


Table 8.2b Electricity Net Generation: Electric Power Sector, Selected Years, 1949-2007
(Subset of Table 8.2a; Billion Kilowatthours)
Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy
Hydro-
Nuclear electric Conventional Biomass
Natural Other Electric Pumped Hydroelectric Geo-
Year Coal 1 Petroleum 2 Gas 3 Gases 4 Total Power Storage 5 Power Wood 6 Waste 7 thermal Solar/PV 8 Wind Total Other 9 Total
1949 135.5 28.5 37.0 NA 201.0 0.0 ( 10 ) 89.7 0.4 NA NA NA NA 90.1 NA 291.1
1950 154.5 33.7 44.6 NA 232.8 .0 ( 10 ) 95.9 .4 NA NA NA NA 96.3 NA 329.1
1955 301.4 37.1 95.3 NA 433.8 .0 ( 10 ) 113.0 .3 NA NA NA NA 113.3 NA 547.0
1960 403.1 48.0 158.0 NA 609.0 .5 ( 10 ) 145.8 .1 NA (s) NA NA 146.0 NA 755.5
1965 570.9 64.8 221.6 NA 857.3 3.7 ( 10 ) 193.9 .3 NA .2 NA NA 194.3 NA 1,055.3
1970 704.4 184.2 372.9 NA 1,261.5 21.8 ( 10 ) 247.7 .1 .2 .5 NA NA 248.6 NA 1,531.9
1971 713.1 220.2 374.0 NA 1,307.4 38.1 ( 10 ) 266.3 .1 .2 .5 NA NA 267.2 NA 1,612.6
1972 771.1 274.3 375.7 NA 1,421.2 54.1 ( 10 ) 272.6 .1 .2 1.5 NA NA 274.4 NA 1,749.7
1973 847.7 314.3 340.9 NA 1,502.9 83.5 ( 10 ) 272.1 .1 .2 2.0 NA NA 274.4 NA 1,860.7
1974 828.4 300.9 320.1 NA 1,449.4 114.0 ( 10 ) 301.0 .1 .2 2.5 NA NA 303.7 NA 1,867.1
1975 852.8 289.1 299.8 NA 1,441.7 172.5 ( 10 ) 300.0 (s) .2 3.2 NA NA 303.5 NA 1,917.6
1976 944.4 320.0 294.6 NA 1,559.0 191.1 ( 10 ) 283.7 .1 .2 3.6 NA NA 287.6 NA 2,037.7
1977 985.2 358.2 305.5 NA 1,648.9 250.9 ( 10 ) 220.5 .3 .2 3.6 NA NA 224.5 NA 2,124.3
1978 975.7 365.1 305.4 NA 1,646.2 276.4 ( 10 ) 280.4 .2 .1 3.0 NA NA 283.7 NA 2,206.3
1979 1,075.0 303.5 329.5 NA 1,708.0 255.2 ( 10 ) 279.8 .3 .2 3.9 NA NA 284.2 NA 2,247.4
1980 1,161.6 246.0 346.2 NA 1,753.8 251.1 ( 10 ) 276.0 .3 .2 5.1 NA NA 281.5 NA 2,286.4
1981 1,203.2 206.4 345.8 NA 1,755.4 272.7 ( 10 ) 260.7 .2 .1 5.7 NA NA 266.7 NA 2,294.8
1982 1,192.0 146.8 305.3 NA 1,644.1 282.8 ( 10 ) 309.2 .2 .1 4.8 NA NA 314.4 NA 2,241.2
1983 1,259.4 144.5 274.1 NA 1,678.0 293.7 ( 10 ) 332.1 .2 .2 6.1 NA (s) 338.6 NA 2,310.3
1984 1,341.7 119.8 297.4 NA 1,758.9 327.6 ( 10 ) 321.2 .5 .4 7.7 (s) (s) 329.8 NA 2,416.3
1985 1,402.1 100.2 291.9 NA 1,794.3 383.7 ( 10 ) 281.1 .7 .6 9.3 (s) (s) 291.9 NA 2,469.8
1986 1,385.8 136.6 248.5 NA 1,770.9 414.0 ( 10 ) 290.8 .5 .7 10.3 (s) (s) 302.3 NA 2,487.3
1987 1,463.8 118.5 272.6 NA 1,854.9 455.3 ( 10 ) 249.7 .8 .7 10.8 (s) (s) 262.0 NA 2,572.1
1988 1,540.7 148.9 252.8 NA 1,942.4 527.0 ( 10 ) 222.9 .9 .7 10.3 (s) (s) 234.9 NA 2,704.3
198911 1,562.4 159.0 297.3 .5 2,019.1 529.4 ( 10 ) 269.2 5.6 7.7 14.6 .3 2.1 299.5 .3 2,848.2
1990 1,572.1 118.9 309.5 .6 2,001.1 576.9 -3.5 289.8 7.0 11.5 15.4 .4 2.8 326.9 (s) 2,901.3
1991 1,568.8 112.8 317.8 .7 2,000.1 612.6 -4.5 286.0 7.7 13.9 16.0 .5 3.0 327.0 .4 2,935.6
1992 1,597.7 92.2 334.3 1.2 2,025.4 618.8 -4.2 250.0 8.5 15.9 16.1 .4 2.9 293.9 .5 2,934.4
1993 1,665.5 105.4 342.2 1.0 2,114.1 610.3 -4.0 277.5 9.2 16.2 16.8 .5 3.0 323.2 .4 3,043.9
1994 1,666.3 98.7 385.7 1.1 2,151.7 640.4 -3.4 254.0 9.2 17.0 15.5 .5 3.4 299.7 .2 3,088.7
1995 1,686.1 68.1 419.2 1.9 2,175.3 673.4 -2.7 305.4 7.6 18.0 13.4 .5 3.2 348.0 .2 3,194.2
1996 1,772.0 74.8 378.8 1.3 2,226.9 674.7 -3.1 341.2 8.4 17.8 14.3 .5 3.2 385.4 .2 3,284.1
1997 1,820.8 86.5 399.6 1.5 2,308.4 628.6 -4.0 350.6 8.7 18.5 14.7 .5 3.3 396.3 .1 3,329.4
1998 1,850.2 122.2 449.3 2.3 2,424.0 673.7 -4.5 317.9 8.6 19.2 14.8 .5 3.0 364.0 .2 3,457.4
