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Existing Net Summer Capacity by Energy Source and Producer Type                      
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Table 2.1.  Existing Net Summer Capacity by Energy Source and Producer Type, 1996 through 2007
(Megawatts)
Period Coal[1] Petroleum [2] Natural Gas[3] Other Gases[4] Nuclear Hydroelectric Conventional[5] Other Renewables[6] Hydroelectric Pumped Storage[7] Other[8] Total
Total (All Sectors)
1996 313,382 72,518 174,135 1,664 100,784 76,437 15,309 21,110 550 775,890
1997 313,624 72,463 176,471 1,525 99,716 79,415 15,351 19,310 774 778,649
1998 315,786 66,282 180,288 1,520 97,070 79,151 15,444 19,518 810 775,868
1999 315,496 60,069 195,119 1,909 97,411 79,393 15,942 19,565 1,023 785,927
2000 315,114 61,837 219,590 2,342 97,860 79,359 15,572 19,522 523 811,719
2001 314,230 66,162 252,832 1,670 98,159 78,916 16,101 19,664 519 848,254
2002 315,350 59,651 312,512 2,008 98,657 79,356 16,710 20,371 686 905,301
2003 313,019 60,730 355,442 1,994 99,209 78,694 18,153 20,522 684 948,446
2004 313,020 59,119 371,011 2,296 99,628 77,641 18,717 20,764 746 962,942
2005 313,380 58,548 383,061 2,063 99,988 77,541 21,205 21,347 887 978,020
2006 312,956 58,097 388,294 2,256 100,334 77,821 24,113 21,461 882 986,215
2007 312,738 56,068 392,876 2,313 100,266 77,885 30,069 21,886 788 994,888
Electricity Generators, Electric Utilities
1996 302,420 70,421 139,936 63 100,784 73,129 2,079 21,110 -- 709,942
1997 302,866 69,557 141,713 206 99,716 76,177 2,123 19,310 222 711,889
1998 299,739 62,704 130,404 55 97,070 75,525 2,067 18,898 229 686,692
1999 277,780 49,020 123,192 220 95,030 74,122 790 18,945 224 639,324
2000 260,990 41,032 123,665 57 85,968 73,738 837 18,020 13 604,319
2001 244,451 38,456 112,841 57 63,060 72,968 979 17,097 13 549,920
2002 244,056 33,876 127,692 61 63,202 73,391 959 17,807 -- 561,074
2003 236,473 32,570 125,612 61 60,964 72,827 925 17,803 13 547,249
2004 235,976 31,415 131,734 58 60,651 71,696 960 18,048 13 550,550
2005 229,705 30,867 147,752 -- 56,564 71,568 1,545 18,195 39 556,235
2006 230,644 30,419 157,742 104 56,143 71,840 2,291 18,301 39 567,523
2007 231,289 29,115 162,756 104 54,211 72,186 2,806 18,693 39 571,200
Electricity Generators, Independent Power Producers
1996 719 228 3,122 -- -- 2,171 6,850 -- -- 13,091
1997 719 639 2,996 -- -- 2,103 6,695 -- -- 13,153
1998 6,132 1,463 17,051 -- -- 2,454 6,955 620 -- 34,675
1999 27,725 8,508 38,553 -- 2,381 4,142 8,794 620 -- 90,724
2000 44,164 18,771 60,327 -- 11,892 4,509 8,994 1,502 -- 150,159
2001 60,701 25,311 102,693 -- 35,099 4,885 9,894[R] 2,567 79 241,230[R]
2002 61,770 23,664 140,404 9 35,455 4,911 10,420 2,564 80 279,246
2003 66,538 26,028 178,624 6 38,244 5,058 11,786 2,719 46 329,049
2004 67,242 25,918 190,855 8 38,978 5,274 12,070 2,717 46 343,106
2005 73,734 26,041 188,043 12 43,424 5,284 13,864 3,152 46 353,601
2006 72,730 25,384 184,196 20 44,190 5,263 15,865 3,160 46 350,854
2007 71,943 24,818 184,888 8 46,055 5,346 21,002 3,193 26 357,278
Combined Heat and Power, Electric Power
