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Summary Statistics for the United States                      
Electric Power Annual with data for 2006
Report Released: October 22, 2007
Next Release Date: October 2008
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Table ES1.  Summary Statistics for the United States, 1995 through 2006
Description 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Net Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Coal[1] 1,990,926 2,013,179 1,978,620 1,973,737 1,933,130 1,903,956 1,966,265 1,881,087 1,873,516 1,845,016 1,795,196 1,709,426
Petroleum[2] 64,364 122,522 120,771[R] 119,406 94,567 124,880 111,221 118,061 128,800 92,555 81,411 74,554
Natural Gas 813,044 757,974 708,854[R] 649,908 691,006 639,129 601,038 556,396 531,257 479,399 455,056 496,058
Other Gases[3] 16,060 16,317 16,766 15,600 11,463 9,039 13,955 14,126 13,492 13,351 14,356 13,870
Nuclear 787,219 781,986 788,528 763,733 780,064 768,826 753,893 728,254 673,702 628,644 674,729 673,402
Hydroelectric Conventional[4] 289,246 270,321[R] 268,417 275,806 264,329 216,961 275,573 319,536 323,336 356,453 347,162 310,833
Other Renewables[5] 96,423 87,213[R] 82,604[R] 79,487[R] 79,109[R] 70,769[R] 80,906 79,423 77,088 77,183 75,796 73,965
Pumped Storage[6] -6,558 -6,558 -8,488 -8,535 -8,743 -8,823 -5,539 -6,097 -4,467 -4,040 -3,088 -2,725
Other[7] 13,977 12,468[R] 14,483[R] 14,045[R] 13,527[R] 11,906[R] 4,794 4,024 3,571 3,612 3,571 4,104
All Energy Sources 4,064,702 4,055,423[R] 3,970,555 3,883,185 3,858,452 3,736,644 3,802,105 3,694,810 3,620,295 3,492,172 3,444,188 3,353,487
Net Summer Generating Capacity (megawatts)
Coal[1] 312,956 313,380 313,020 313,019 315,350 314,230 315,114 315,496 315,786 313,624 313,382 311,386
Petroleum[2] 58,097 58,548 59,119 60,730[R] 59,651[R] 66,162[R] 61,837[R] 60,069[R] 66,282[R] 72,463[R] 72,518[R] 66,622[R]
Natural Gas[8] 388,294 383,061 371,011 355,442[R] 312,512[R] 252,832[R] 219,590[R] 195,119[R] 180,288[R] 176,471[R] 174,135[R] 174,482[R]
Other Gases[3] 2,256 2,063 2,296 1,994 2,008 1,670 2,342 1,909 1,520 1,525 1,664 1,661
Nuclear 100,334 99,988 99,628 99,209 98,657 98,159 97,860 97,411 97,070 99,716 100,784 99,515
Hydroelectric Conventional[4] 77,821 77,541 77,641 78,694 79,356 78,916 79,359 79,393 79,151 79,415 76,437 78,562
Other Renewables[9] 24,113 21,205[R] 18,717[R] 18,153[R] 16,710[R] 16,101[R] 15,572 15,942 15,444 15,351 15,309 15,300
Pumped Storage[10] 21,461 21,347 20,764 20,522 20,371 19,664 19,522 19,565 19,518 19,310 21,110 21,387
Other[11] 882 887[R] 746[R] 684[R] 686[R] 519[R] 523 1,023 810 774 550 550
All Energy Sources 986,215 978,020 962,942 948,446 905,301 848,254 811,719 785,927 775,868 778,649 775,890 769,463
Demand, Capacity Resources, and Capacity Margins – Summer
Net Internal Demand (megawatts) 760,108 746,470 692,908 696,752 696,376 674,833 680,941 653,857 638,086 618,389 602,438 589,860
Capacity Resources (megawatts) 906,155 882,125 875,870 856,131 833,380 788,990 808,054 765,744 744,670 737,855 730,376 727,481
Capacity Margins (percent) 16.1 15.4 20.9 18.6 16.4 14.5 15.7 14.6 14.3 16.2 17.5 18.9
Fuel
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (thousand tons)[1] 1,035,346 1,045,878 1,026,018 1,014,058 987,583 972,691 994,933 949,802 946,295 931,949 907,209 860,594
Petroleum (thousand barrels)[2] 115,370 211,256 209,508 206,653 168,597 216,672 195,228 207,871 222,640 159,715 144,626 132,578
Natural Gas (millions of cubic feet) 6,869,624 6,486,761 6,116,574 5,616,135 6,126,062 5,832,305 5,691,481 5,321,984 5,081,384 4,564,770 4,312,458 4,737,871
Other Gases (millions of Btu)[3] 181,081 176,906 186,796 156,306 131,230 97,308 125,971 126,387 124,988 119,412 158,560 132,520
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Thermal Output in Combined Heat and Power Facilities
Coal (thousand tons)[1] 18,437 19,402 18,779 17,720 17,561 18,944 20,466 20,373 20,320 21,005 20,806 20,418
Petroleum (thousand barrels)[2] 15,636 19,937 19,856 17,939 14,811 18,268 22,266 26,822 28,845 28,802 27,873 25,562