1999 1,858.6 111.5 473.0 1.6 2,444.8 728.3 -6.1 314.7 9.0 19.5 14.8 .5 4.5 362.9 .1 3,530.0
2000 1,943.1 105.2 518.0 2.0 2,568.3 753.9 -5.5 271.3 8.9 20.3 14.1 .5 5.6 320.7 .1 3,637.5
2001 1,882.8 119.1 554.9 .6 2,557.5 768.8 -8.8 213.7 8.3 12.9 13.7 .5 6.7 256.0 6.5 3,580.1
2002 1,910.6 89.7 607.7 2.0 2,610.0 780.1 -8.7 260.5 9.0 13.1 14.5 .6 10.4 308.0 9.1 3,698.5
2003 1,952.7 113.7 567.3 2.6 2,636.4 763.7 -8.5 271.5 9.5 13.8 14.4 .5 11.2 321.0 8.6 3,721.2
2004 1,957.2 R114.7 R627.4 3.0 2,702.3 788.5 -8.5 265.1 9.7 13.1 14.8 .6 14.1 317.5 8.6 3,808.4
2005 1,992.1 116.8 683.3 4.0 2,796.1 782.0 -6.6 267.0 10.6 13.0 14.7 .6 17.8 323.7 7.0 3,902.2
2006 R1,969.8 R59.9 R734.4 R3.9 R2,768.1 787.2 R-6.6 R286.3 R10.3 R13.9 R14.6 .5 R26.6 R352.2 R7.1 R3,908.1
2007P 2,002.1 61.4 813.8 3.9 2,881.3 806.5 -7.0 246.0 10.4 14.6 14.8 .6 32.1 318.6 7.1 4,006.5
1 Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. R=Revised. P=Preliminary. NA=Not available. (s)=Less than 0.05 billion kilowatthours.
2 Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil. Notes: · The electric power sector comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP)
3 Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to
4 Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. the public. · See Table 8.2d for commercial and industrial CHP and electricity-only data. · See Note 1,
5 Pumped storage facility production minus energy used for pumping. "Coverage of Electricity Statistics," and Note 2, "Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at
6 Wood and wood-derived fuels. end of section. · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
7 Municipal solid waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and Web Pages: · For all data beginning in 1949, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/elect.html.
other biomass. Through 2000, also includes non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from · For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html.
non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived fuels). Sources: · 1949-September 1977--Federal Power Commission, Form FPC-4, "Monthly Power Plant
8 Solar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Report." · October 1977-1981--Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Form FPC-4, "Monthly Power
9 Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, miscellaneous technologies, and, Plant Report." · 1982-1988--Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power
beginning in 2001, non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived Plant Report." · 1989-1997--EIA, Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-867,
fuels). "Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report." · 1998-2000--EIA, Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant
10 Included in "Conventional Hydroelectric Power." Report," and Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric Generator Report--Nonutility." · 2001-2003--EIA, Form
11 Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only. Beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and EIA-906, "Power Plant Report." · 2004 forward--EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," and Form
independent power producers. EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."
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