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Electric Power Annual 2010 Data Tables
With Data for 2010 | Release Date: November 09, 2011 | Next Release Date: November 2012
| Table 1.10. Fuel-Switching Capacity of Operable Generators: From Natural Gas to Petroleum Liquids, by Year of Initial Commercial Operation, 2010 (Count, Megawatts) | |||
| Year of Initial Commercial Operation | Number of Generators | Net Summer Capacity | Fuel Switchable Net Summer Capacity Reported to Have No Factors that Limit the Ability to Switch to Petroleum Liquids[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1970 | 363 | 14,248 | 9,585 |
| 1970-1974 | 387 | 17,937 | 9,599 |
| 1975-1979 | 105 | 10,353 | 5,971 |
| 1980-1984 | 48 | 969 | 131 |
| 1985-1989 | 110 | 3,346 | 461 |
| 1990-1994 | 210 | 12,873 | 2,141 |
| 1995-1999 | 133 | 9,933 | 2,191 |
| 2000-2004 | 373 | 39,072 | 5,819 |
| 2005-2009 | 105 | 14,424 | 2,064 |
| 2010 | 21 | 1,257 | 20 |
| Total | 1,855 | 124,412 | 37,982 |
| [1] Distillate fuel oil (all diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils), residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No. 6 fuel oils and bunker C fuel oil), jet fuel, kerosene, and waste oil. Notes: • A small number of generators for which waste heat is the primary energy source may be included. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." |
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