Table 8.4b  Consumption for Electricity Generation by Energy Source:  Electric Power Sector, 1949-2007
                       (Subset of Table 8.4a; Trillion Btu)




Year		 Fossil Fuels

Nuclear
Electric
Power 5		 Renewable Energy



Other 9

Electricity
Net
Imports 10



Total


Coal 1

Petroleum 2
Natural
Gas 3
Other
Gases 4

Total		 Conventional
Hydroelectric
Power 5		 Biomass
Geo-
thermal 5

Solar/PV 5,8

Wind 5

Total
Wood 6 Waste 7
1949
 1,995 415 569 NA 2,979 0 1,349 6 NA NA NA NA 1,355 NA 5 4,339
1950
 2,199 472 651 NA 3,322 0 1,346 5 NA NA NA NA 1,351 NA 6 4,679
1951
 2,507 400 791 NA 3,697 0 1,361 5 NA NA NA NA 1,366 NA 7 5,071
1952
 2,557 420 942 NA 3,920 0 1,404 6 NA NA NA NA 1,411 NA 8 5,338
1953
 2,777 514 1,070 NA 4,362 0 1,356 5 NA NA NA NA 1,361 NA 7 5,730
1954
 2,841 417 1,206 NA 4,464 0 1,304 3 NA NA NA NA 1,307 NA 8 5,780
1955
 3,458 471 1,194 NA 5,123 0 1,322 3 NA NA NA NA 1,325 NA 14 6,461
1956
 3,790 455 1,283 NA 5,527 0 1,398 2 NA NA NA NA 1,400 NA 16 6,942
1957
 3,855 498 1,383 NA 5,737 (s) 1,480 2 NA NA NA NA 1,482 NA 12 7,231
1958
 3,721 486 1,421 NA 5,628 2 1,555 2 NA NA NA NA 1,557 NA 11 7,198
1959
 4,029 552 1,686 NA 6,267 2 1,511 2 NA NA NA NA 1,513 NA 12 7,794
1960
 4,228 553 1,785 NA 6,565 6 1,569 2 NA 1 NA NA 1,571 NA 15 8,158
1961
 4,355 557 1,889 NA 6,801 20 1,621 1 NA 2 NA NA 1,624 NA 8 8,453
1962
 4,622 560 2,035 NA 7,217 26 1,780 1 NA 2 NA NA 1,784 NA 2 9,029
1963
 5,050 585 2,211 NA 7,846 38 1,737 1 NA 4 NA NA 1,743 NA (s) 9,627
1964
 5,380 634 2,397 NA 8,411 40 1,853 2 NA 5 NA NA 1,859 NA 7 10,316
1965
 5,821 722 2,395 NA 8,938 43 2,026 3 NA 4 NA NA 2,033 NA (s) 11,014
1966
 6,302 883 2,696 NA 9,881 64 2,028 3 NA 4 NA NA 2,036 NA 4 11,985
1967
 6,445 1,011 2,834 NA 10,290 88 2,311 3 NA 7 NA NA 2,321 NA -1 12,698
1968
 6,994 1,181 3,245 NA 11,421 142 2,313 4 NA 9 NA NA 2,327 NA -2 13,887
1969
 7,219 1,571 3,596 NA 12,386 154 2,614 3 NA 13 NA NA 2,630 NA 4 15,174
1970
 7,227 2,117 4,054 NA 13,399 239 2,600 1 2 11 NA NA 2,615 NA 7 16,259
1971
 7,299 2,495 4,099 NA 13,893 413 2,790 1 2 12 NA NA 2,806 NA 12 17,124
1972
 7,811 3,097 4,084 NA 14,992 584 2,829 1 2 31 NA NA 2,864 NA 26 18,466
1973
 8,658 3,515 3,748 NA 15,921 910 2,827 1 2 43 NA NA 2,873 NA 49 19,753
1974
 8,534 3,365 3,519 NA 15,418 1,272 3,143 1 2 53 NA NA 3,199 NA 43 19,933
1975
 8,786 3,166 3,240 NA 15,191 1,900 3,122 (s) 2 70 NA NA 3,194 NA 21 20,307
1976
 9,720 3,477 3,152 NA 16,349 2,111 2,943 1 2 78 NA NA 3,024 NA 29 21,513
1977
 10,262 3,901 3,284 NA 17,446 2,702 2,301 3 2 77 NA NA 2,383 NA 59 22,591
1978
 10,238 3,987 3,297 NA 17,522 3,024 2,905 2 1 64 NA NA 2,973 NA 67 23,587
1979
 11,260 3,283 3,613 NA 18,156 2,776 2,897 3 2 84 NA NA 2,986 NA 69 23,987
1980
 12,123 2,634 3,810 NA 18,567 2,739 2,867 3 2 110 NA NA 2,982 NA 71 24,359
1981
 12,583 2,202 3,768 NA 18,553 3,008 2,725 3 1 123 NA NA 2,852 NA 113 24,525
1982
 12,582 1,568 3,342 NA 17,491 3,131 3,233 2 1 105 NA NA 3,341 NA 100 24,063
1983
 13,213 1,544 2,998 NA 17,754 3,203 3,494 2 2 129 NA (s) 3,627 NA 121 24,705
1984
 14,019 1,286 3,220 NA 18,526 3,553 3,353 5 4 165 (s) (s) 3,527 NA 135 25,741
1985
 14,542 1,090 3,160 NA 18,792 4,076 2,937 8 7 198 (s) (s) 3,150 NA 140 26,158
1986
 14,444 1,452 2,691 NA 18,586 4,380 3,038 5 7 219 (s) (s) 3,270 NA 122 26,359
1987
 15,173 1,257 2,935 NA 19,365 4,754 2,602 8 7 229 (s) (s) 2,846 NA 158 27,124
1988
 15,850 1,563 2,709 NA 20,123 5,587 2,302 10 8 217 (s) (s) 2,536 NA 108 28,354
1989
 11 16,121 11 1,697 11 3,107 7 11 20,932 11 5,602 11 2,808 11 75 11 126 11 308 11 3 11 22 11 3,342 2 37 29,916
1990
 16,235 1,281 3,233 6 20,755 6,104 3,014 106 180 326 4 29 3,658 (s) 8 30,526
1991
 16,223 1,199 3,296 6 20,725 6,422 2,985 104 217 335 5 31 3,677 4 67 30,895
1992
 16,431 990 3,407 12 20,840 6,479 2,586 120 252 338 4 30 3,329 3 87 30,738
1993
 17,159 1,122 3,426 12 21,719 6,410 2,861 129 255 351 5 31 3,632 3 95 31,859
1994
 17,215 1,056 3,851 12 22,134 6,694 2,620 134 269 325 5 36 3,389 2 153 32,372
