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
Thousand
Short Tons

Thousand Barrels
Thousand
Short Tons
Thousand
Barrels
Million
Cubic Feet
Trillion
Btu

Trillion Btu
Trillion
Btu
  Electricity-Only Plants 11
1989
767,378 25,574 241,960 3 517 270,125 2,790,567 59 111
1990
774,213 14,956 181,231 17 1,008 201,246 2,794,110 (s) 87 162
1991
773,183 13,822 171,157 51 974 189,898 2,822,159 (s) 85 195
1992
781,186 11,998 135,779 48 1,320 154,428 2,828,996 (s) 94 232
1993
816,558 13,460 149,287 11 1,553 170,521 2,755,093 (s) 101 237
1994
821,209 16,693 134,666 52 1,193 157,375 3,064,561 (s) 112 248
1995
832,928 16,169 86,584 133 1,082 108,297 3,287,571 (s) 84 262
1996
878,825 17,361 96,386 50 1,010 118,848 2,823,724 (s) 94 258
1997
904,245 17,702 109,989 30 1,687 136,156 3,039,227 1 91 266
1998
920,353 22,293 163,541 295 2,202 197,137 3,543,931 1 95 263
1999
924,692 22,877 149,193 380 1,891 181,905 3,729,175 1 105 264
2000
967,080 28,001 135,419 94 1,457 170,799 4,092,729 2 105 267
2001
946,068 27,695 157,090 26 1,827 193,945 4,163,930 (s) 96 179 98
2002
960,077 21,521 102,622 444 3,925 144,212 4,258,467 6 118 193 117
2003
983,538 25,951 136,050 936 4,794 186,904 3,780,314 6 127 185 120
2004
994,774 17,944 137,736 1,441 6,096 187,601 4,141,535 5 134 190 122
2005
1,015,640 18,689 137,082 1,676 6,876 191,827 4,592,271 (s) 143 189 108
2006
R 1,004,769 R 12,375 R 55,192 R 991 R 5,988 R 98,497 R 5,091,049 (s) R 141 R 198 R 107
2007P
1,024,477 15,043 61,372 1,829 4,621 101,351 5,607,088 1 142 209 112
  Combined-Heat-and-Power Plants 12
1989
4,173 462 747 6 1,215 232,946 7 16 16 2
1990
7,088 1,438 2,054 7 3,499 353,179 6 18 18 (s)
1991
9,470 433 473 7 912 393,898 6 20 22 4
1992
12,204 471 1,902 69 170 3,291 495,967 12 25 20 3
1993
13,293 1,098 2,120 202 1,018 8,513 589,147 12 28 18 3
1994
14,904 3,548 2,531 615 1,063 12,011 693,923 12 22 22 2
1995
14,926 1,898 2,311 307 1,370 11,366 806,202 18 22 20 2
1996
15,575 1,111 2,410 517 1,456 11,320 836,086 15 24 22 2
1997
14,764 944 2,434 100 1,514 11,046 863,968 14 26 26 1
1998
13,773 872 2,334 117 1,797 12,310 871,881 21 30 24 2
1999
13,197 998 2,728 134 1,716 12,440 914,600 14 20 26 1
2000
15,634 1,721 2,627 310 1,698 13,147 921,341 17 21 28 1
2001
15,455 1,360 2,059 347 1,482 11,175 978,563 9 20 26 11
2002
15,174 289 1,955 800 1,780 11,942 1,149,812 20 23 30 20
2003
19,498 1,491 1,311 1,002 926 8,431 1,128,935 23 29 31 16
2004
20,306 983 2,070 1,261 1,261 10,620 1,164,328 33 23 30 14
2005
20,500 898 2,293 958 1,190 10,099 1,132,641 44 32 28 12
2006
R 20,337 R 238 R 2,130 R 853 1,104 R 8,740 R 1,005,932 R 42 31 R 30 13
2007P
20,518 738 2,129 1,065 969 8,776 1,118,048 38 30 31 13
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."