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Table 2.1.  Net Generation by Energy Source by Type of Producer, 1997 through 2008
(Thousand Megawatthours)
Period Coal[1] Petroleum [2] Natural Gas Other Gases[3] Nuclear Hydroelectric Conventional[4] Other Renewables[5] Hydroelectric Pumped Storage[6] Other[7] Total
Total (All Sectors)
1997 1,845,016 92,555 479,399 13,351 628,644 356,453 77,183 -4,040 3,612 3,492,172
1998 1,873,516 128,800 531,257 13,492 673,702 323,336 77,088 -4,467 3,571 3,620,295
1999 1,881,087 118,061 556,396 14,126 728,254 319,536 79,423 -6,097 4,024 3,694,810
2000 1,966,265 111,221 601,038 13,955 753,893 275,573 80,906 -5,539 4,794 3,802,105
2001 1,903,956 124,880 639,129 9,039 768,826 216,961 70,769 -8,823 11,906 3,736,644
2002 1,933,130 94,567 691,006 11,463 780,064 264,329 79,109 -8,743 13,527 3,858,452
2003 1,973,737 119,406 649,908 15,600 763,733 275,806 79,487 -8,535 14,045 3,883,185
2004 1,978,301 121,145 710,100 15,252 788,528 268,417 83,067 -8,488 14,232 3,970,555
2005 2,012,873 122,225 760,960 13,464 781,986 270,321 87,329 -6,558 12,821 4,055,423
2006 1,990,511 64,166 816,441 14,177 787,219 289,246 96,525 -6,558 12,974 4,064,702
2007 2,016,456 65,739 896,590 13,453 806,425 247,510 105,238 -6,896 12,231 4,156,745
2008 1,985,801 46,243 882,981 11,707 806,208 254,831 126,212 -6,288 11,692 4,119,388
Electricity Generators, Electric Utilities
1997 1,787,806 77,753 283,625 -- 628,644 341,273 7,462 -4,040 -- 3,122,523
1998 1,807,480 110,158 309,222 -- 673,702 308,844 7,206 -4,441 -- 3,212,171
1999 1,767,679 86,929 296,381 -- 725,036 299,914 3,716 -5,982 -- 3,173,674
2000 1,696,619 72,180 290,715 -- 705,433 253,155 2,241 -4,960 -- 3,015,383
2001 1,560,146 78,908 264,434 -- 534,207 197,804 1,666 -7,704 486 2,629,946
2002 1,514,670 59,125 229,639 206 507,380 242,302 3,089 -7,434 480 2,549,457
2003 1,500,281 69,930 186,967 243 458,829 249,622 3,421 -7,532 519 2,462,281
2004 1,513,641 73,694 199,662 374 475,682 245,546 3,692 -7,526 467 2,505,231
2005 1,484,855 69,722 238,204 10 436,296 245,553 4,945 -5,383 643 2,474,846
2006 1,471,421 40,903 282,088 30 425,341 261,864 6,588 -5,281 700 2,483,656
2007 1,490,985 40,719 313,785 141 427,555 226,734 8,953 -5,328 586 2,504,131
2008 1,466,395 28,124 320,190 46 424,256 229,645 11,308 -5,143 545 2,475,367
Electricity Generators, Independent Power Producers
1997 5,344 2,557 7,506 31 -- 9,375 33,929 -- -- 58,741
1998 15,539 5,503 26,657 55 -- 9,023 34,703 -26 -- 91,455
1999 64,387 17,906 60,264 36 3,218 14,749 40,460 -115 -- 200,905
2000 213,956 25,795 108,712 181 48,460 18,183 42,831 -579 -- 457,540
2001 291,678 34,257 162,540 10 234,619 15,945 37,200 -1,119 5,460 780,592
2002 366,535 24,150 227,155 29 272,684 18,189 40,729 -1,309 7,168 955,331
2003 415,498 38,571 234,240 13 304,904 21,890 42,058 -1,003 7,035 1,063,205
2004 407,418 35,665 291,527 7 312,846 19,518 45,743 -962 7,108 1,118,870
2005 470,658 41,485 314,970 3 345,690 21,477 48,294 -1,174 5,569 1,246,971
2006 462,302 14,340 335,898 3 361,877 24,383 55,890 -1,277 5,646 1,259,062
2007 470,978 16,189 372,523 3 378,869 19,103 62,301 -1,569 5,458 1,323,856
2008 465,558 11,145 363,138 1 381,952 23,444 82,470 -1,145 5,505 1,332,068
Combined Heat and Power, Electric Power[8]
