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Average costs of fossil fuels for U.S. electricity generation 2016

Average costs of fossil fuels for the U.S. electric power industry from 2005 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars per million Btu)

The data displays the average costs of fossil fuels for electricity generation in the U.S. between 2005 and 2016. In 2016, the average cost of all fossil fuels for electricity generation was 2.47 USD per million British thermal units. Across all sectors, the price of electricity to end-users in the United States came to 10 U.S. dollar cents in 2014.

2005	1.54	6.44	8.21	3.25
2006	1.69	6.23	6.94	3.02
2007	1.77	7.17	7.11	3.23
2008	2.07	10.87	9.02	4.11
2009	2.21	7.02	4.74	3.04
2010	2.27	9.54	5.09	3.26
2011	2.39	12.48	4.72	3.29
2012	2.38	12.48	3.42	2.83
2013	2.34	11.57	4.33	3.09
2014	2.37	11.6	5	3.31
2015	2.22	6.74	3.23	2.65
2016	2.11	5.25	2.87	2.47

Average costs of fossil fuels for U.S. electricity generation 2016

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