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Date Published : March 10, 2009
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Table 7d. U.S. Electricity Generation by Fuel and Sector Billion Kilowatthours per Day
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Electric Power Sector^a
Coal	5.397	5.475	5.392	5.273	5.255
Natural Gas	2.012	2.232	2.169	2.195	2.236
Other Gases	0.012	0.011	0.012	0.011	0.012
Petroleum	0.164	0.168	0.116	0.139	0.164
Residual Fuel Oil	0.093	0.104	0.061	0.062	0.066
Distillate Fuel Oil	0.018	0.022	0.018	0.018	0.019
Petroleum Coke	0.049	0.038	0.034	0.056	0.077
Other Petroleum	0.003	0.004	0.003	0.002	0.002
Nuclear	2.157	2.209	2.200	2.209	2.218
Pumped Storage Hydroelectric	-0.018	-0.019	-0.017	-0.016	-0.016
Other Fuels^b	0.019	0.019	0.020	0.022	0.023
Renewables:
Conventional Hydroelectric	0.784	0.674	0.715	0.684	0.717
Geothermal	0.040	0.040	0.041	0.043	0.043
Solar	0.001	0.002	0.002	0.003	0.004
Wind	0.073	0.094	0.127	0.156	0.208
Wood and Wood Waste	0.028	0.029	0.030	0.030	0.030
Other Renewables	0.038	0.039	0.039	0.042	0.044
Subtotal Electric Power Sector	10.707	10.974	10.845	10.790	10.937
Commercial Sector^c
Coal	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.003	0.004
Natural Gas	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012
Petroleum	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.001	0.001
Other Fuels^b	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002
Renewables^d	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004
Subtotal Commercial Sector	0.023	0.023	0.023	0.022	0.023
Industrial Sector^c
Coal	0.053	0.046	0.047	0.045	0.047
Natural Gas	0.213	0.213	0.200	0.189	0.194
Other Gases	0.027	0.026	0.026	0.025	0.026
Petroleum	0.012	0.012	0.007	0.009	0.010
Other Fuels^b	0.014	0.013	0.007	0.007	0.007
Renewables:
Conventional Hydroelectric	0.008	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.005
Wood and Wood Waste	0.078	0.077	0.075	0.072	0.074
Other Renewables^e	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002
Subtotal Industrial Sector	0.406	0.392	0.371	0.354	0.365
Total All Sectors	11.136	11.388	11.239	11.166	11.324

^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.