1997 27,611 6,170 108,465 1,503 -- -- 4,299 -- 63 148,111
1998 27,174 6,550 113,413 2,260 -- -- 4,234 -- 159 153,790
1999 26,551 6,704 116,351 1,571 -- -- 4,088 -- 139 155,404
2000 32,536 7,217 118,551 1,847 -- -- 4,330 -- 125 164,606
2001 31,003 5,984 127,966 576 -- -- 3,393 -- 595 169,515
2002 29,408 6,458 150,889 1,734 -- -- 3,737 -- 1,444 193,670
2003 36,935 5,195 146,097 2,392 -- -- 4,002 -- 1,053 195,674
2004 36,128 5,320 135,983 3,187 -- -- 2,893 -- 747 184,259
2005 36,541 5,275 130,655 3,765 -- 10 3,415 -- 716 180,375
2006 36,014 4,465 116,430 4,220 -- 8 3,456 -- 766 165,359
2007 36,428 4,398 128,444 3,898 -- 6 3,450 -- 733 177,356
2008 36,884 3,612 119,043 3,153 -- 6 3,417 -- 798 166,915
Combined Heat and Power, Commercial[9]
1997 1,040 427 4,725 3 -- 120 2,385 -- * 8,701
1998 985 383 4,879 7 -- 120 2,373 -- -- 8,748
1999 995 434 4,607 * -- 115 2,412 -- * 8,563
2000 1,097 432 4,262 * -- 100 2,012 -- * 7,903
2001 995 438 4,434 * -- 66 1,025 -- 457 7,416
2002 992 431 4,310 * -- 13 1,065 -- 603 7,415
2003 1,206 423 3,899 -- -- 72 1,302 -- 594 7,496
2004 1,340 499 3,969 -- -- 105 1,575 -- 781 8,270
2005 1,353 375 4,249 -- -- 86 1,673 -- 756 8,492
2006 1,310 235 4,355 * -- 93 1,619 -- 758 8,371
2007 1,371 189 4,257 -- -- 77 1,614 -- 764 8,273
2008 1,261 142 4,188 -- -- 60 1,555 -- 720 7,926
Combined Heat and Power, Industrial[9] 
1997 23,214 5,649 75,078 11,814 -- 5,685 29,107 -- 3,549 154,097
1998 22,337 6,206 77,085 11,170 -- 5,349 28,572 -- 3,412 154,132
1999 21,474 6,088 78,793 12,519 -- 4,758 28,747 -- 3,885 156,264
2000 22,056 5,597 78,798 11,927 -- 4,135 29,491 -- 4,669 156,673
2001 20,135 5,293 79,755 8,454 -- 3,145 27,485 -- 4,908 149,175
2002 21,525 4,403 79,013 9,493 -- 3,825 30,489 -- 3,832 152,580
2003 19,817 5,285 78,705 12,953 -- 4,222 28,704 -- 4,843 154,530
2004 19,773 5,967 78,959 11,684 -- 3,248 29,164 -- 5,129 153,925
2005 19,466 5,368 72,882 9,687 -- 3,195 29,003 -- 5,137 144,739
2006 19,464 4,223 77,669 9,923 -- 2,899 28,972 -- 5,103 148,254
2007 16,694 4,243 77,580 9,411 -- 1,590 28,919 -- 4,690 143,128
2008 15,703 3,219 76,421 8,507 -- 1,676 27,462 -- 4,125 137,113
[1] Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal.
[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] Conventional hydroelectric power excluding pumped storage facilities.
[5] Other renewables represents the summation of the sub-categories of Wind, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic, Wood and Wood Derived Fuels, Geothermal, and Other Biomass.
[6] The quantity of output from a hydroelectric pumped storage facility represents production minus energy used for pumping.
[7] Non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels and miscellaneous technologies.
[8] Electric utility CHP plants are included in Electricity Generators, Electric Utilities.
[9] Small number of electricity-only, non-Combined Heat and Power plants may be included.
  * = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure.
  Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
  Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report," and predecessor form(s) including U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report;" Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report.

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