STEO Table Browser : U.S. Fuel Consumption for Electricity Generation by Sector

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Table 7e. U.S. Fuel Consumption for Electricity Generation by Sector
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Electric Power Sector^a
Coal (Million short tons per day)	2.80	2.85	2.84	2.66	2.69
Natural Gas (Billion cubic feet per day)	16.14	17.81	17.24	17.64	17.53
Petroleum^b (Million barrels per day)	0.29	0.29	0.21	0.20	0.21
Residual Fuel (Million barrels per day)	0.15	0.17	0.10	0.07	0.06
Distillate Fuel (Million barrels per day)	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03
Petroleum Coke (Million barrels per day)	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.09	0.12
Other Petroleum (Million barrels per day)	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00
Commercial Sector^c
Coal (Million short tons per day)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Natural Gas (Billion cubic feet per day)	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
Petroleum^b (Million barrels per day)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Industrial Sector^c
Coal (Million short tons per day)	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02
Natural Gas (Billion cubic feet per day)	1.47	1.52	1.35	1.35	1.34
Petroleum^b (Million barrels per day)	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Total All Sectors
Coal (Million short tons per day)	2.82	2.87	2.85	2.67	2.71
Natural Gas (Billion cubic feet per day)	17.70	19.42	18.67	19.09	18.96
Petroleum (Million barrels per day)	0.30	0.31	0.22	0.21	0.22
End-of period Fuel Inventories Held by Electric Power Sector
Coal (Million short tons)	141.0	151.2	163.1	179.2	172.5
Residual Fuel Oil (Million barrels)	28.8	24.1	21.7	20.2	19.5
Distillate Fuel Oil (Million barrels)	18.0	18.4	18.9	20.0	19.4
Petroleum Coke^b (Million barrels)	3.4	2.8	4.0	4.4	4.2

^a	Electric utilities and independent power producers.
^b	Petroleum category may include petroleum coke, which is converted from short tons to barrels by multiplying by 5.
^c	Commercial and industrial sectors include electricity output from combined heat and power (CHP) facilities and some electric-only plants.

	- = 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 0.00 may indicate positive levels of fuel consumption that are less than 0.005 units 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.