Table 2. Composition of Generating Capability and Generation in the Electric Power Industry, 1996
(Megawatts and Thousand Megawatthours)
| Generating Capability | Net Generation | Gross Generation | Utility-Net | Nonutility-Gross | Utility | Nonutility |
| Coal | 302,421 | 12,122 | 1,737,453 | 61,424 | Petroleum | 70,421 | 3,185 | 67,346 | 14,951 | Natural Gas | 140,002 | 31,024 | 262,730 | 213,359 | Petroleum/Natural Gas | - | 10,875 | - | - | Nuclear | 101,121 | - | 674,729 | - | Hydroelectric | 73,129 | 3,419 | 331,058 | 16,555 | Geothermal | 1,622 | 1,346 | 5,234 | 10,198 | Biomass | 442 | 8,494 | 1,967 | 57,997 | Wind | 8 | 1,670 | 10 | 3,400 | Solar Thermal | - | 354 | - | 903 | Photovoltaic | 4 | - | 3 | - | Pumped Storage | 21,110 | - | (3,088) | - | Other | - | 694 | - | 3,744 | Total | 710,279 | 73,183 | 3,077,442 | 382,530 | Source: Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Annual 1996, Volume II, DOE/EIA-0348(96/2) (Washington, DC, December 1997), pp. 13-14. |