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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
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Electric Power Sector^a
Coal	5.348	5.458	5.397	5.485	5.459
Natural Gas	1.714	1.872	2.012	2.230	2.162
Other Gases	0.008	0.011	0.011	0.011	0.014
Petroleum	0.313	0.320	0.164	0.168	0.127
Residual Fuel Oil	0.232	0.231	0.093	0.104	0.068
Distillate Fuel Oil	0.026	0.028	0.019	0.022	0.019
Petroleum Coke	0.052	0.057	0.049	0.038	0.037
Other Petroleum	0.004	0.004	0.003	0.004	0.003
Nuclear	2.154	2.142	2.157	2.210	2.195
Pumped Storage Hydroelectric	-0.023	-0.018	-0.018	-0.019	-0.018
Other Fuels^b	0.023	0.019	0.020	0.020	0.020
Renewables:
Conventional Hydroelectric	0.724	0.732	0.784	0.674	0.713
Geothermal	0.040	0.040	0.040	0.041	0.040
Solar	0.002	0.002	0.001	0.002	0.002
Wind	0.039	0.049	0.073	0.088	0.115
Wood and Wood Waste	0.027	0.029	0.028	0.028	0.029
Other Renewables	0.036	0.036	0.038	0.040	0.039
Subtotal Electric Power Sector	10.405	10.691	10.707	10.977	10.897
Commercial Sector^c
Coal	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004
Natural Gas	0.011	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012
Petroleum	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.000
Other Fuels^b	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002
Renewables^d	0.004	0.005	0.004	0.004	0.004
Subtotal Commercial Sector	0.023	0.023	0.023	0.023	0.023
Industrial Sector^c
Coal	0.055	0.054	0.054	0.047	0.048
Natural Gas	0.211	0.193	0.203	0.205	0.204
Other Gases	0.038	0.034	0.033	0.032	0.029
Petroleum	0.015	0.015	0.011	0.011	0.008
Other Fuels^b	0.014	0.013	0.017	0.016	0.010
Renewables:
Conventional Hydroelectric	0.009	0.009	0.008	0.006	0.006
Wood and Wood Waste	0.076	0.077	0.078	0.077	0.076
Other Renewables^e	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002
Subtotal Industrial Sector	0.421	0.397	0.406	0.396	0.382
Total All Sectors	10.849	11.111	11.136	11.396	11.302

^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.