Natural Gas (millions of cubic feet) 549,335 541,206 610,105 721,267 860,019 898,286 985,263 982,958 949,106 868,569 865,774 834,382
Other Gases (millions of Btu)[3] 160,048 171,406 167,273 137,837 146,882 166,161 230,082 223,713 208,828 187,680 187,290 180,895
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (thousand tons)[1] 1,053,783 1,065,281 1,044,798 1,031,778 1,005,144 991,635 1,015,398 970,175 966,615 952,955 928,015 881,012
Petroleum (thousand barrels)[2] 131,005 231,193 229,364 224,593 183,408 234,940 217,494 234,694 251,486 188,517 172,499 158,140
Natural Gas (millions of cubic feet) 7,418,959 7,027,967 6,726,679 6,337,402 6,986,081 6,730,591 6,676,744 6,304,942 6,030,490 5,433,338 5,178,232 5,572,253
Other Gases (millions of Btu)[3] 341,129 348,312 354,069 294,143 278,111 263,469 356,053 350,100 333,816 307,092 345,850 313,415
Stocks at Electric Power Sector Facilities (year end)
Coal (thousand tons)[12] 140,964 101,137 106,669 121,567 141,714 138,496 102,296 141,604 120,501 98,826 114,623 126,304
Petroleum (thousand barrels)[13] 51,583 50,062 51,434 53,170 52,490 57,031 40,932 54,109 56,591 51,138 48,146 50,821
Receipts of Fuel at Electricity Generators[14]
Coal (thousand tons)[1] 1,079,943 1,021,437 1,002,032 986,026 884,287 762,815 790,274 908,232 929,448 880,588 862,701 826,860
Petroleum (thousand barrels)[2] 100,965 194,733 186,655 185,567 120,851 124,618 108,272 145,939 181,276 128,749 113,678 89,908
Natural Gas (millions of cubic feet)[15] 6,675,246 6,181,717[R] 5,734,054 5,500,704 5,607,737 2,148,924 2,629,986 2,809,455 2,922,957 2,764,734 2,604,663 3,023,327
Cost of Fuel at Electricity Generators (cents per million Btu)[13]
Coal[1] 169 154 136 128 125 123 120 122 125 127 129 132
Petroleum[2] 623 644 429 433 334 369 418 236 202 273 303 257
Natural Gas[15] 694 821 596 539 356 449 430 257 238 276 264 198
Emissions (thousand metric tons)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 2,459,800 2,513,609 2,456,934 2,415,680 2,395,048 2,389,745 2,441,722[R] 2,338,660[R] 2,324,139[R] 2,232,709[R] 2,161,258[R] 2,083,509[R]
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) 9,524 10,340 10,309 10,646 10,881 11,174 11,297 12,444 12,509 13,520 12,906 11,896
Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) 3,799 3,961 4,143 4,532 5,194 5,290 5,380 5,732 6,237 6,324 6,282 7,885
Trade (million megawatthours)
Purchases 5,503 6,092[R] 6,570[R] 6,980[R] 8,755[R] 7,555[R] 2,346 2,040 2,021 1,966 1,798 1,618
Sales for Resale 5,493 6,072[R] 6,330[R] 6,921[R] 8,569[R] 7,345[R] 2,355 1,998 1,922 1,839 1,656 1,495
Electricity Imports and Exports (thousand megawatthours)
Imports 42,691 44,527 34,210 30,390 36,779 38,500 48,592 43,215 39,513 43,031 43,497 42,854
Exports 24,271 19,803 22,898 23,972 15,796 16,473 14,829 14,222 13,656 8,974 3,302 3,623
Retail Sales and Revenue Data – Bundled and Unbundled
Number of Ultimate Customers (thousands)
Residential 122,471 120,761 118,764 117,280 116,622 114,890 111,718 110,383 109,048 107,066 105,343 103,917
Commercial 17,172 16,872 16,607 16,550 15,334 14,867 14,349 14,074 13,887 13,542 13,181 12,949
Industrial 760 734 748 713 602 571 527 553 540 563 586 581
Transportation 1 1 1 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Other NA NA NA NA 1,067 1,030 974 935 933 952 894 882
All Sectors 140,404 138,367 136,119 134,544 133,624 131,359 127,568 125,945 124,408 122,123 120,004 118,330
Retail Sales and Revenue Data – Bundled and Unbundled (Continued)
Sales to Ultimate Customers (thousand megawatthours)
Residential 1,351,520 1,359,227 1,291,982 1,275,824 1,265,180 1,201,607 1,192,446 1,144,923 1,130,109 1,075,880 1,082,512 1,042,501
Commercial 1,299,744 1,275,079 1,230,425 1,198,728 1,104,497 1,083,069 1,055,232 1,001,996 979,401 928,633 887,445 862,685
Industrial 1,011,298 1,019,156 1,017,850 1,012,373 990,238 996,609 1,064,239 1,058,217 1,051,203 1,038,197 1,033,631 1,012,693
Transportation 7,358 7,506 7,224 6,810 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Other NA NA NA NA 105,552 113,174 109,496 106,952 103,518 102,901 97,539 95,407