1996 4,950 699 18,350 -- -- -- 626 -- -- 24,625
1997 4,895 810 18,660 5 -- -- 707 -- -- 25,076
1998 5,021 800 19,632 -- -- -- 749 -- -- 26,202
1999 5,230 1,097 19,390 -- -- -- 741 -- -- 26,459
2000 5,044 907 20,704 262 -- -- 736 -- -- 27,653
2001 4,628 972 21,226 287 -- 1 498[R] -- 28 27,639[R]
2002 5,222 1,084 28,455 182 -- -- 555 -- -- 35,499
2003 5,534 1,051 34,895 185 -- 1 665 -- -- 42,332
2004 5,609 677 32,600 289 -- 1 555 -- -- 39,731
2005 5,560 530 31,740 289 -- 1 614 -- -- 38,735
2006 5,837 970 30,031 325 -- 1 628 -- -- 37,793
2007 5,885 907 29,468 339 -- -- 656 -- -- 37,254
Combined Heat and Power, Commercial
1996 321 267 1,243 -- -- 31 446 -- -- 2,309
1997 314 380 1,157 -- -- 32 450 -- -- 2,333
1998 317 282 1,188 -- -- 32 463 -- -- 2,281
1999 317 381 1,106 -- -- 32 465 -- -- 2,302
2000 314 308 1,186 -- -- 33 399 -- -- 2,240
2001 295 299 1,950 -- -- 22 348 -- -- 2,912
2002 292 301 1,216 -- -- 22 357 -- -- 2,188
2003 347 343 994 -- -- 22 371 -- -- 2,077
2004 368 321 1,069 5 -- 22 404 -- -- 2,188
2005 397 333 1,024 5 -- 25 435 -- -- 2,219
2006 428 341 1,040 5 -- 25 433 -- -- 2,272
2007 428 348 1,064 5 -- 22 443 -- 3 2,312
Combined Heat and Power, Industrial
1996 4,972 903 11,482 1,602 -- 1,106 5,308 -- 550 25,923
1997 4,830 1,078 11,945 1,315 -- 1,102 5,376 -- 552 26,198
1998 4,577 1,034 12,012 1,465 -- 1,139 5,210 -- 581 26,019
1999 4,443 1,062 12,877 1,689 -- 1,097 5,151 -- 799 27,119
2000 4,601 818 13,708 2,023 -- 1,079 4,607 -- 510 27,348
2001 4,156 1,124 14,123 1,327 -- 1,041 4,382 -- 399 26,553
2002 4,010 726 14,745 1,756 -- 1,033 4,419 -- 607 27,295
2003 4,127 738 15,316 1,742 -- 786 4,406 -- 625 27,740
2004 3,825 789 14,753 1,937 -- 648 4,728 -- 687 27,367
2005 3,984 777 14,501 1,757 -- 662 4,747 -- 802 27,230
2006 3,317 983 15,285 1,802 -- 693 4,896 -- 797 27,773
2007 3,194 880 14,699 1,858 -- 331 5,163 -- 720 26,844
  [1] Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal.
  [2] 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, petroleum coke (converted to liquid petroleum, see Technical Notes for conversion methodology), and waste oil.
  [3] Includes a small number of generators for which waste heat is the primary energy source.
  [4] Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
  [5] Conventional hydroelectric power excluding pumped storage facilities.
  [6] Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
  [7] Pumped storage capacity generates electricity from water pumped to an elevated reservoir and then released through a conduit to turbine generators located at a lower level.
  [8] Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels and miscellaneous technologies.
  R = Revised. 
  Notes: See Glossary reference for definitions. Capacity by energy source is based on the capacity associated with the energy source reported as the most predominant (primary) one, where more than one energy source is associated with a generator. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
  Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report."
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