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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 |
see also: Electric
Power Monthly Electric
Power Annual annual
electricity statistics back to 1949 projected
electricity capacity to 2030 international
electricity statistics |