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Table ES1.a.    xls   format     Electric Power Monthly

Table ES1.a. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, 2009 and 2008
March 
Net Generation and Consumption of Fuels
Items Total (All Sectors) Electric Power Sector Commercial Industrial
Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers
Mar-09 Mar-08 % Change Mar-09 Mar-08 Mar-09 Mar-08 Mar-09 Mar-08 Mar-09 Mar-08
Net Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Coal[1] 136,625 161,281 -15.3 100,417 117,130 34,887 42,593 91 77 1,231 1,482
Petroleum Liquids[2] 2,016 2,040 -1.2 1,259 1,315 631 593 9 5 118 127
Petroleum Coke 1,308 1,018 28.6 571 465 611 430 1 1 125 122
Natural Gas[3] 68,084 61,654 10.4 24,757 22,261 36,769 32,827 343 353 6,215 6,213
Other Gases[4] 793 1,112 -28.7 6 3 230 343 -- -- 557 766
Nuclear 66,920 64,716 3.4 34,856 33,988 32,064 30,728 -- -- -- --
Hydroelectric Conventional 21,394 21,160 1.1 19,188 18,778 2,017 2,120 11 11 177 251
Other Renewables 12,260 10,651 15.1 1,305 940 8,598 7,239 135 128 2,221 2,343
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels[5] 2,985 3,223 -7.4 131 170 681 760 3 3 2,170 2,290
Other Biomass[6] 1,445 1,427 1.3 104 100 1,157 1,150 133 125 51 52
Geothermal 1,254 1,233 1.7 103 90 1,151 1,142 -- -- -- --
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic[7] 69 70 -2.6 1 2 67 69 -- -- -- --
Wind 6,507 4,697 38.5 965 578 5,542 4,118 -- -- -- --
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage -315 -553 43 -230 -446 -85 -107 -- -- -- --
Other Energy Sources[8] 939 852 10.2 48 45 532 514 65 59 294 234
All Energy Sources 310,024 323,932 -4.3 182,177 194,479 116,254 117,281 654 634 10,938 11,538
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons)1 72,268 83,185 -13.1 52,774 59,749 19,056 22,933 26 24 411 478
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2 3,465 3,324 4.3 2,291 2,298 1,029 888 11 9 134 129
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 495 418 18.4 223 211 238 175 * * 34 31
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)3 517,498 474,421 9.1 204,077 189,906 268,526 240,443 2,685 2,757 42,211 41,315
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)1 1,891 2,030 -6.9 -- -- 309 344 144 164 1,438 1,522
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2 562 687 -18.1 -- -- 107 125 16 14 440 548
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 84 87 -3.9 -- -- 10 12 1 1 73 73
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)3 66,860 71,609 -6.6 -- -- 26,184 28,673 2,631 2,926 38,045 40,009
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)1 74,159 85,215 -13 52,774 59,749 19,365 23,277 170 188 1,849 2,000
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2 4,028 4,011 0.4 2,291 2,298 1,136 1,012 27 23 574 677
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 579 505 14.5 223 211 248 188 1 1 107 105
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)3 584,358 546,030 7 204,077 189,906 294,710 269,116 5,316 5,684 80,256 81,324
Fuel Stocks (end-of-month)
Coal (1000 tons)[9] 179,877 149,388 20.4 137,688 117,676 38,951 29,326 348 360 2,891 2,027
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)2 48,610 45,399 7.1 27,404 27,606 15,581 15,955 493 278 5,132 1,559
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) 1,216 946 28.5 541 331 225 337 * * 449 278
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)
Mar-09 Mar-08 % Change Mar-09 Mar-08 % Change Mar-09 Mar-08 % Change
Residential 106,368 107,007 -0.6 12,100 11,306 7 11.38 10.57 7.7
Commercial[11] 103,818 104,469 -0.6 10,453 10,048 4 10.07 9.62 4.7
Industrial11 71,062 81,372 -12.7 4,862 5,320 -8.6 6.84 6.54 4.6
Transportation11 652 635 2.8 78 68 15.5 12.02 10.7 12.3
All Sectors 281,900 293,483 -3.9 27,493 26,741 2.8 9.75 9.11 7
  [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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