U.S. electricity production costs - gas 2013

The statistic shows the cost of electricity produced from gas in the United States between 2000 and 2014. In 2010, the cost of electricity generated from gas came to around 5.35 cents per kilowatt hour.

Cost of electricity produced from gas in the United States from 2000 to 2013 (in cents per kilowatt hour)*

Characteristic	Production costs in cents per kilowatt hour
2013	4.12
2012	3.53
2011	4.79
2010	5.35
2009	5.48
2008	8.64
2007	7.32
2006	7.6
2005	8.81
2004	7.04
2003	7.02
2002	5.1
2001	8.03
2000	8.02

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Release date

2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2013

Supplementary notes

* All values are presented in 2014 U.S. dollar cents.
According to the source, production costs equal the sum of operations and maintenance costs and fuel costs. 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.

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