Table 8.1  Electricity Overview, 1949-2007                     (Thousand Kilowatthours)
Year	Net Generation								Trade										T & D Losses 5 and Unaccounted for 6		End Use
	Electric Power Sector 2		Commercial Sector 3		Industrial Sector 4		Total		Imports 1				Exports 1				Net Imports 1				Retail Sales 7		Direct Use 8		Total
									From Canada		Total		To Canada		Total		Total
1949	291,099,543		NA		5,024,746		296,124,289		NA		1,763,766		NA		175,395		1,588,371		43,201,326		254,511,334		NA		254,511,334
1950	329,141,343		NA		4,946,258		334,087,601		NA		1,933,095		NA		146,950		1,786,145		44,430,420		291,443,326		NA		291,443,326
1951	370,672,814		NA		4,625,541		375,298,355		NA		2,386,641		NA		199,821		2,186,820		47,200,592		330,284,583		NA		330,284,583
1952	399,223,620		NA		4,605,793		403,829,413		NA		2,505,806		NA		237,285		2,268,521		49,933,974		356,163,960		NA		356,163,960
1953	442,664,515		NA		4,384,048		447,048,563		NA		2,436,947		NA		428,615		2,008,332		52,839,999		396,216,896		NA		396,216,896
1954	471,686,354		NA		4,571,264		476,257,618		NA		2,687,800		NA		347,975		2,339,825		54,433,651		424,163,792		NA		424,163,792
1955	547,037,985		NA		3,260,877		550,298,862		NA		4,567,211		NA		499,595		4,067,616		57,618,425		496,748,053		NA		496,748,053
1956	600,667,750		NA		3,208,013		603,875,763		NA		5,179,254		NA		630,788		4,548,466		62,143,738		546,280,491		NA		546,280,491
1957	631,516,894		NA		3,125,473		634,642,367		NA		4,855,725		NA		1,254,325		3,601,400		62,423,592		575,820,175		NA		575,820,175
1958	645,098,404		NA		3,352,458		648,450,862		NA		4,077,686		NA		759,911		3,317,775		63,905,585		587,863,052		NA		587,863,052
1959	710,005,723		NA		3,373,108		713,378,831		NA		4,392,660		NA		838,398		3,554,262		70,045,216		646,887,877		NA		646,887,877
1960	755,549,097		NA		3,606,691		759,155,788		NA		5,323,198		NA		788,014		4,535,184		75,616,210		688,074,762		NA		688,074,762
1961	793,759,508		NA		3,364,883		797,124,391		NA		3,170,095		NA		916,518		2,253,577		77,427,785		721,950,183		NA		721,950,183
1962	854,534,866		NA		3,408,790		857,943,656		NA		2,196,681		NA		1,660,647		536,034		80,879,961		777,599,729		NA		777,599,729
1963	916,792,820		NA		3,235,451		920,028,271		NA		2,082,973		NA		1,985,006		97,967		87,513,130		832,613,108		NA		832,613,108
1964	983,990,263		NA		3,228,063		987,218,326		NA		6,208,575		NA		4,253,384		1,955,191		93,114,503		896,059,014		NA		896,059,014
1965	1,055,251,929		NA		3,133,742		1,058,385,671		NA		3,557,964		NA		3,699,265		-141,301		104,455,057		953,789,313		NA		953,789,313
1966	1,144,350,138		NA		3,181,757		1,147,531,895		NA		4,268,111		NA		3,176,382		1,091,729		113,479,024		1,035,144,600		NA		1,035,144,600
1967	1,214,365,186		NA		3,430,502		1,217,795,688		NA		4,051,262		NA		4,350,345		-299,083		118,279,339		1,099,217,266		NA		1,099,217,266
1968	1,329,443,027		NA		3,382,574		1,332,825,601		NA		3,653,828		NA		4,284,592		-630,764		129,323,820		1,202,871,017		NA		1,202,871,017
1969	1,442,182,474		NA		3,275,582		1,445,458,056		NA		4,901,720		NA		3,830,179		1,071,541		132,696,351		1,313,833,246		NA		1,313,833,246
1970	1,531,867,709		NA		3,243,758		1,535,111,467		NA		6,169,587		NA		4,209,432		1,960,155		144,771,722		1,392,299,900		NA		1,392,299,900
1971	1,612,632,963		NA		3,220,653		1,615,853,616		NA		7,044,324		NA		3,513,988		3,530,336		149,843,675		1,469,540,277		NA		1,469,540,277
1972	1,749,662,101		NA		3,316,312		1,752,978,413		NA		10,495,470		NA		2,808,833		7,686,637		165,504,359		1,595,160,691		NA		1,595,160,691
