Table 8.5c  Consumption of Combustible Fuels for Electricity Generation:  Electric Power Sector by Plant Type,                     1989-2007  (Breakout of Table 8.5b)
Year	Coal 1		Petroleum										Natural Gas 6		Other Gases 7		Biomass				Other 10
			Distillate Fuel Oil 2		Residual Fuel Oil 3		Other Liquids 4		Petroleum Coke 5		Total 5						Wood 8		Waste 9
	Short Tons		Barrels						Short Tons		Barrels		Thousand Cubic Feet		Billion Btu		Billion Btu				Billion Btu
	Electricity-Only Plants 11
1989	767,378,330		25,574,094		241,960,194		3,460		517,385		270,124,673		2,790,567,343		–		59,070		110,545		–
1990	774,213,235		14,956,486		181,231,027		17,030		1,008,199		201,245,538		2,794,109,725		4		87,413		161,687		–
1991	773,182,794		13,821,887		171,156,738		50,540		973,749		189,897,910		2,822,158,571		44		84,750		194,798		–
1992	781,185,824		11,998,033		135,779,477		48,200		1,320,369		154,427,555		2,828,996,497		43		94,367		231,786		–
1993	816,558,233		13,460,366		149,286,502		11,080		1,552,589		170,520,893		2,755,092,589		122		101,262		237,353		–
1994	821,209,026		16,692,892		134,666,136		51,530		1,192,922		157,375,168		3,064,560,886		96		112,291		247,597		–
1995	832,928,005		16,168,597		86,584,336		133,490		1,082,188		108,297,363		3,287,571,384		87		84,341		262,128		–
1996	878,824,782		17,360,707		96,385,817		49,830		1,010,428		118,848,494		2,823,724,112		71		93,682		257,810		–
1997	904,245,388		17,702,402		109,989,245		29,810		1,686,956		136,156,237		3,039,227,494		642		90,665		265,647		–
1998	920,353,489		22,293,290		163,541,304		294,720		2,201,540		197,137,014		3,543,931,490		1,345		94,587		263,030		–
1999	924,691,817		22,876,985		149,192,935		379,620		1,891,101		181,905,045		3,729,175,019		696		105,156		263,777		–
2000	967,079,797		28,001,015		135,419,448		93,530		1,457,072		170,799,353		4,092,729,334		1,951		104,976		266,511		–
2001	946,068,093		27,695,343		157,090,409		26,080		1,826,548		193,944,572		4,163,929,653		92		96,307		179,162		98,270
2002	960,076,989		21,521,272		102,622,025		443,713		3,924,988		144,211,950		4,258,466,572		5,536		117,599		193,322		116,523
2003	983,538,473		25,950,800		136,049,926		935,586		4,793,591		186,904,267		3,780,313,828		6,249		127,452		185,290		119,722
2004	994,773,727		17,943,958		137,735,826		1,440,789		6,095,998		187,600,563		4,141,534,683		5,249		134,057		189,932		122,450
2005	1,015,639,877	[R]	18,689,400		137,082,479		1,675,601		6,875,916		191,827,060		4,592,270,783	[R]	135	[R]	143,286		188,843		107,791	[R]
2006	1,004,769,303	[R]	12,375,143	[R]	55,191,663	[R]	991,002	[R]	5,987,867	[R]	98,497,143	[R]	5,091,048,880	[R]	407		141,228	[R]	198,426	[R]	107,450	[R]
2007P	1,024,477,092		15,043,103		61,372,108		1,828,854		4,621,289		101,350,510		5,607,088,278		1,141		141,875		209,004		111,665
	Combined-Heat-and-Power Plants 12
1989	4,172,612		461,790		747,439		5,598		–		1,214,827		232,946,065		6,647		16,323		15,723		2,061
1990	7,087,522		1,437,614		2,054,166		7,489		–		3,499,269		353,179,234		6,054		18,487		18,280		78
1991	9,470,386		432,677		472,616		6,965		–		912,258		393,897,543		6,439		19,586		22,350		3,550
1992	12,204,149		471,390		1,901,549		69,374		169,810		3,291,363		495,966,697		11,753		25,206		20,023		3,441
1993	13,292,884		1,098,481		2,120,491		201,779		1,018,482		8,513,161		589,146,667		11,895		27,980		17,912		2,908
1994	14,904,410		3,547,973		2,531,460		615,326		1,063,348		12,011,499		693,922,880		11,928		21,751		21,630		1,892
1995	14,926,033		1,897,684		2,311,017		307,441		1,369,904		11,365,662		806,201,739		18,080		22,018		19,542		2,017
1996	15,575,336		1,110,912		2,409,574		516,810		1,456,480		11,319,696		836,086,143		15,494		23,797		22,039		1,908
