 212.5
1979 Year 556,558 122.4 479,705 298.8
1980 Year 593,995 135.1 394,159 426.7
1981 Year 579,374 153.2 327,477 533.4
1982 Year 601,427 164.7 228,200 483.2
1983 Year 592,728 165.6 211,705 457.8
1984 Year 684,111 166.4 193,832 481.2
1985 Year 666,743 164.8 156,410 424.4
1986 Year 686,964 157.9 220,585 240.1
1987 Year 721,298 150.6 187,300 297.6
1988 Year 727,775 146.6 230,234 240.5
1989 Year 753,217 144.5 237,668 284.6
1990 Year 786,627 145.5 202,281 331.9
1991 Year 769,923 144.7 163,106 246.5
1992 Year 775,963 141.2 138,537 247.5
1993 Year 769,152 138.5 141,719 236.2
1994 Year 831,929 135.5 135,184 240.9
1995 Year 826,860 131.8 78,216 258.6
1996 Year 862,701 128.9 98,926 303.4
1997 Year 880,588 127.3 110,906 278.8
1998 Year 929,448 125.2 156,852 207.9
1999 Year 908,232 121.6 123,219 243.6
2000 January 69,471 119.9 2,668 353.6
February 67,199 121.2 3,846 391.7
March 69,703 121.2 3,764 385.8
April 63,890 121.6 4,961 379.6
May 67,779 120.4 7,708 409.7
June 65,615 121.1 10,034 435.4
July 68,217 119.3 11,397 431.0
August 69,160 118.5 10,992 418.0
September 64,642 117.6 9,696 454.9
October 61,904 121.7 8,944 475.9
November 61,175 119.1 8,184 462.8
December 61,520 118.7 10,454 431.0
Total 790,274 120.0 92,648 429.4
2001 January 67,470 122.3 13,773 421.7
February 57,397 123.9 9,166 442.2
March 64,359 122.6 8,685 402.3
April 60,277 123.9 9,422 388.4
May 68,369 124.5 12,171 376.7
June 63,667 124.8 10,717 380.1
July 65,920 122.5 10,872 359.7
August 67,986 123.3 8,546 347.7
September 57,998 123.4 6,612 341.3
October 64,442 121.0 4,503 309.0
November 59,551 123.7 5,728 280.0
December 65,380 122.0 4,853 274.5
Total 762,815 123.1 105,048 372.4
2002 January 60,026 121.9 3,649 266.4
Natural
Gas (a)
Total (b),(c)
Quantity Cost Quantity
(thousand (cents per (million
barrels) million Btu) cubic feet)
1973 Year 535,859 80.0 3,382,677
1974 Year 515,217 191.0 3,225,203
1975 Year 510,352 202.3 3,034,808
1976 Year 549,973 199.0 2,962,811
1977 Year 635,556 224.9 3,106,403
1978 Year 616,040 219.1 3,140,654
1979 Year 515,695 307.2 3,368,976
1980 Year 419,140 435.1 3,588,814
1981 Year 345,544 542.5 3,573,558
1982 Year 239,111 492.2 3,161,348
1983 Year 219,652 462.8 2,732,248
1984 Year 202,372 486.3 2,878,808
1985 Year 164,947 431.7 2,808,921
1986 Year 228,522 243.7 2,387,622
1987 Year 194,578 301.1 2,605,191
1988 Year 236,924 243.9 2,362,721
1989 Year 246,422 289.3 2,472,506
1990 Year 209,350 338.4 2,490,979
1991 Year 169,625 254.8 2,630,818
1992 Year 144,390 255.1 2,637,678
1993 Year 147,902 243.3 2,574,523
1994 Year 142,940 248.8 2,863,904
1995 Year 84,292 267.9 3,023,327
1996 Year 106,629 315.7 2,604,663
1997 Year 117,789 288.0 2,764,734
1998 Year 165,191 213.6 2,922,957
1999 Year 131,407 252.7 2,809,455
2000 January 3,035 378.4 170,117
February 4,271 419.6 151,152
March 4,066 402.7 191,465
April 5,258 389.5 199,696
May 8,331 422.8 268,772
June 10,650 444.4 270,015
July 12,027 439.8 323,950
August 11,412 426.5 332,154
September 10,168 466.9 240,233
October 9,355 487.2 177,839
November 8,676 477.8 147,630
December 12,607 471.8 156,963
Total 99,855 445.0 2,629,986
2001 January 17,254 471.4 134,549
February 9,799 455.8 114,039
March 9,635 419.6 141,653
April 10,152 404.7 178,222
May 12,897 389.6 203,724
June 11,240 391.2 212,536
July 11,282 367.0 282,929
August 8,965 359.0 277,039
September 7,017 358.1 207,491
October 4,838 325.6 165,688
November 6,121 291.5 111,201
December 5,321 286.3 123,295
Total 114,523 392.0 2,152,366
2002 January 3,981 279.7 98,478
Natural All Fossil
Gas (a) Fuels (b)
Cost Cost
(cents per (cents per
million Btu) million Btu)
1973 Year 33.8 47.6
1974 Year 48.2 91.4
1975 Year 75.2 104.4
1976 Year 103.4 111.9
1977 Year 129.1 129.7
1978 Year 142.2 141.1
1979 Year 174.9 163.9
1980 Year 219.9 192.8
1981 Year 280.5 225.6
1982 Year 337.6 224.9
1983 Year 347.4 220.6
1984 Year 360.3 219.1
1985 Year 344.4 209.4
1986 Year 235.1 175.0
1987 Year 224.0 170.6
1988 Year 226.3 164.3
1989 Year 235.5 167.5
1990 Year 232.1 168.9
1991 Year 215.3 160.3
1992 Year 232.8 159.0
1993 Year 256.0 159.5
1994 Year 223.0 152.6
1995 Year 198.4 145.3
1996 Year 264.1 151.9
1997 Year 276.0 152.2
1998 Year 238.1 143.8
1999 Year 257.4 144.1
2000 January 270.9 139.4
February 290.2 143.2
March 293.0 146.0
April 315.8 153.0
May 354.9 167.2
June 445.9 187.2
July 434.0 191.6
August 429.4 189.2
September 486.7 187.8
October 530.3 185.9
November 539.5 177.1
December 840.9 217.4
Total 430.2 173.8
2001 January 920.7 214.5
February 694.7 189.3
March 573.8 178.5
April 563.7 192.2
May 514.1 186.5
June 425.1 178.7
July 374.3 176.6
August 355.8 169.9
September 295.5 156.8
October 271.5 142.4
November 324.1 145.3
December 307.6 141.9
Total 448.6 173.3
2002 January 321.2 139.9
(a) Includes supplemental gaseous fuels.
(b) Heavy oil includes fuel oil nos. 4, 5, and 6, and topped crude
oil. The weighted averages for petroleum and all fossil fuels include
both heavy and light oil (fuel oil nos. 1 and 2, kerosene, and jet
fuel) prices. Data do not include petroleum coke.
(c) Data for 1973-1982 do not include small quantities of rerefined
motor oil, bunker oil, and liquefied petroleum gas.
Notes: * Receipts are purchases of fuel. * Yearly costs are averages
of monthly values, weighted by quantities in Btu. * See Note 8 at end
of section. Geographic coverage is the 50 States and the District of
Columbia.
Web Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/prices.html.
Sources: See end of section.
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