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Table ES1.B. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics,Year-to-Date 2008 and 2007
January through November
Net Generation and Consumption of Fuels
Items	Total (All Sectors)			Electric Power Sector				Commercial		Industrial
	Total (All Sectors)			Electric Utilities		Independent Power Producers		Commercial		Industrial
	2008	2007	% Change	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007
Net Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Coal[1]	1,824,137	1,842,626	-1	1,345,504	1,362,333	461,401	463,696	1,406	1,253	15,826	15,344
Petroleum Liquids[2]	28,390	46,702	-39.2	20,036	31,712	6,959	12,650	91	164	1,304	2,175
Petroleum Coke	12,600	14,822	-15	5,419	6,815	6,020	6,265	5	8	1,156	1,734
Natural Gas[3]	808,226	829,782	-2.6	290,720	290,601	446,078	464,280	3,939	3,911	67,490	70,991
Other Gases[4]	13,253	12,431	6.6	19	126	4,241	3,579	--	--	8,992	8,726
Nuclear	732,692	734,442	-0.2	385,354	389,810	347,338	344,632	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Conventional	243,220	229,168	6.1	221,210	210,349	20,094	17,314	66	70	1,850	1,436
Other Renewables	105,284	95,685	10	8,402	8,132	69,704	59,631	1,505	1,479	25,673	26,443
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels^[5]	34,760	35,675	-2.6	1,719	2,026	7,995	7,767	17	13	25,030	25,868
Other Biomass[6]	15,112	15,072	0.3	1,024	1,117	11,957	11,915	1,488	1,466	643	574
Geothermal	13,414	13,371	0.3	1,091	1,036	12,324	12,335	--	--	--	--
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic[7]	798	606	31.7	14	10	784	596	--	--	--	--
Wind	41,199	30,960	33.1	4,555	3,942	36,644	27,018	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage	-5,657	-6,331	10.6	-4,609	-4,897	-1,047	-1,434	--	--	--	--
Other Energy Sources[8]	9,763	11,128	-12.3	527	517	5,993	5,646	683	703	2,560	4,262
All Energy Sources	3,771,908	3,810,454	-1	2,272,582	2,295,500	1,366,781	1,376,257	7,696	7,588	124,850	131,110
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons)¹	955,801	955,432	0	695,421	698,261	252,735	252,148	430	330	7,215	4,693
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	48,802	77,709	-37.2	34,997	54,065	11,794	21,120	148	231	1,863	2,294
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	4,869	5,509	-11.6	2,139	2,590	2,421	2,448	1	1	308	469
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	6,453,690	6,571,964	-1.8	2,518,039	2,540,525	3,382,440	3,493,000	33,953	31,336	519,257	507,103
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	19,872	20,769	-4.3	--	--	3,963	3,457	1,535	1,414	14,375	15,899
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	5,973	12,496	-52.2	--	--	653	1,207	216	391	5,103	10,898
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	991	1,158	-14.4	--	--	117	150	7	10	866	998
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	712,211	795,620	-10.5	--	--	278,961	310,378	23,252	32,329	409,999	452,913
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	975,673	976,201	-0.1	695,421	698,261	256,698	255,605	1,965	1,743	21,589	20,592
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	54,775	90,204	-39.3	34,997	54,065	12,447	22,326	364	621	6,967	13,192
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	5,860	6,667	-12.1	2,139	2,590	2,538	2,598	8	11	1,174	1,467
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	7,165,901	7,367,584	-2.7	2,518,039	2,540,525	3,661,401	3,803,378	57,204	63,665	929,256	960,016
Retail Sales, Retail Revenue and Average Retail Price per Kilowatthour
Items	Total U.S. Electric Power Industry
	Retail Sales (Million kWh)[9]			Retail Revenue (Million Dollars)			Average Retail Price (Cents/kWh)
	2008	2007	% Change	2008	2007	% Change	2008	2007	% Change
Residential	1,261,810	1,274,833	-1	143,158	136,164	5.1	11.35	10.68	6.3
Commercial[10]	1,248,865	1,230,407	1.5	128,815	118,923	8.3	10.32	9.67	6.7
Industrial¹⁰	927,102	944,107	-1.8	65,035	60,467	7.6	7.02	6.4	9.7
Transportation¹⁰	6,978	7,509	-7.1	793	732	8.3	11.36	9.74	16.6
All Sectors	3,444,755	3,456,856	-0.4	337,801	316,287	6.8	9.81	9.15	7.2
[1] Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. [2] Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, and waste oil. [3] Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately. [4] Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. [5] Wood, black liquor, and other wood waste. [6] Biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, and other biomass. [7] Solar thermal and photovoltaic energy. [8] Non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies. [9] Retail sales and net generation may not correspond exactly for a particular month for a variety of reasons (e.g., sales data may include imported electricity). Net generation is for the calendar month while retail sales and associated revenue accumulate from bills collected for periods of time (28 to 35 days) that vary dependent upon customer class and consumption occurring in and outside the calendar month. [10] See Technical notes for additional information on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors. Notes: Beginning with the collection of Form EIA-923 in January 2008, the methodology to allocate total fuel consumption for electricity generation and consumption for useful thermal output was changed. The new methodology was retroatively applied to 2004-2007. See the Technical Notes (Appendix C) for further information. Beginning with 2001 data, non-biogenic municipal solid waste and tire-derived fuels are reclassified as non-renewable energy sources and included in "Other". Biogenic municipal solid waste is included in "Other Renewables." Values for 2007 are final. Values for 2008 are preliminary. Values from Forms EIA-826, EIA-906, and EIA-920 for 2007 and values from Form EIA-923 for 2008 are estimates based on samples - see Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample designs. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percent difference is calculated before rounding. Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-826, "Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State Distributions Report;" Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" 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."