1997	14,763,524		943,536		2,433,571		99,876		1,513,773		11,045,848		863,967,837		13,773		26,058		25,918		632
1998	13,772,555		872,362		2,333,517		116,683		1,797,484		12,309,982		871,881,094		21,406		30,094		24,323		1,615
1999	13,196,643		997,814		2,728,050		134,038		1,716,088		12,440,342		914,599,602		13,627		20,283		26,297		1,426
2000	15,633,554		1,720,923		2,627,424		309,557		1,697,778		13,146,794		921,341,406		16,871		21,311		27,877		1,279
2001	15,455,310		1,360,220		2,059,140		347,440		1,481,600		11,174,800		978,562,960		9,352		19,643		26,157		10,856
2002	15,174,397		288,616		1,954,526		799,775		1,779,881		11,942,322		1,149,812,204		19,958		23,007		30,330		20,284
2003	19,497,520		1,490,654		1,310,751		1,001,839		925,636		8,431,424		1,128,934,576		23,317		28,945		30,756		16,486
2004	20,305,763		982,766		2,070,268		1,261,064		1,261,126		10,619,728		1,164,328,146		33,202		23,403		30,277		13,959
2005	20,499,718		897,566		2,293,269		958,273		1,189,891		10,098,563		1,132,641,009	[R]	43,941		32,424		28,442	[R]	12,189
2006	20,337,300	[R]	238,012	[R]	2,130,147	[R]	852,526	[R]	1,103,935	[R]	8,740,360	[R]	1,005,931,688	[R]	42,391	[R]	30,878	[R]	29,633	[R]	13,451	[R]
2007P	20,518,131		737,682		2,128,763		1,064,801		969,015		8,776,321		1,118,048,126		38,317		30,191		31,016		12,709
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 9Municipal solid waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and other biomass.  Through 2000, also includes non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived fuels). 2Fuel oil nos. 1, 2, and 4.  Through 2000, electric utility data also include small amounts of kerosene and jet fuel. 10Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, miscellaneous technologies, and, beginning in 2001, non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived fuels). 3Fuel oil nos. 5 and 6.  Through 2000, electric utility data also include a small amount of fuel oil no. 4. 11Electricity-only plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity to the public.  Data also include a small number of electric utility combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants. 4Jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum liquids, and waste oil. 12Combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity and heat to the public.  Data do not include electric utility CHP plants—these are included under "Electricity-Only Plants." 5Petroleum coke is converted from short tons to barrels by multiplying by 5. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  – = No data reported.  (s)=Less than 0.5.   6Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. Notes:  ·  Data are for fuels consumed to produce electricity.  Data also include fuels consumed to produce useful thermal output at a small number of electric utility combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants.  ·  See Table 8.5d for commercial and industrial CHP and electricity-only data.  ·  See Note 1, "Coverage of Electricity Statistics," and Note 2, "Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at end of section.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. 7Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html. 8Wood and wood-derived fuels. Sources:  ·  1989-1997—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-867, "Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report."  ·  1998-2000—EIA, Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric Generator Report—Nonutility."  ·  2001-2003—EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report."  ·  2004 forward—EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."