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Table ES1.a.    xls   format     Electric Power Monthly

Table ES1.a. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, 2009 and 2008
October 
Net Generation and Consumption of Fuels
Items Total (All Sectors) Electric Power Sector Commercial Industrial
Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers
Oct-09
Oct-08
% Change
Oct-09
Oct-08
Oct-09
Oct-08
Oct-09
Oct-08
Oct-09
Oct-08
Net Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Coal[1]  141,551 153,143 -7.6 105,705 111,056 34,583 40,561 78 99 1,184 1,426
Petroleum Liquids[2]  1,855 1,856 0 1,490 1,426 275 333 11 6 78 91
Petroleum Coke 685 1,348 -49.2 211 592 381 614 -- 1 92 141
Natural Gas[3]  71,837 72,767 -1.3 26,253 26,714 38,992 39,612 323 334 6,269 6,107
Other Gases[4]  947 777 21.8 6 1 274 214 -- -- 666 562
Nuclear 57,688 62,793 -8.1 30,109 32,630 27,579 30,163 -- -- -- --
Hydroelectric Conventional 19,633 15,120 29.8 17,692 13,812 1,797 1,210 5 4 138 95
Other Renewables 11,519 10,104 14 1,121 835 7,951 6,795 133 118 2,314 2,356
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels[5]  3,103 3,127 -0.8 131 141 690 663 2 2 2,280 2,321
Other Biomass[6]  1,370 1,332 2.8 97 98 1,107 1,083 132 116 34 35
Geothermal 1,185 1,278 -7.2 99 100 1,086 1,178 -- -- -- --
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic[7]  59 58 2.2 5 1 54 57 -- -- -- --
Wind 5,802 4,309 34.7 788 495 5,015 3,814 -- -- -- --
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage -385 -497 22.4 -271 -399 -114 -97 -- -- -- --
Other Energy Sources[8]  916 820 11.7 44 44 510 508 65 62 297 206
All Energy Sources 306,245 318,232 -3.8 182,361 186,711 112,229 119,912 616 624 11,040 10,984
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons)1  75,317 80,624 -6.6 55,645 57,711 19,249 22,409 22 28 401 476
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2  3,130 3,109 0.7 2,652 2,509 384 501 14 8 79 91
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 263 474 -44.6 85 196 157 242 -- * 22 36
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)3  553,363 561,175 -1.4 221,643 225,505 286,383 292,374 2,595 2,496 42,742 40,801
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)1  1,727 1,929 -10.5 -- -- 267 322 122 134 1,339 1,474
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2  462 536 -13.8 -- -- 113 111 9 13 340 413
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 114 106 7.4 -- -- 12 12 -- 1 103 93
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)3  68,924 69,351 -0.6 -- -- 25,763 27,800 2,384 2,362 40,777 39,189
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)1  77,044 82,553 -6.7 55,645 57,711 19,516 22,731 144 162 1,740 1,950
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2  3,592 3,645 -1.5 2,652 2,509 497 612 23 21 420 504
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 377 581 -35.1 85 196 168 254 -- 2 124 129
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)3  622,287 630,527 -1.3 221,643 225,505 312,146 320,174 4,979 4,857 83,519 79,990
Fuel Stocks (end-of-month)
Coal (1000 tons)[9]  205,374 160,296 28.1 162,019 123,909 39,961 33,425 356 348 3,038 2,614
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2  48,229 46,352 4 26,046 27,746 15,638 15,189 562 392 5,983 3,025
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 1,701 1,119 52 749 435 470 263 * * 482 421
Retail Sales, Retail Revenue and Average Retail Price per Kilowatthour  
Items Total U.S. Electric Power Industry
Retail Sales (Million kWh)[10]  Retail Revenue (Million Dollars) Average Retail Price (Cents/kWh)
Oct-09
Oct-08
% Change
Oct-09
Oct-08
% Change
Oct-09
Oct-08
% Change
Residential 98,373 96,051 2.4 11,569 11,436 1.2 11.76 11.91 -1.3
Commercial[11]  109,924 112,147 -2 11,238 11,778 -4.6 10.22 10.5 -2.7
Industrial11  76,632 82,117 -6.7 5,122 5,939 -13.8 6.68 7.23 -7.6
Transportation11  580 629 -7.8 65 69 -4.6 11.28 10.9 3.5
All Sectors 285,509 290,943 -1.9 27,994 29,221 -4.2 9.81 10.04 -2.3
  [1] Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel.
  [2] Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, and kerosene.
  [3] Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
  [4] Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
  [5] Wood, black liquor, and other wood waste.
  [6] Biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, and other biomass.
  [7] Solar thermal and photovoltaic energy.
  [8] Non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies.
  [9] Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, coal synfuel, and lignite; excludes waste coal.
  [10] Retail sales and net generation may not correspond exactly for a particular month for a variety of reasons (e.g., sales data may include imported electricity).  Net generation is for the calendar month while retail sales and associated revenue accumulate from bills collected for periods of time (28 to 35 days) that vary dependent upon customer class and consumption occurring in and outside the calendar month.
  [11] See Technical notes for additional information on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors.
  * = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure (e.g., for values with no decimals, the smallest unit is "1" then values under 0.5 are shown as "*".)
  Notes: Beginning with the collection of Form EIA-923 in January 2008, the methodology to allocate total fuel consumption for electricity generation and consumption for useful thermal output was changed.    The new methodology was retroatively applied to 2004-2007.  See the Technical Notes (Appendix C) for further information. Beginning with 2001 data, non-biogenic municipal solid waste and tire-derived fuels are reclassified as non-renewable energy sources and included in "Other".  Biogenic municipal solid waste is included in "Other Renewables." Values for 2008 and 2009 are preliminary and are estimates based on samples.  See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample designs. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percent difference is calculated before rounding. Monetary values are expressed in nominal terms.
  Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-826, "Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State Distributions Report;" Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report;" Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report," replaced the following: Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report;" Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report;" Form EIA-423, "Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report;" and  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants."

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