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Date Published : December 9, 2008
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Table 7d. U.S. Electricity Generation by Fuel and Sector Billion Kilowatthours per Day
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Electric Power Sector^a
Coal	5.458	5.397	5.485	5.459	5.412
Natural Gas	1.872	2.012	2.230	2.162	2.171
Other Gases	0.011	0.011	0.011	0.014	0.011
Petroleum	0.320	0.164	0.168	0.127	0.171
Residual Fuel Oil	0.231	0.093	0.104	0.068	0.086
Distillate Fuel Oil	0.028	0.019	0.022	0.019	0.021
Petroleum Coke	0.057	0.049	0.038	0.037	0.062
Other Petroleum	0.004	0.003	0.004	0.003	0.003
Nuclear	2.142	2.157	2.210	2.195	2.210
Pumped Storage Hydroelectric	-0.018	-0.018	-0.019	-0.018	-0.017
Other Fuels^b	0.019	0.020	0.020	0.020	0.022
Renewables:
Conventional Hydroelectric	0.732	0.784	0.674	0.713	0.697
Geothermal	0.040	0.040	0.041	0.040	0.043
Solar	0.002	0.001	0.002	0.002	0.002
Wind	0.049	0.073	0.088	0.115	0.133
Wood and Wood Waste	0.029	0.028	0.028	0.029	0.030
Other Renewables	0.036	0.038	0.040	0.039	0.042
Subtotal Electric Power Sector	10.691	10.707	10.977	10.897	10.925
Commercial Sector^c
Coal	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.003
Natural Gas	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012
Petroleum	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.001
Other Fuels^b	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002
Renewables^d	0.005	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.005
Subtotal Commercial Sector	0.023	0.023	0.023	0.023	0.023
Industrial Sector^c
Coal	0.054	0.054	0.047	0.048	0.046
Natural Gas	0.193	0.203	0.205	0.204	0.223
Other Gases	0.034	0.033	0.032	0.029	0.032
Petroleum	0.015	0.011	0.011	0.008	0.011
Other Fuels^b	0.013	0.017	0.016	0.010	0.011
Renewables:
Conventional Hydroelectric	0.009	0.008	0.006	0.006	0.006
Wood and Wood Waste	0.077	0.078	0.077	0.076	0.081
Other Renewables^e	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002
Subtotal Industrial Sector	0.397	0.406	0.396	0.382	0.412
Total All Sectors	11.111	11.136	11.396	11.302	11.360

^a	Electric utilities and independent power producers.
^b	"Other" includes non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tires and miscellaneous technologies.
^c	Commercial and industrial sectors include electricity output from combined heat and power (CHP) facilities and some electric-only plants.
^d	"Renewables" in commercial sector includes wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy and wind.
^e	"Other Renewables" in industrial sector includes black liquor, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy and wind.

	- = no data available
	Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
	Values of 0.000 may indicate positive levels of generation that are less than 0.0005 billion kilowatthours per day.
	Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226; and Electric Power Annual, DOE/EIA-0348.
	Minor discrepancies with published historical data are due to independent rounding.
	Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.