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Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation by Type of Power Producer                                          
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Table 4.1.  Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation by Type of Power Producer, 1996 through 2007
Type of Power Producer and Period Coal (Thousand Tons)[1] Petroleum (Thousand Barrels)[2] Natural Gas (Thousand Mcf) Other Gases (Million Btu)[3]
Total (All Sectors)
1996 907,209 144,626 4,312,458 158,560
1997 931,949 159,715 4,564,770 119,412
1998 946,295 222,640 5,081,384 124,988
1999 949,802 207,871 5,321,984 126,387
2000 994,933 195,228 5,691,481 125,971
2001 972,691 216,672 5,832,305 97,308
2002 987,583 168,597 6,126,062 131,230
2003 1,014,058 206,653 5,616,135 156,306
2004[R] 1,020,523 203,494 5,674,580 135,144
2005[R] 1,041,448 206,785 6,036,370 109,916
2006[R] 1,030,556 110,634 6,461,615 114,665
2007 1,046,795 112,615 7,089,342 114,904
Electricity Generators, Electric Utilities
1996 874,681 116,680 2,732,107 --
1997 900,361 132,147 2,968,453 --
1998 910,867 187,461 3,258,054 --
1999 894,120 151,868 3,113,419 --
2000 859,335 125,788 3,043,094 --
2001 806,269 133,456 2,686,287 --
2002 767,803 99,219 2,259,684 5,182
2003 757,384 118,087 1,763,764 6,078
2004 772,224 124,541 1,809,443 5,163
2005 761,349 118,874 2,134,859 91
2006 753,390 71,624 2,478,396 358
2007 764,765 70,950 2,736,418 1,523
Electricity Generators, Independent Power Producers
1996 4,143 2,169 91,617 71
1997 3,884 4,010 70,774 642
1998 9,486 9,676 285,878 1,345
1999 30,572 30,037 615,756 696
2000 107,745 45,011 1,049,636 1,951
2001 139,799 60,489 1,477,643 92
2002 192,274 44,993 1,998,782 354
2003 226,154 68,817 2,016,550 171
2004 222,550 63,060 2,332,092 86
2005 254,291 72,953 2,457,412 43
2006 251,379 26,873 2,612,653 49
2007 258,075 29,868 2,875,183 62
Combined Heat and Power, Electric Power[4]
1996 15,575 11,320 836,086 15,494
1997 14,764 11,046 863,968 13,773
1998 13,773 12,310 871,881 21,406
1999 13,197 12,440 914,600 13,627
2000 15,634 13,147 921,341 16,871
2001 15,455 11,175 978,563 9,352
2002 15,174 11,942 1,149,812 19,958
2003 19,498 8,431 1,128,935 23,317
2004[R] 17,685 8,209 933,804 21,899
2005[R] 17,927 7,933 892,509 24,289
2006[R] 18,033 6,738 800,173 27,173
2007 18,506 6,498 890,012 25,428
Combined Heat and Power, Commercial[5]
1996 656 645 42,380 *
1997 630 790 38,975 23
1998 440 802 40,693 54
1999 481 931 39,045 *
2000 514 823 37,029 *
2001 532 1,023 36,248 *
2002 477 834 32,545 *
2003 582 894 38,480 --
2004 377[R] 766[R] 32,839[R] --
2005 377[R] 585[R] 33,785[R] --
2006 347[R] 333[R] 34,623[R] --
2007 361 258 34,087 --
Combined Heat and Power, Industrial[6]
1996 12,153 13,813 610,268 142,995
1997 12,311 11,723 622,599 104,974
1998 11,728 12,392 624,878 102,183
1999 11,432 12,595 639,165 112,064
2000 11,706 10,459 640,381 107,149
2001 10,636 10,530 653,565 87,864
2002 11,855 11,608 685,239 105,737
2003 10,440 10,424 668,407 126,739
2004[R] 7,687 6,919 566,401 107,995
2005[R] 7,504 6,440 517,805 85,492
2006[R] 7,408 5,066 535,770 87,084
2007 5,089 5,041 553,643 87,892
  [1] Includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous and lignite coal.   Waste and synthetic coal were included starting in 2002.
  [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] Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
  [4] Electric utility CHP plants are included in Electricity Generators, Electric Utilities.
  [5] Small number of commercial electricity-only plants included.
  [6] Small number of industrial electricity-only plants included.
  * = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure.
  R = Revised. 
  Notes: See Glossary reference for definitions A new method of allocating fuel consumption between electric power generation and useful thermal output (UTO) was implemented.  The new methodology evenly distributes a combined heat and power (CHP) plant`s losses between the two output products (electric power and UTO).  In the historical data, UTO was consistently assumed to be 80 percent efficient and all other losses at the plant were allocated to electric power.  This change results in the fuel for electric power to be lower while the fuel for UTO is higher than the prior set of data as both are given the same efficiency.  This results in the appearance of an increase in efficiency of production of electric power between 2003 and 2004.
  Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" and predecessor form(s) including Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" and Form EIA-920 "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report" and predecessor forms.
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