Table 8.5b  Consumption of Combustible Fuels for Electricity Generation:  Electric Power Sector, 1949-2007                         (Subset of Table 8.5a)
Year	Coal 1	Petroleum					Natural Gas 6	Other Gases 7	Biomass		Other 10
		Distillate Fuel Oil 2	Residual Fuel Oil 3	Other Liquids 4	Petroleum Coke 5	Total 5			Wood 8	Waste 9
	Thousand Short Tons	Thousand Barrels			Thousand Short Tons	Thousand Barrels	Million Cubic Feet	Trillion Btu	Trillion Btu		Trillion Btu
1949	83,963	4,767	61,534	NA	NA	66,301	550,121	NA	6	NA	NA
1950	91,871	5,423	69,998	NA	NA	75,421	628,919	NA	5	NA	NA
1951	105,768	4,598	59,347	NA	NA	63,945	763,898	NA	5	NA	NA
1952	107,071	4,833	62,385	NA	NA	67,218	910,117	NA	6	NA	NA
1953	115,897	5,913	76,325	NA	NA	82,238	1,034,272	NA	5	NA	NA
1954	118,385	4,799	61,946	NA	NA	66,745	1,165,498	NA	3	NA	NA
1955	143,759	5,412	69,862	NA	NA	75,274	1,153,280	NA	3	NA	NA
1956	158,279	5,228	67,483	NA	NA	72,711	1,239,311	NA	2	NA	NA
1957	160,769	5,730	73,963	NA	NA	79,693	1,336,141	NA	2	NA	NA
1958	155,724	5,584	72,083	NA	NA	77,667	1,372,853	NA	2	NA	NA
1959	168,423	6,346	81,917	NA	NA	88,263	1,628,509	NA	2	NA	NA
1960	176,685	3,824	84,371	NA	NA	88,195	1,724,762	NA	2	NA	NA
1961	182,185	3,708	85,204	NA	NA	88,912	1,825,117	NA	1	NA	NA
1962	193,316	3,910	85,384	NA	NA	89,294	1,965,974	NA	1	NA	NA
1963	211,332	4,233	89,081	NA	NA	93,314	2,144,473	NA	1	NA	NA
1964	225,425	4,310	96,831	NA	NA	101,141	2,322,896	NA	2	NA	NA
1965	244,788	4,928	110,274	NA	NA	115,203	2,321,101	NA	3	NA	NA
1966	266,477	6,311	134,638	NA	NA	140,949	2,609,949	NA	3	NA	NA
1967	274,185	7,393	153,886	NA	NA	161,278	2,746,352	NA	3	NA	NA
1968	297,779	9,830	178,812	NA	NA	188,642	3,147,909	NA	4	NA	NA
1969	310,641	14,961	236,066	NA	NA	251,027	3,487,642	NA	3	NA	NA
1970	320,182	24,123	311,381	NA	636	338,686	3,931,860	NA	1	2	NA
1971	327,301	34,283	362,187	NA	605	399,496	3,976,018	NA	1	2	NA
1972	351,768	53,465	440,294	NA	627	496,895	3,976,913	NA	1	2	NA
1973	389,212	47,058	513,190	NA	507	562,781	3,660,172	NA	1	2	NA
1974	391,811	53,128	483,146	NA	625	539,399	3,443,428	NA	1	2	NA
1975	405,962	38,907	467,221	NA	70	506,479	3,157,669	NA	(s)	2	NA
1976	448,371	41,843	514,077	NA	68	556,261	3,080,868	NA	1	2	NA
1977	477,126	48,837	574,869	NA	98	624,193	3,191,200	NA	3	2	NA
1978	481,235	47,520	588,319	NA	398	637,830	3,188,363	NA	2	1	NA
1979	527,051	30,691	492,606	NA	268	524,636	3,490,523	NA	3	2	NA
1980	569,274	29,051	391,163	NA	179	421,110	3,681,595	NA	3	2	NA
1981	596,797	21,313	329,798	NA	139	351,806	3,640,154	NA	3	1	NA
1982	593,666	15,337	234,434	NA	149	250,517	3,225,518	NA	2	1	NA
1983	625,211	16,512	228,984	NA	261	246,804	2,910,767	NA	2	2	NA
1984	664,399	15,190	189,289	NA	252	205,736	3,111,342	NA	5	4	NA
1985	693,841	14,635	158,779	NA	231	174,571	3,044,083	NA	8	7	NA
1986	685,056	14,326	216,156	NA	313	232,046	2,602,370	NA	5	7	NA
1987	717,894	15,367	184,011	NA	348	201,116	2,844,051	NA	8	7	NA
1988	758,372	18,769	229,327	NA	409	250,141	2,635,613	NA	10	8	NA
198911	771,551	26,036	242,708	9	517	271,340	3,023,513	7	75	126	2
1990	781,301	16,394	183,285	25	1,008	204,745	3,147,289	6	106	180	(s)
