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Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Total (All Sectors) by Census Division and State
                                         
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Table A1.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Total (All Sectors) by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through September 2008
(Percent)
Census Division and State
Coal
Petroleum Liquids
Petroleum Coke
Natural Gas
Other Gases
Nuclear
Hydroelectric Conventional
Other Renewables
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage
Other
Total
New England 24 22 -- 4 -- 0 15 6 0 6 6
Connecticut 0 35 -- 14 -- 0 85 13 0 7 11
Maine 0 54 -- 9 -- -- 21 6 -- 20 14
Massachusetts 42 16 -- 6 -- 0 44 11 0 7 12
New Hampshire 0 41 -- 4 -- 0 19 23 -- 43 5
Rhode Island -- 668 -- 5 -- -- 764 38 -- -- 13
Vermont -- 545 -- 0 -- 0 51 42 -- -- 40
Middle Atlantic 14 16 157 3 21 0 6 6 0 5 3
New Jersey 20 145 -- 13 131 0 286 11 0 9 11
New York 34 9 36 6 -- 0 6 9 0 9 7
Pennsylvania 13 63 274 8 11 0 41 10 0 5 6
East North Central 4 17 19 7 16 0 26 7 0 16 3
Illinois 8 51 202 22 65 0 122 16 -- 46 8
Indiana 3 13 -- 22 18 -- 38 27 -- 26 7
Michigan 9 23 0 14 0 0 48 10 0 17 9
Ohio 3 17 35 12 41 0 55 20 -- 0 3
Wisconsin 9 99 0 21 -- 0 44 15 -- 38 11
West North Central 5 47 0 14 90 0 10 9 0 21 5
Iowa 13 149 0 27 -- 0 71 26 -- 171 12
Kansas 0 67 0 47 -- 0 590 1 -- -- 15
Minnesota 17 171 0 30 -- 0 80 10 -- 23 15
Missouri 4 94 -- 15 0 0 10 44 0 0 5
Nebraska 12 84 -- 14 -- 0 81 45 -- -- 9
North Dakota 13 79 -- 5,151 91 -- 0 33 -- -- 13
South Dakota 33 1,142 -- 91 -- -- 9 63 -- 0 39
South Atlantic 3 5 0 4 0 0 11 24 0 7 4
Delaware 11 28 0 17 0 -- -- 7 -- 0 10
District of Columbia -- 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0
Florida 5 5 0 5 0 0 130 42 -- 6 5
Georgia 1 30 0 4 -- 0 20 52 0 36 6
Maryland 11 32 -- 35 0 0 18 7 -- 4 10
North Carolina 7 31 -- 16 -- 0 17 66 0 63 10
South Carolina 8 24 0 18 0 0 37 2 0 23 9
Virginia 10 8 -- 7 -- 0 28 31 0 11 7
West Virginia 5 6 0 60 0 -- 52 0 -- 0 5
East South Central 3 29 0 9 67 0 8 38 0 60 7
Alabama 8 61 -- 14 57 0 13 56 -- 52 14
Kentucky 3 39 0 19 0 -- 21 11 -- 0 3
Mississippi 3 37 -- 10 442 0 -- 55 -- 121 11
Tennessee 2 13 -- 34 0 0 12 20 0 0 3
West South Central 1 55 20 5 48 0 7 48 0 21 5
Arkansas 1 27 44 14 -- 0 7 39 0 23 10
Louisiana 1 23 30 12 114 0 0 84 -- 28 14
Oklahoma 4 149 -- 6 567 -- 12 157 0 0 7
Texas 0 87 21 5 35 0 38 99 -- 10 4
Mountain 4 53 0 5 78 0 5 9 0 63 4
Arizona 3 77 -- 3 -- 0 3 82 0 -- 3
Colorado 9 253 -- 15 0 -- 45 45 0 75 12
Idaho 128 4,467 -- 33 -- -- 8 11 -- 35 33
Montana 29 69 0 456 0 -- 9 44 -- -- 32
Nevada 0 168 -- 14 0 -- 3 5 -- -- 12
New Mexico * 75 -- 34 -- -- 136 62 -- -- 15
Utah 8 189 -- 20 466 -- 71 33 -- 56 11
Wyoming 9 51 -- 96 27 -- 59 19 -- 43 11
Pacific Contiguous 4 49 110 6 41 0 3 20 0 18 7
California 32 51 110 8 47 0 8 33 0 17 10
Oregon 0 372 -- 5 0 -- 5 13 -- 94 6
Washington 0 67 -- 7 0 0 2 6 0 41 4
Pacific Noncontiguous 32 7 -- 21 542 -- 32 14 -- 2 11
Alaska 44 31 -- 21 -- -- 34 223 -- 0 24
Hawaii 35 7 -- 0 542 -- 108 13 -- 2 7
  * = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure (e.g., for values with no decimals, the smallest unit is "1" then values under 0.5 are shown as "*".)
  Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Relative Standard Error is designed to indicate error due to sampling.  However, nonsampling error is important for all surveys, census or sample.  See Technical Notes for further information. Values for 2008 are preliminary.
  Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" and Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report;" Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report," replaced the following: Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report;"  Form EIA-423, "Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report;" and  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants."

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