Table 8.2c  Electricity Net Generation:  Electric Power Sector by Plant Type, 1989-2007
                        (Breakout of Table 8.2b; Billion Kilowatthours)




Year		 Fossil Fuels

Nuclear
Electric
Power
Hydro-
electric
Pumped
Storage 5		 Renewable Energy



Other 9



Total


Coal 1

Petroleum 2
Natural
Gas 3
Other
Gases 4

Total		 Conventional
Hydroelectric
Power 		 Biomass
Geo-
thermal

Solar/PV 8

Wind

Total
Wood 6 Waste 7
  Electricity-Only Plants 10
1989
 1,554.0 158.3 266.9 – 1,979.3 529.4 [11] 269.2 4.2 6.9 14.6 0.3 2.1 297.3 – 2,805.9
1990
 1,560.2 117.6 264.7 (s) 1,942.4 576.9 -3.5 289.8 5.6 10.4 15.4 .4 2.8 324.3 – 2,840.0
1991
 1,551.9 112.2 267.8 (s) 1,931.9 612.6 -4.5 286.0 6.0 12.2 16.0 .5 3.0 323.7 – 2,863.6
1992
 1,577.1 90.1 270.9 (s) 1,938.0 618.8 -4.2 250.0 6.6 14.4 16.1 .4 2.9 290.4 – 2,843.1
1993
 1,642.1 100.6 267.2 (s) 2,009.9 610.3 -4.0 277.5 7.2 14.9 16.8 .5 3.0 319.8 – 2,935.9
1994
 1,639.9 92.1 299.7 (s) 2,031.7 640.4 -3.4 254.0 7.6 15.4 15.5 .5 3.4 296.5 – 2,965.2
1995
 1,658.0 62.0 317.4 (s) 2,037.4 673.4 -2.7 305.4 5.9 16.3 13.4 .5 3.2 344.7 – 3,052.8
1996
 1,742.8 68.5 272.8 (s) 2,084.1 674.7 -3.1 341.2 6.5 16.1 14.3 .5 3.2 381.8 – 3,137.6
1997
 1,793.2 80.3 291.1 (s) 2,164.6 628.6 -4.0 350.6 6.5 16.4 14.7 .5 3.3 392.0 – 3,181.3
1998
 1,823.0 115.7 335.9 .1 2,274.6 673.7 -4.5 317.9 6.6 17.0 14.8 .5 3.0 359.8 – 3,303.6
1999
 1,832.1 104.8 356.6 (s) 2,293.6 728.3 -6.1 314.7 7.3 17.1 14.8 .5 4.5 358.8 – 3,374.6
2000
 1,910.6 98.0 399.4 .2 2,408.2 753.9 -5.5 271.3 7.3 17.6 14.1 .5 5.6 316.4 – 3,472.9
2001
 1,851.8 113.2 427.0 (s) 2,392.0 768.8 -8.8 213.7 6.6 11.3 13.7 .5 6.7 252.6 5.9 3,410.5
2002
 1,881.2 83.3 456.8 .2 2,421.5 780.1 -8.7 260.5 7.3 11.2 14.5 .6 10.4 304.3 7.6 3,504.8
2003
 1,915.8 108.5 421.2 .3 2,445.7 763.7 -8.5 271.5 7.4 11.9 14.4 .5 11.2 317.0 7.6 3,525.5
2004
 1,921.1 109.4 491.2 .4 2,522.0 788.5 -8.5 265.1 8.1 11.8 14.8 .6 14.1 314.5 7.6 3,624.1
2005
 1,955.5 111.2 553.2 (s) 2,619.9 782.0 -6.6 267.0 8.5 11.7 14.7 .6 17.8 320.3 6.2 3,721.8
2006
 R 1,933.7 R 55.2 R 618.0 (s) R 2,607.0 787.2 R -6.6 R 286.2 R 8.3 R 12.5 R 14.6 .5 R 26.6 R 348.7 R 6.3 R 3,742.7
2007P
 1,965.1 56.6 684.8 .1 2,706.6 806.5 -7.0 246.0 8.4 13.1 14.8 .6 32.1 315.1 6.3 3,827.5
  Combined-Heat-and-Power Plants 12
1989
 8.4 0.7 30.4 0.5 39.9 – – – 1.3 0.9 – – – 2.2 0.3 42.3
1990
 11.9 1.3 44.8 .6 58.7 – – – 1.4 1.1 – – – 2.6 (s) 61.3
1991
 16.9 .6 50.0 .7 68.2 – – – 1.7 1.6 – – – 3.3 .4 71.9
1992
 20.7 2.2 63.4 1.2 87.4 – – – 1.9 1.5 – – – 3.4 .5 91.3
1993
 23.4 4.8 75.0 1.0 104.2 – – – 2.0 1.4 – – – 3.4 .4 108.0
1994
 26.4 6.6 86.0 1.1 120.1 – – – 1.6 1.6 – – – 3.2 .2 123.5
1995
 28.1 6.1 101.7 1.9 137.9 – – – 1.7 1.7 – – – 3.4 .2 141.5
1996
 29.2 6.3 105.9 1.3 142.7 – – – 1.9 1.7 – – – 3.6 .2 146.6
1997
 27.6 6.2 108.5 1.5 143.7 – – – 2.2 2.1 – – – 4.3 .1 148.1
1998
 27.2 6.6 113.4 2.3 149.4 – – – 2.0 2.3 – – – 4.2 .2 153.8
1999
 26.6 6.7 116.4 1.6 151.2 – – – 1.7 2.4 – – – 4.1 .1 155.4
2000
 32.5 7.2 118.6 1.8 160.2 – – – 1.6 2.7 – – – 4.3 .1 164.6
2001
 31.0 6.0 128.0 .6 165.5 – – – 1.7 1.7 – – – 3.4 .6 169.5
2002
 29.4 6.5 150.9 1.7 188.5 – – – 1.7 2.0 – – – 3.7 1.4 193.7
2003
 36.9 5.2 146.1 2.4 190.6 – – – 2.1 1.9 – – – 4.0 1.1 195.7
2004
 36.1 R 5.3 R 136.2 2.6 180.3 – – – 1.6 1.4 – – – 3.0 1.0 184.3
2005
 36.5 5.6 130.1 3.9 176.2 – – (s) 2.1 1.3 – – – 3.4 .7 180.4
2006
 R 36.1 R 4.7 R 116.5 R 3.9 R 161.1 – – (s) R 2.0 1.4 – – – 3.5 .8 R 165.4
2007P
 37.1 4.8 129.0 3.8 174.7 – – (s) 2.0 1.5 – – – 3.5 .8 179.0
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. 10Electricity-only plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity to the
public.  Data also include a small number of electric utility combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants.
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 11Included in "Conventional Hydroelectric Power."
4Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. 12Combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to
sell electricity and heat to the public.  Data do not include electric utility CHP plants—these are included under
"Electricity-Only Plants."
5Pumped storage facility production minus energy used for pumping. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  – = No data reported.  (s)=Less than 0.05 billion kilowatthours.  
6Wood and wood-derived fuels. Notes:  ·  See Table 8.2d for commercial and industrial CHP and electricity-only data.  ·  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.
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).		 Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html.
8Solar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Sources:  ·  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."