All Sectors 3,669,919 3,660,969 3,547,479 3,493,734 3,465,466 3,394,458 3,421,414 3,312,087 3,264,231 3,145,610 3,101,127 3,013,287
Direct Use[16] 146,927 150,016[R] 168,470 168,295 166,184 162,649 170,943 171,629 160,866 156,239 152,638 150,677
Total Disposition 3,816,845 3,810,984[R] 3,715,949 3,662,029 3,631,650 3,557,107 3,592,357 3,483,716 3,425,097 3,301,849 3,253,765 3,163,963
Revenue From Ultimate Customers (million dollars)   
Residential 140,582 128,393 115,577 111,249 106,834 103,158 98,209 93,483 93,360 90,704 90,503 87,610
Commercial 122,914 110,522 100,546 96,263 87,117 85,741 78,405 72,771 72,575 70,497 67,829 66,365
Industrial 62,308 58,445 53,477 51,741 48,336 50,293 49,369 46,846 47,050 47,023 47,536 47,175
Transportation 702 643 519 514 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Other NA NA NA NA 7,124 8,151 7,179 6,796 6,863 7,110 6,741 6,567
All Sectors 326,506 298,003 270,119 259,767 249,411 247,343 233,163 219,896 219,848 215,334 212,609 207,717
Average Retail Price (cents per kilowatthour)
Residential 10.4 9.45 8.95 8.72 8.44 8.58 8.24 8.16 8.26 8.43 8.36 8.4
Commercial 9.46 8.67 8.17 8.03 7.89 7.92 7.43 7.26 7.41 7.59 7.64 7.69
Industrial 6.16 5.73 5.25 5.11 4.88 5.05 4.64 4.43 4.48 4.53 4.6 4.66
Transportation 9.54 8.57 7.18 7.54 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Other NA NA NA NA 6.75 7.2 6.56 6.35 6.63 6.91 6.91 6.88
All Sectors 8.9 8.14 7.61 7.44 7.2 7.29 6.81 6.64 6.74 6.85 6.86 6.89
Revenue and Expense Statistics (million dollars)
Major Investor Owned
Utility Operating Revenues 277,142 267,534 240,318 226,227 219,389 267,525 235,336 214,160 218,175 215,083 207,459 199,967
Utility Operating Expenses 247,170 238,590 207,161 197,459 188,745 235,198 210,324 182,258 186,498 182,796 173,920 165,321
Net Utility Operating Income 29,972 28,944 33,158 28,768 30,644 32,327 25,012 31,902 31,677 32,286 33,539 34,646
Major Publicly Owned (with Generation Facilities)
Operating Revenues NA NA NA 33,906 32,776 38,028 31,843 26,767 26,155 25,397 24,207 23,473
Operating Expenses NA NA NA 29,637 28,638 32,789 26,244 21,274 20,880 20,425 19,084 18,959
Net Electric Operating Income NA NA NA 4,268 4,138 5,238 5,598 5,493 5,275 4,972 5,123 4,514
Major Publicly Owned (without Generation Facilities)
Operating Revenues NA NA NA 12,454 11,546 10,417 9,904 9,354 8,790 8,586 8,582 8,435
Operating Expenses NA NA NA 11,481 10,703 9,820 9,355 8,737 8,245 8,033 8,123 7,979
Net Electric Operating Income NA NA NA 974 843 597 549 617 545 552 459 457
Major Federally Owned
Operating Revenues NA NA NA 11,798 11,470 12,458 10,685 10,186 9,780 8,833 9,082 8,743
Operating Expenses NA NA NA 8,763 8,665 10,013 8,139 7,775 7,099 5,999 6,390 6,162
Net Electric Operating Income NA NA NA 3,035 2,805 2,445 2,546 2,411 2,681 2,834 2,692 2,581
Major Cooperative Borrower Owned
Operating Revenues NA 34,088 30,650 29,228 27,458 26,458 25,629 23,824 23,988 23,321 24,424 24,609
Operating Expenses NA 31,209 27,828 26,361 24,561 23,763 22,982 21,283 21,223 20,715 23,149 21,741
Net Electric Operating Income NA 2,879 2,822 2,867 2,897 2,696 2,647 2,541 2,764 2,606 2,872 2,868
Demand-Side Management (DSM) Data
Actual Peak Load Reductions (megawatts)
Total Actual Peak Load Reduction 27,240 25,710 23,532 22,904 22,936 24,955 22,901 26,455 27,231 25,284 29,893 29,561
DSM Energy Savings (thousand megawatthours)
Energy Efficiency 62,951 58,891 52,662 48,245 52,285 52,946 52,827 49,691 48,775 55,453 59,853 55,328
Load Management 865 1,006 2,047 2,020 1,790 990 875 872 392 953 1,989 2,093
DSM Cost (million dollars)
Total Cost 2,051 1,921 1,557 1,297 1,626 1,630 1,565 1,424 1,421 1,636 1,902 2,421
  [1] Includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous and  lignite coal.   Waste and synthetic coal are included starting in 2002.
  [2] Distillate fuel oil (all diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils), residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No. 6 fuel oils and bunker C fuel oil), jet fuel, kerosene, petroleum coke (converted to liquid petroleum, see Technical Notes for conversion methodology) and waste oil.
