The average price of metallurgical coal for all users in the United States stood at 5.23 U.S. dollars per million British thermal units, and is expected to decrease to nearly 5.03 U.S. dollars per million British thermal unit of energy generated.
Projected average price of select fuels in the United States from 2018 to 2050 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units)*
Characteristic
Propane
E85
Motor gasoline
Jet fuel
Distillate fuel oil
Residuale fuel oil
Natural gas
Metallurgical coal
Other coal
Coal to liquids
Electricity
2050
28.03
33.85
30.59
22.83
28.2
16.54
7.44
5.03
2.32
0
30.79
2040
28.06
25.34
29.81
22.1
28.41
15.84
6.72
4.89
2.32
0
30.83
2030
26.68
24.8
27.95
19.88
26.5
13.68
6.25
4.71
2.3
0
30.62
2020
21.2
32.99
24.94
17.39
23.77
11.24
5.37
4.8
2.18
0
30.01
2018
17.36
29.23
24.04
16.16
22.92
10.95
5.38
5.23
2.17
0
30.94
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EIA. (January 24, 2019). Projected average price of select fuels in the United States from 2018 to 2050 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055023/average-fuel-price-us/
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