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Coal to US Commercial Electricity Ratio
The coal to us commercial electricity ratio is 9.712 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by US Commercial Electricity at $13.54 per Kilowatt Hour.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Coal to US Commercial Electricity ratio
1.000 T of coal = 9.712 kWh of us commercial electricity
Inverse (ELEC-COM-US/COAL): 0.1030 — one Kilowatt Hour of us commercial electricity buys that much coal.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (67th percentile of the last 1 year)
Coal
$131.50
per Metric Ton
US Commercial Electricity
$13.54
per Kilowatt Hour
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Kilowatt Hour. The ratio reads as Kilowatt Hours of us commercial electricity per Metric Ton of coal. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:13:34 GMT.
1Y average
8.883
median 8.711
1Y low
7.881
Jan 1, 2026
1Y high
10.16
Apr 1, 2026
Normal band
7.958–9.808
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.90σ
6 observations
Coal to US Commercial Electricity ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the COAL/ELEC-COM-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Coal / US Commercial Electricity price chart below.
COAL/ELEC-COM-US ratio line
How many kWh of US Commercial Electricity one T of Coal buys, over 1Y.
COAL/ELEC-COM-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the COAL/ELEC-COM-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Coal and US Commercial Electricity prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the coal to us commercial electricity ratio
Coal to US Commercial Electricity ratio = Coal price per Metric Ton ÷ US Commercial Electricity price per Kilowatt Hour
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Kilowatt Hours of us commercial electricity per Metric Ton of coal — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $131.50 ÷ $13.54 = 9.712. The inverse is 0.1030.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Frequently asked questions
What is the coal to us commercial electricity ratio today?
The coal to us commercial electricity ratio is 9.712 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by US Commercial Electricity at $13.54 per Kilowatt Hour, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the coal to us commercial electricity ratio?
Divide the coal price per Metric Ton by the us commercial electricity price per Kilowatt Hour. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Kilowatt Hours of us commercial electricity per Metric Ton of coal.
What is the inverse of the coal to us commercial electricity ratio?
The inverse, us commercial electricity to coal, is 0.1030 — how many Metric Tons of coal one Kilowatt Hour of us commercial electricity buys.