1973	1,860,709,509		NA		3,347,122		1,864,056,631		NA		16,847,717		NA		2,570,034		14,277,683		165,425,533		1,712,908,781		NA		1,712,908,781
1974	1,867,139,764		NA		3,179,641		1,870,319,405		NA		15,419,772		NA		2,726,130		12,693,642		177,089,321		1,705,923,726		NA		1,705,923,726
1975	1,917,648,536		NA		3,106,033		1,920,754,569		NA		11,267,937		NA		5,083,148		6,184,789		179,848,731		1,747,090,627		NA		1,747,090,627
1976	2,037,696,497		NA		3,217,184		2,040,913,681		NA		10,988,478		NA		2,378,306		8,610,172		194,277,759		1,855,246,094		NA		1,855,246,094
1977	2,124,323,315		NA		3,124,172		2,127,447,487		NA		20,159,263		NA		2,743,591		17,415,672		196,501,947		1,948,361,212		NA		1,948,361,212
1978	2,206,330,565		NA		3,046,346		2,209,376,911		NA		21,207,642		NA		1,477,974		19,729,668		211,184,579		2,017,922,000		NA		2,017,922,000
1979	2,247,371,861		NA		3,293,164		2,250,665,025		NA		22,515,931		NA		2,181,607		20,334,324		199,900,349		2,071,099,000		NA		2,071,099,000
1980	2,286,439,244		NA		3,161,120		2,289,600,364		NA		25,021,365		NA		4,095,648		20,925,717		216,077,081		2,094,449,000		NA		2,094,449,000
1981	2,294,812,219		NA		3,161,120		2,297,973,339		NA		36,297,561		NA		3,060,123		33,237,438		184,107,918		2,147,102,859		NA		2,147,102,859
1982	2,241,211,368		NA		3,161,120		2,244,372,488		NA		32,852,344		NA		3,536,463		29,315,881		187,247,015		2,086,441,354		NA		2,086,441,354
1983	2,310,284,565		NA		3,161,120		2,313,445,685		NA		38,667,604		NA		3,337,293		35,330,311		197,821,400		2,150,954,596		NA		2,150,954,596
1984	2,416,304,248		NA		3,161,120		2,419,465,368		NA		42,219,259		NA		2,558,293		39,660,966		173,329,940		2,285,796,394		NA		2,285,796,394
1985	2,469,841,002		NA		3,161,120		2,473,002,122		NA		45,895,431		NA		4,964,917		40,930,514		189,958,784		2,323,973,852		NA		2,323,973,852
1986	2,487,309,832		NA		3,161,120		2,490,470,952		NA		40,712,723		NA		4,815,565		35,897,158		157,615,058		2,368,753,052		NA		2,368,753,052
1987	2,572,126,546		NA		3,161,120		2,575,287,666		NA		52,218,967		NA		5,882,235		46,336,732		164,352,179		2,457,272,219		NA		2,457,272,219
1988	2,704,250,057		NA		3,161,120		2,707,411,177		NA		38,836,510		NA		7,066,646		31,769,864		161,118,546		2,578,062,495		NA		2,578,062,495
1989	2,848,227,433	[2]	4,250,506		114,827,585	[4]	2,967,305,524		NA		26,110,432		NA		15,134,589		10,975,843		222,646,214		2,646,809,332		108,825,821		2,755,635,153
1990	2,901,321,619		5,837,119		130,829,539		3,037,988,277		16,494,107		18,445,395		15,543,122		16,133,584		2,311,811		203,216,483		2,712,554,665		124,528,940		2,837,083,605
1991	2,935,560,671		5,659,024		132,579,190		3,073,798,885		19,815,290		21,931,029		1,687,950		2,304,578		19,626,451		207,365,117		2,762,003,040		124,057,179		2,886,060,219
1992	2,934,373,604		6,228,131		143,280,469		3,083,882,204		26,224,179		28,246,598		1,835,692		2,826,579		25,420,019		212,095,533		2,763,365,446		133,841,244		2,897,206,690
1993	3,043,896,806		7,000,420		146,293,870		3,197,191,096		29,364,197		31,357,525		2,691,723		3,540,890		27,816,635		224,307,514		2,861,462,340		139,237,877		3,000,700,217
1994	3,088,725,327		7,619,327		151,177,734		3,247,522,388		44,821,858		46,833,177		941,214		2,009,882		44,823,295		211,457,485		2,934,562,864		146,325,334		3,080,888,198
1995	3,194,230,179		8,232,204		151,024,979		3,353,487,362		40,596,119		42,853,530		2,468,244		3,622,665		39,230,865		228,755,098		3,013,286,589		150,676,540		3,163,963,129
1996	3,284,141,352		9,029,714		151,016,555		3,444,187,621		42,233,376		43,496,528		1,986,361		3,301,986		40,194,542		230,617,126		3,101,127,021		152,638,016		3,253,765,037
