electricity produced in the U.S. was generated from this fossil fuel.
In the United States, the cost of electricity generation from coal was above two U.S. dollars per million British thermal units in 2023. It reached 2.57 U.S. dollars per million British thermal units in the first quarter of the year. In 2022, approximately 20 percent of the Cost of electricity generation from coal in the United States from 1st quarter 2022 to 3th quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units)
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EIA. (October 11, 2023). Cost of electricity generation from coal in the United States from 1st quarter 2022 to 3th quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370277/electricity-generation-cost-from-coal-united-states/
EIA. "Cost of electricity generation from coal in the United States from 1st quarter 2022 to 3th quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) ." Chart. October 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370277/electricity-generation-cost-from-coal-united-states/
EIA. (2023). Cost of electricity generation from coal in the United States from 1st quarter 2022 to 3th quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370277/electricity-generation-cost-from-coal-united-states/
EIA. "Cost of Electricity Generation from Coal in The United States from 1st Quarter 2022 to 3th Quarter 2023 (in U.S. Dollars per Million British Thermal Units) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370277/electricity-generation-cost-from-coal-united-states/
EIA, Cost of electricity generation from coal in the United States from 1st quarter 2022 to 3th quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370277/electricity-generation-cost-from-coal-united-states/ (last visited May 08, 2024)
Cost of electricity generation from coal in the United States from 1st quarter 2022 to 3th quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) [Graph], EIA, October 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370277/electricity-generation-cost-from-coal-united-states/