  [3] Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
  [4] Conventional hydroelectric power excluding pumped storage facilities.
  [5] Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, tires, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
  [6] The generation from a hydroelectric pumped storage facility is the net value of production minus the energy used for pumping.
  [7] Non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels and miscellaneous technologies..
  [8] Includes a small number of generators for which waste heat is the primary energy source.
  [9] Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
  [10] Pumped storage is the capacity to generate electricity from water previously pumped to an elevated reservoir and then released through a conduit to turbine generators located at a lower level.
  [11] Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels and miscellaneous technologies.
  [12] Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and synthetic coal; excludes waste coal.
  [13] Distillate fuel oil (all diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils), residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No. 6 fuel oils and bunker C fuel oil), jet fuel, kerosene, petroleum coke (converted to liquid petroleum, see Technical Notes for conversion methodology).   Data prior to 2004 includes small quantities of waste oil.
  [14] Beginning in 2002, includes data from the Form EIA-423 for independent power producers and combined heat and power producers.
  [15] Natural gas, including a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
  [16] Direct Use represents commercial and industrial facility use of onsite net electricity generation; and electricity sales or transfers to adjacent or co-located facilities for which revenue information is not available.
  NA = Not available. 
  R = Revised. 
  Note: See Glossary reference for definitions.See Technical Notes Table A5 for conversion to different units of measure.Capacity by energy source is based on the capacity associated with the energy source reported as the most predominant (primary) one, where more than one energy source is associated with a generator.Dual-fired capacity returned to respective fuel categories for current and all historical years.  New fuel switchable capacity tables have replaced dual-fired breakouts.Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rou
  Sources: Energy Information Administration Form EIA-411, "Coordinated Bulk Power Supply Program Report;" Form EIA-412, "Annual Electric Industry Financial Report" The Form EIA-412 was terminated in 2003; Form EIA-423, "Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report;" Form EIA-767, "Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report;" Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report;" Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Power Industry Report;" Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" Form EIA-920 "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report;" and predecessor forms.  Federal Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 1, "Annual Report of Major Utilities, Licensees and Others;" FERC Form 1-F, "Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees;" FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants," and predecessor forms; Rural Utility Services (RUS) Form 7, "Operating Report;" RUS Form 12, "Operating Report;" Imports and Exports: DOE, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Form OE-781R, " Annual Report of International Electric Export/Import Data," predecessor forms, and National Energy Board of Canada.   For 2001 forward, data from the California Independent System Operator are used in combination with the Form OE-781R values to estimate electricity trade with Mexico.

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