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 Date of Data: 2000
 Report Released: November 2002
 Next Release Date: January 2003

Table 45. Summary Statistics for U.S. Nonutility Generating Facilities,
1998 Through 2000

Item 1998 R/ 1999 R/ 2000
Installed Capacity  (megawatts)1 98,213 160,525 228,594
  Coal2 17,217 40,580 59,196
  Petroleum Only 2,472 4,161 11,015
  Natural Gas5 39,795 47,516 73,186
  Other Gas3 1,560 1,813 1,723
  Dual Fired4 18,171 41,190 47,534
  Hydroelectric Pumped      
  Storage -- 600 1,453
  Hydroelectric      
  (conventional) 4,340 5,403 5,761
  Geothermal 1,424 2,719 2,683
  Solar 864 963 410
  Wind 1,711 2,222 2,323
  Biomass6 10,545 10,510 10,144
  Nuclear -- 2,527 12,622
  Other7 114 322 545
Gross Generation (million  kilowatthours) 422,985 544,561 828,325
  Coal2 70,014 121,072 287,141
  Petroleum4 19,519 33,087 41,249
  Natural Gas5 227,719 268,237 323,143
  Other Gas3 13,893 14,632 14,620
  Hydroelectric Pumped      
  Storage -- -- 1,655
  Hydroelectric      
  (conventional) 14,713 20,147 22,644
  Geothermal 9,932 13,638 14,461
  Solar 529 518 526
  Wind 3,053 4,510 5,621
  Biomass6 59,894 61,211 62,288
  Nuclear -- 3,318 49,959
  Other7 3,718 4,191 5,017
Consumption8      
  Coal (thousand short  tons) 56,850 76,063 156,066
  Petroleum (thousand  barrels)9 78,858 85,016 93,474
  Natural Gas (million      
  cubic feet) 2,666,430 3,191,523 3,633,650
  Other Gas (million cubic  feet)3 873,107 1,473,207 1,666,166
Supply and Disposition  (million kilowatthours)      
  Gross Generation 422,985 544,561 828,325
  Receipts10 90,675 90,395 95,158
  Sales to Utilities11 249,496 342,138 607,130
  Sales to Other End      
  Users12 25,777 41,422 53,059
  Facility Use 236,775 251,413 263,302


1/ There is a discontinuity in capacity estimates between 1999 and earlier years due to a change in reporting practices. In 1999 for the first time respondents self identified the facility's primary energy source resulting in a reclassification compared to earlier years in some cases.
2/ Includes coal, anthracite culm, bituminous gob, coke breeze, fine coal, liqnite waste, tar coal, and waste coal.
3/ Includes butane, propane, and other gas.
4/ Includes petroleum, petroleum coke, diesel, kerosene, light oil, liquid butane, liquid propane, oil waste, sludge oil, and tar oil.
5/ Includes natural gas and waste heat.
6/ Includes black liquor, peat, railroad ties, red liquor, sludge wood, spent sulfite liquor, utility poles, and wood/wood waste, agricultural byproducts, digester gas, fish oil, liquid acetonitrile waste, landfill gas, medical waste, methane, municipal solid waste, paper pellets, sludge waste, solid byproducts, straw, tires, tall oil, and waste alcohol.
7/ Includes batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, and sulfur.
8/ Includes all combustible fuels burned at generating facilities (not just for the production of electricity).
9/ Includes petroleum coke consumption of 4,427 thousand short tons for 1998, 2,915 thousand short tons for 1999, and 3,537 thousand short tons for 2000.
10/ Includes purchases, interchanges, and exchanges of electric energy with utilities and other nonutilities.
11/ Includes sales, interchanges, and exchanges of electric energy with utilities.
12/ Includes sales, interchanges, and exchanges of electric energy with other nonutilities.  The disparity in this data and data reported on other EIA surveys occurs due to differences in the respondent universe.  The Form EIA-860B (prior, Form EIA867) is filed by nonutilities reporting the energy delivered, while other data sources are filed by electric utilities reporting energy received.  Differences in terminology and accounting procedures attribute to the disparity. R = Revised data.
       Notes: · The installed capacity is determined by the primary energy source even if multiple energy sources are indicated by the respondent.  · All data are for 1 megawatt and greater.  · Data are final.  · Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  · Percent change is calculated before rounding.  · See the Technical Notes for the methodology for allocating capacity and generation by energy sources, respectively.
       Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric Generator Report Nonutility".


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