1995
 17,416 743 4,179 18 22,356 7,075 3,149 106 282 280 5 33 3,855 2 134 33,423
1996
 18,375 810 3,730 16 22,930 7,087 3,528 117 280 300 5 33 4,264 2 137 34,420
1997
 18,855 917 3,981 14 23,768 6,597 3,581 117 292 309 5 34 4,337 1 116 34,819
1998
 19,162 1,306 4,520 23 25,011 7,068 3,241 125 287 311 5 31 4,000 2 88 36,168
1999
 19,214 1,211 4,742 14 25,181 7,610 3,218 125 290 312 5 46 3,996 1 99 36,888
2000
 20,153 1,145 5,120 19 26,438 7,862 2,768 126 294 296 5 57 3,547 1 115 37,963
2001
 19,549 1,280 5,290 9 26,128 8,033 2,209 116 205 289 6 70 2,894 109 75 37,239
2002
 19,733 955 5,522 25 26,235 8,143 2,650 141 224 305 6 105 3,430 137 72 38,016
2003
 20,137 1,199 5,009 30 26,374 7,959 2,781 156 216 303 5 115 3,576 136 22 38,068
2004
 20,277 1,216 5,443 38 26,975 8,222 2,656 157 220 311 6 142 3,493 136 39 38,865
2005
 20,705 1,240 5,888 44 27,877 8,160 2,670 176 217 309 6 178 3,555 120 84 39,797
2006
 R 20,426 R 647 R 6,265 R 43 R 27,381 R 8,214 R 2,839 R 172 R 228 R 306 5 R 264 R 3,814 R 121 R 63 R 39,593
2007P
 20,802 667 6,910 39 28,419 8,415 2,440 172 240 312 6 319 3,489 124 107 40,553
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 9Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, miscellaneous technologies, and,
beginning in 2001, non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived
fuels).
2Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil. 10Net imports equal imports minus exports.  See Note 3, "Electricity Imports and Exports," at end of
section.
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 11Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only.  Beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and
independent power producers.  
4Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu.  
5Values are converted from kilowattthours to Btu using the approximate heat rates in Table A6. Notes:  ·  Data are for energy consumed to produce electricity.  Data also include energy consumed to
produce useful thermal output at a small number of electric utility combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants. 
·  The electric power sector comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within
the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.
·  See Table 8.4c for commercial and industrial CHP and electricity-only data.  ·  This table no longer shows
energy consumption by hydroelectric pumped storage plants.  The change was made because most of the
electricity used to pump water into elevated storage reservoirs is generated by plants other than
pumped-storage plants; thus, the associated energy is already accounted for in other data columns in this
table (such as "Conventional Hydroelectric Power," "Coal," "Natural Gas," and so on).  ·  See Note 1,
"Coverage of Electricity Statistics," and Note 2, "Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at
end of section.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
6Wood and wood-derived fuels. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html.
7Municipal solid waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and
other biomass.  Through 2000, also includes non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from
non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived fuels).		 Sources:  Electricity Net Imports:  Tables 8.1 and A6.  All Other Data:  ·  1949-1988—Tables 8.2b,
8.5b, A1, A4, A5, and A6.  ·  1989-1997—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-759, "Monthly
Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-867, "Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report."  ·  1998-2000—EIA,
Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric Generator
Report—Nonutility."  ·  2001-2003—EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report."  ·  2004 forward—EIA, Form
EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."
8Solar thermal and photovoltaic energy.