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U.S. Electricity Production Costs and Components
1995 - 2009, In 2009 cents per kilowatt-hour
 | Total Production Costs |  |  |  | Operations & Maintenance Costs |  |  |  | Fuel Costs
Year | Coal | Gas | Nuclear | Petroleum | Coal | Gas | Nuclear | Petroleum | Coal | Gas | Nuclear | Petroleum
1995 | 2.564871482939632 | 3.729058484251968 | 2.692974284776902 | 5.83078906824147 | 0.6095441010498688 | 0.7109001640419946 | 1.890572119422572 | 1.635774238845144 | 1.955327381889764 | 3.018158320209973 | 0.8038098884514435 | 4.195014829396325
1996 | 2.412002982791587 | 4.557372982791586 | 2.521390873167623 | 5.927456309751434 | 0.5360006628425749 | 0.7014498470363287 | 1.796696099426386 | 1.356409840662842 | 1.876002319949012 | 3.855923135755257 | 0.7246947737412364 | 4.571046469088591
1997 | 2.327158361370716 | 4.619563065420561 | 2.635931239875389 | 5.32933968224299 | 0.5186315015576324 | 0.672349601246106 | 1.92615462305296 | 1.157564124610592 | 1.808526859813084 | 3.947213464174455 | 0.7097766168224299 | 4.171775557632399
1998 | 2.282252503067485 | 4.041982374233129 | 2.45072327607362 | 3.748474699386503 | 0.5527947239263804 | 0.6054418404907975 | 1.751832803680982 | 0.7212654969325154 | 1.729457779141104 | 3.437856711656442 | 0.6975742944785276 | 3.027209202453988
1999 | 2.196879483793517 | 4.370579699879952 | 2.212332328931573 | 4.49677793517407 | 0.5228212605042016 | 0.5086561524609844 | 1.572326992797119 | 1.023750990396159 | 1.672770486194478 | 3.861923547418967 | 0.6400053361344538 | 3.473026944777911
2000 | 2.14537 | 7.238443495934961 | 2.162812032520325 | 6.482206800232288 | 0.513294099883856 | 0.5681119163763066 | 1.559816051103368 | 0.7961041986062718 | 1.632075900116144 | 6.670331579558654 | 0.6029959814169571 | 5.686102601626017
2001 | 2.202337451977401 | 7.295470073446327 | 2.047192050847458 | 5.988854898305084 | 0.54422097740113 | 0.6387627062146892 | 1.484789971751412 | 0.8205737231638418 | 1.658116474576271 | 6.656707367231638 | 0.5624020790960451 | 5.167069101694915
2002 | 2.179953507504169 | 4.634190005558643 | 2.014191178432462 | 5.714626481378543 | 0.5533361200667036 | 0.6201180655919956 | 1.487090822679266 | 0.9301770983879931 | 1.627809922178988 | 4.014071939966647 | 0.5271003557531961 | 4.78444938299055
2003 | 2.148867885869565 | 6.374314016304348 | 1.975139554347826 | 6.860520152173914 | 0.5468361576086957 | 0.6564365815217392 | 1.442294940217391 | 1.091340391304348 | 1.60203172826087 | 5.717877434782609 | 0.5328446141304348 | 5.768013798913044
2004 | 2.233955950238221 | 6.403174197988354 | 1.934126580201165 | 6.523560232927474 | 0.5689943726839598 | 0.5508228957120169 | 1.408289465325569 | 0.984666908417152 | 1.664961577554261 | 5.853487019587083 | 0.5258371148755956 | 5.54002904182107
2005 | 2.422191935483871 | 7.9915856374808 | 1.866351065028162 | 8.93959091653866 | 0.5723183666154634 | 0.5261813773681516 | 1.37642017921147 | 0.9721722734254993 | 1.850972068612392 | 7.465404260112647 | 0.4899308858166923 | 7.96741864311316
2006 | 2.519958412698413 | 6.914987232142858 | 1.904867212301587 | 10.30543803571429 | 0.5895510813492064 | 0.5405991865079366 | 1.416412435515873 | 1.375973913690476 | 1.929343159722222 | 6.374388045634921 | 0.4873906051587302 | 8.928399950396827
2007 | 2.568128184352422 | 6.677961040213754 | 1.889364248439776 | 10.78055098822236 | 0.6032307540199284 | 0.5173505609090295 | 1.393742411088926 | 1.450650972788919 | 1.964897430332494 | 6.160610479304724 | 0.4966565384726683 | 9.32990001543344
2008 | 2.800999089655044 | 7.801146166100798 | 1.961994737648803 | 17.63104869881052 | 0.603843987310906 | 0.5311037050110775 | 1.455802088219858 | 1.944058777629667 | 2.198151544567424 | 7.27004246108972 | 0.5061926494289444 | 15.68599347895756
2009 | 2.965 | 4.996 | 2.028 | 12.37 | 0.667 | 0.557 | 1.456 | 2.546 | 2.298 | 4.439 | 0.572 | 9.824
Production Costs = Operations and [NAME]. Production costs do not include indirect costs and are based on
FERC Form 1 filings submitted by regulated utilities. Production costs are modeled for utilities that are not regulated.
Source: Ventyx Velocity Suite
Updated: 5/10