1997	3,329,375,133		8,700,542		154,096,608		3,492,172,283		43,008,501		43,031,230		7,470,332		8,974,039		34,057,191		224,380,152		3,145,610,424		156,238,898		3,301,849,322
1998	3,457,415,645		8,748,086		154,131,767		3,620,295,498		39,502,108		39,513,357		11,683,276		13,656,479		25,856,878		221,055,740		3,264,230,752		160,865,884		3,425,096,636
1999	3,529,982,463		8,563,056		156,264,291		3,694,809,810		42,911,308		43,214,747		12,953,488		14,221,772		28,992,975		240,086,420		3,312,087,080		171,629,285		3,483,716,365
2000	3,637,528,980		7,902,774		156,673,289		3,802,105,043		48,515,476		48,592,276		12,684,706		14,829,382		33,762,894		243,511,160		3,421,414,268		170,942,509		3,592,356,777
2001	3,580,053,034		7,415,945		149,174,674		3,736,643,653		38,401,598		38,500,247		16,105,612		16,473,292		22,026,955		201,563,889		3,394,458,104		162,648,615		3,557,106,719
2002	3,698,457,955		7,414,511		152,579,786		3,858,452,252		36,536,479	[R]	36,779,077		15,231,079	[R]	15,795,681		20,983,396		247,785,341		3,465,466,011		166,184,296		3,631,650,307
2003	3,721,159,278		7,496,177		154,529,750		3,883,185,205		29,319,707		30,389,633		23,582,184		23,972,374		6,417,259		227,573,452		3,493,734,486		168,294,526		3,662,029,012
2004	3,808,360,397		8,269,687		153,925,180		3,970,555,264		33,007,487	[R]	34,210,063	[R]	22,482,109		22,897,863		11,312,200	[R]	265,917,979	[R]	3,547,479,483		168,470,002		3,715,949,485
2005	3,902,191,895	[R]	8,491,665		144,739,194		4,055,422,754	[R]	42,930,212		44,527,487		19,332,124		19,802,855		24,724,632		269,163,342	[R]	3,660,968,513		150,015,531	[R]	3,810,984,044	[R]
2006	3,908,077,045	[R]	8,370,913	[R]	148,254,271	[R]	4,064,702,229	[R]	41,544,052	[R]	42,691,310	[R]	23,405,387	[R]	24,271,335	[R]	18,419,975	[R]	266,276,752	[R]	3,669,918,840	[R]	146,926,612	[R]	3,816,845,452	[R]
2007P	4,006,481,678		8,503,306		144,528,929		4,159,513,913		50,118,056		51,395,700		19,659,417		20,143,593		31,252,107		299,060,529		3,748,149,343		143,556,148	[E]	3,891,705,491
1Electricity transmitted across U.S. borders.  Net imports equal imports minus exports. 7Electricity retail sales to ultimate customers by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy service providers. 2Electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.  Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only; beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and independent power producers. 8Use of electricity that is 1) self-generated, 2) produced by either the same entity that consumes the power or an affiliate, and 3) used in direct support of a service or industrial process located within the same facility or group of facilities that house the generating equipment.  Direct use is exclusive of station use. 3Commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  E=Estimate.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.5 billion kilowatthours. 4Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and industrial electricity-only plants.  Through 1988, data are for industrial hydroelectric power only. Notes:  ·  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. 5Transmission and distribution losses (electricity losses that occur between the point of generation and delivery to the customer).  See Note, "Electrical System Energy Losses," at end of Section 2. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html. 6Data collection frame differences and nonsampling error. Sources:  See end of section.