Table 8.7a  Consumption of Combustible Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output:                       Total (All Sectors), 1989-2007  (Sum of Tables 8.7b and 8.7c)
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
1989	798,181,450		29,143,414		266,211,244		655,880		914,555		300,583,313		4,048,735,803		206,052		1,027,524		188,552		87,876
1990	811,538,155		20,193,516		209,313,837		1,331,680		2,831,849		244,998,278		4,346,311,495		287,616		1,255,519		256,747		86,224
1991	812,123,764		19,590,386		193,072,838		1,215,280		2,565,879		226,707,899		4,428,741,671		310,752		1,203,943		292,345		113,979
1992	824,511,974		16,851,553		160,941,207		1,694,660		3,366,149		196,318,165		4,617,577,526		341,137		1,302,963		333,259		92,334
1993	861,903,563		19,293,336		176,992,269		1,571,485		4,199,669		218,855,435		4,662,236,318		313,784		1,320,755		343,835		84,627
1994	869,405,476		25,176,797		164,047,204		1,538,890		4,156,822		211,547,001		5,151,162,976		315,976		1,401,142		357,308		92,343
1995	881,012,115		21,697,467		112,167,586		1,322,320		4,590,468		158,139,713		5,572,252,743		313,415		1,381,579		374,436		97,450
1996	928,015,382		22,444,447		124,606,837		2,467,710		4,596,038		172,499,184		5,178,232,442		345,850		1,388,935		392,363		90,849
1997	952,954,578		22,892,742		134,622,825		526,390		6,095,076		188,517,337		5,433,338,451		307,092		1,397,492		407,415		103,120
1998	966,614,679		30,005,650		189,267,144		1,230,290		6,196,490		251,485,534		6,030,490,210		333,816		1,349,227		403,960		94,508
1999	970,174,967		30,615,845		172,319,475		1,811,830		5,989,331		234,693,805		6,304,942,089		350,100		1,352,332		400,245		100,622
2000	1,015,398,457		34,572,235		156,673,048		2,904,280		4,668,792		217,493,523		6,676,743,634		356,053		1,379,805		400,707		109,277
2001	991,635,183		33,723,833		177,137,329		1,417,960		4,532,158		234,939,912		6,730,591,373		263,469		1,181,668		262,769		229,107
2002	1,005,144,317		24,747,919		118,636,871		3,257,318		7,353,243		183,408,323		6,986,081,003		278,113		1,287,114		289,251		251,574
2003	1,031,778,078		31,825,206		152,858,561		4,575,959		7,066,582		224,592,636		6,337,402,111		294,142		1,265,669		292,702		261,883
2004	1,044,797,695		23,520,188		157,477,529		4,763,699		8,720,526		229,364,046		6,726,679,488		354,069		1,360,254		281,464		226,195
2005	1,065,280,798		24,446,280		156,914,930		4,269,621		9,112,514		231,193,401		7,027,966,959		348,312		1,352,581		289,395	[R]	212,766	[R]
2006	1,053,783,423	[R]	14,655,468	[R]	69,845,855	[R]	3,396,225	[R]	8,621,563	[R]	131,005,363	[R]	7,418,958,725	[R]	341,129	[R]	1,399,235	[R]	300,412	[R]	214,577	[R]
2007P	1,072,430,089		18,400,870		74,265,037		4,577,167		7,285,082		133,668,484		8,159,519,334		348,252		1,354,146		315,255		225,757
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 8Wood and wood-derived fuels. 2Fuel oil nos. 1, 2, and 4.  Through 2000, electric utility data also include small amounts of kerosene and jet fuel. 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). 3Fuel oil nos. 5 and 6.  Through 2000, electric utility data also include a small amount of fuel oil no. 4. 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). 4Jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum liquids, and waste oil. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.   5Petroleum coke is converted from short tons to barrels by multiplying by 5. Notes:  ·  Data are for fuels consumed to produce electricity and useful thermal output.  ·  See Note 1, "Coverage of Electricity Statistics," at end of section.  ·  See "Useful Thermal Output" in Glossary.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. 6Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html. 7Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. Sources:  Tables 8.7b and 8.7c.