Fossil fuel electric power generation (NAICS 221112) contract obligations

Seven hundred forty-two awards, $2.35 billion committed

The $2,349,845,177.09 obligation stock sits on 742 contract awards, implying about $3.17 million per award. Power-generation codes often show fewer, larger actions than supply schedules. The packet does not name plants or fuels beyond the Census title. It supports the sum and the count.

Electric power distribution (221122) is a different NAICS in this extract. Generation and distribution are easy to conflate on a utility bill; they are separate industry tags on USAspending.gov when the awarding office used different codes. Only 221112 feeds this $2.35 billion.

Utility-style contracts, not EIA generation tables

The Energy Information Administration publishes generation statistics. USAspending.gov publishes award obligations. $2,349,845,177.09 is the second of those, filtered to NAICS 221112. It is not a kilowatt-hour total and not a plant-level generation ranking.

Assistance for energy programs may lack NAICS. Loan guarantees and formula grants would sit on program pages. Mixing those instruments with this contract rollup would blur the feed. Keep 221112 on the contract hub.

Obligations versus power bills paid

A contract tagged fossil-fuel generation can be a power-purchase agreement, facility support, or another instrument the office classified under 221112. The obligation is the committed amount. Outlays are later payments for energy or services. This packet has only the obligation sum and 742 awards.

What 742 does not count

The 742 awards include modifications that keep the code. They are not 742 power plants. One utility contract family can generate several rows. Negative modifications reduce the net without deleting the award history.

Using the fossil-fuel generation hub

The Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation industry page lists the USAspending.gov rows behind $2.35 billion. Recipients and agencies belong there. Compare 221112 with water supply, distribution, and other utilities on the all-industries index.

Citing 221112 without turning it into an emissions inventory

Quote $2,349,845,177.09 as USAspending contract obligations on 742 awards tagged NAICS 221112. Do not convert that number into tons of carbon or megawatts of capacity. Those series live in energy statistics, not in this NAICS rollup.

Nuclear, hydro, and other generation codes, when used, sit elsewhere. Adding them here would invent an “all generation” total the packet does not contain. Distribution NAICS 221122 is likewise a neighbor, not a subset.

The 742-award count is modest. A few large vehicles can dominate. Warehouse refreshes can move both dollars and the count. Recoding a power-purchase award to a distribution or services NAICS would send new actions off this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside. Quote USAspending.gov, quote obligations, quote 742 awards, and open the hub for recipients. Stop before treating the Census title as energy-policy advice or as a complete picture of federal electricity use.

Readers quoting this industry should keep two packet facts in one sentence: $2,349,845,177 in USAspending.gov contract obligations and 742 awards tagged NAICS 221112 (FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION). Dropping either figure hides whether the book is a few large vehicles or many small orders. The rounded obligation used for citation is $2,349,845,177; cents on the source total, if any, do not change the industry identity of the code.

FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION shows a moderate award-record count (742). Individual vehicles can still be large. The count includes modifications that retain the NAICS. Utilities codes record generation or distribution as tagged, not kilowatt-hour ledgers from energy statistics. FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION on this page is still a USAspending.gov contract filter. Record corrections in the USAspending.gov warehouse can move both the $2,349,845,177 and the 742-award count. Treat the live FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION industry page as current and this file as a reading of the harvested packet.

Internal comparison belongs on the all-industries index, where NAICS 221112 sits beside other six-digit contract totals. Adding neighboring codes by hand creates a new total this packet does not contain; cite each NAICS if you add. Assistance awards that omit NAICS remain outside $2,349,845,177. Outlays remain unpublished here. Quote obligations, quote 742 awards, cite USAspending.gov, and open the overlay hub for recipients rather than inventing agencies, fiscal years, or unit counts the packet does not list.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 221112 fossil fuel power generation?

USAspending.gov contract awards tagged Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation show $2,349,845,177.09 in obligations on 742 awards. That is a procurement commitment total, not kilowatt-hours and not outlays. USAspending.gov is the source for the $2,349,845,177 obligation stock and the 742 contract awards tagged FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION (NAICS 221112). Assistance awards that omit NAICS are outside both figures.

Is this the same as electric power distribution?

No. Distribution is a different NAICS when tagged that way. Only awards reported as 221112 feed the $2,349,845,177.09. Compare codes on the all-industries index. Keep the citation on contract obligations: $2,349,845,177 on 742 awards coded NAICS 221112. Outlays, grants without NAICS, and unit counts are not in the packet that produced this page.

Does this include energy grants or loans?

Assistance awards often lack NAICS, so they are omitted from this industry rollup. The $2,349,845,177.09 and 742 awards are the contract slice tagged 221112. The industry hub lists the underlying USAspending.gov rows. This answer restates only packet facts: NAICS 221112, $2,349,845,177 obligated, and 742 awards for FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.

Do 742 awards mean 742 power plants?

No. The 742 figure counts contract records, including modifications that keep 221112. One contract family can cover many sites. The industry page lists the records. Do not treat 742 as establishments or $2,349,845,177 as cash disbursed. Both numbers describe USAspending.gov contract actions tagged NAICS 221112 (FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION), not assistance and not outlays.