1991	782,653	14,255	171,629	58	974	190,810	3,216,056	6	104	217	4
1992	793,390	12,469	137,681	118	1,490	157,719	3,324,963	12	120	252	3
1993	829,851	14,559	151,407	213	2,571	179,034	3,344,239	12	129	255	3
1994	836,113	20,241	137,198	667	2,256	169,387	3,758,484	12	134	269	2
1995	847,854	18,066	88,895	441	2,452	119,663	4,093,773	18	106	282	2
1996	894,400	18,472	98,795	567	2,467	130,168	3,659,810	16	117	280	2
1997	919,009	18,646	112,423	130	3,201	147,202	3,903,195	14	117	292	1
1998	934,126	23,166	165,875	411	3,999	209,447	4,415,813	23	125	287	2
1999	937,888	23,875	151,921	514	3,607	194,345	4,643,775	14	125	290	1
2000	982,713	29,722	138,047	403	3,155	183,946	5,014,071	19	126	294	1
2001	961,523	29,056	159,150	374	3,308	205,119	5,142,493	9	116	205	109
2002	975,251	21,810	104,577	1,243	5,705	156,154	5,408,279	25	141	224	137
2003	1,003,036	27,441	137,361	1,937	5,719	195,336	4,909,248	30	156	216	136
2004	1,015,079	18,927	139,806	2,702	7,357	198,220	5,305,863	38	157	220	136
2005	1,036,140	19,587	139,376	2,634	8,066	201,926	5,724,912	44	176	217	120
2006	R 1,025,107	R 12,613	R 57,322	R 1,844	R 7,092	R 107,238	R 6,096,981	R 43	R 172	R 228	R 121
2007P	1,044,995	15,781	63,501	2,894	5,590	110,127	6,725,136	39	172	240	124
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 9Municipal 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). 2Fuel oil nos. 1, 2, and 4.  For 1949-1979, data are for gas turbine and internal combustion plant use of petroleum.  For 1980-2000, electric utility data also include small amounts of kerosene and jet fuel. 10Batteries, 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). 3Fuel oil nos. 5 and 6.  For 1949-1979, data are for steam plant use of petroleum.  For 1980-2000, electric utility data also include a small amount of fuel oil no. 4. 11Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only.  Beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and independent power producers. 4Jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum liquids, and waste oil. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu.   5Petroleum coke is converted from short tons to barrels by multiplying by 5. Notes:  ·  Data are for fuels consumed to produce electricity.  Data also include fuels consumed to produce useful thermal output at a small number of electric utility combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants.  ·  The electric power sector comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public. ·  See Table 8.5d 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. 6Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html. 7Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. Sources:  ·  1949-September 1977—Federal Power Commission, Form FPC-4, "Monthly Power Plant Report."   ·  October 1977-1981—Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Form FPC-4, "Monthly Power Plant Report."  ·  1982-1988—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant Report."  ·  1989-1997—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." 8Wood and wood-derived fuels.