Electricity

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Summary
Electricity overview PDF CSV XLS  INTERACTIVE
Interactive data from Total Energy Data Browser

Total electric power industry summary statistics

...more national-level summary data
International electricity data
data from: International Energy Portal
Sales (consumption), revenue, prices & customers
Detailed preliminary EIA-826 monthly survey data (back to 1990)
  • XLSRevenue, sales, customer counts, and retail price by state and sector

Retail sales of electricity to ultimate customers

Revenue from retail sales of electricity to ultimate customers
Average retail price of electricity to ultimate customers:
Number of customers (annual):

Net metering
Net metering
Generation and thermal output
Detailed preliminary EIA-923 monthly and annual survey data (back to 1990)

Net generation

... more monthly generation data from the Electric Power Monthly

Useful thermal output
International
Capacity of electric power plants
Detailed EIA-860 survey data
  • Monthly
    • XLS New electric generating units
    • XLS Planned electric generating unit additions
    • XLS Planned electric generating unit retirements
    • XLS Retired electric generating units
Consumption of fuels used to generate electricity
Detailed EIA-923 (and previous) annual and preliminary monthly survey data
Monthly and annual
Interactive data from Total Energy Data Browser

... more fuel consumption data from: Electric Power Monthly and Electric Power Annual
Receipts of fossil-fuels for electricity generation
Monthly summary
By fuel
... more fuel receipts data from: Electric Power Monthly and Electric Power Annual
Average cost of fossil-fuels for electricity generation
Detailed EIA-923 (and previous) annual and preliminary monthly survey data

... more fuel cost data from: Electric Power Monthly

... more fuel cost data from: Electric Power Annual
Fossil-fuel stocks for electricity generation
Stocks of fossil fuels by
Cost, revenue and expenses
For major investor-owned utilities
Forecast assumptions
Release date: August 5, 2016 | Annual Energy Outlook 2016 Generator Construction cost data
Release date: May 18, 2017 | data from EIA-860
Electricity transactions, reliability
Detailed EIA-411 survey data (Data for 1990-2015, projections for 2016-2026)
  • Electricity transactions

  • Electric disturbance events
  • Demand-side management program
    Electricity and the environment
    Detailed EIA-923 emissions survey data
    • XLS Electric power industry estimated emissions by state (back to 1990 )
    • Monthly/Annual (monthly back to 2015, annual to 1950)
      Interactive data from Total Energy Data Browser

    Interactive Electricity Data

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    Detailed and historical electricity data by survey