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Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics

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Table ES1.a. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, 2009 and 2008
August
Net Generation and Consumption of Fuels
Items	Total (All Sectors)			Electric Power Sector				Commercial		Industrial
	Total (All Sectors)			Electric Utilities		Independent Power Producers		Commercial		Industrial
	Aug-09	Aug-08	% Change	Aug-09	Aug-08	Aug-09	Aug-08	Aug-09	Aug-08	Aug-09	Aug-08
Net Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Coal[1]	164,336	181,469	-9.4	122,721	134,386	40,274	45,454	99	112	1,241	1,517
Petroleum Liquids[2]	2,453	2,505	-2	1,814	1,930	523	468	13	7	103	100
Petroleum Coke	1,180	1,259	-6.3	514	556	533	565	1	--	132	137
Natural Gas[3]	108,062	98,880	9.3	39,086	35,482	61,916	56,123	362	372	6,697	6,903
Other Gases[4]	1,013	1,148	-11.8	7	3	267	306	--	--	739	839
Nuclear	72,245	72,617	-0.5	38,084	38,454	34,161	34,163	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Conventional	19,591	20,385	-3.9	17,588	18,444	1,857	1,813	2	3	144	125
Other Renewables	11,157	9,441	18.2	1,012	811	7,585	5,955	152	145	2,408	2,530
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels^[5]	3,367	3,493	-3.6	172	164	840	842	2	2	2,354	2,485
Other Biomass[6]	1,497	1,464	2.2	102	103	1,190	1,172	151	143	54	46
Geothermal	1,222	1,285	-4.9	96	105	1,125	1,180	--	--	--	--
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic[7]	102	107	-5	2	2	100	106	--	--	--	--
Wind	4,970	3,092	60.7	640	437	4,330	2,655	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage	-613	-648	5.5	-463	-524	-150	-124	--	--	--	--
Other Energy Sources[8]	1,016	919	10.5	46	49	565	549	74	71	331	251
All Energy Sources	380,439	387,975	-1.9	220,410	229,590	147,531	145,273	703	709	11,795	12,402
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons)¹	87,034	95,726	-9.1	64,324	70,153	22,259	25,036	27	32	423	505
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	4,200	4,198	0	3,200	3,363	855	718	17	10	127	108
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	442	475	-7.1	189	219	218	221	*	--	34	35
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	858,375	780,800	9.9	340,379	308,721	469,692	423,594	2,833	2,882	45,471	45,603
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	1,760	1,928	-8.8	--	--	273	309	124	142	1,363	1,477
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	520	636	-18.3	--	--	95	131	12	12	413	494
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	91	72	25.7	--	--	12	3	1	--	78	69
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	67,647	72,610	-6.8	--	--	27,948	31,136	2,060	2,278	37,638	39,196
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	88,794	97,654	-9.1	64,324	70,153	22,532	25,345	151	174	1,786	1,982
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	4,720	4,835	-2.4	3,200	3,363	950	848	29	21	541	602
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	532	547	-2.7	189	219	229	224	1	--	112	104
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	926,021	853,410	8.5	340,379	308,721	497,640	454,730	4,893	5,159	83,108	84,799
Fuel Stocks (end-of-month)
Coal (1000 tons)[9]	197,616	144,238	37	154,619	111,203	39,526	30,202	369	376	3,102	2,456
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	49,539	46,608	6.3	27,248	28,843	15,724	14,847	545	345	6,022	2,573
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	1,385	1,120	23.7	661	385	268	347	*	--	456	388
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)
	Aug-09	Aug-08	% Change	Aug-09	Aug-08	% Change	Aug-09	Aug-08	% Change
Residential	138,255	138,699	-0.3	16,665	16,848	-1.1	12.05	12.15	-0.8
Commercial[11]	125,090	126,088	-0.8	13,261	13,971	-5.1	10.6	11.08	-4.3
Industrial¹¹	78,954	85,535	-7.7	5,657	6,525	-13.3	7.17	7.63	-6
Transportation¹¹	620	639	-3	70	81	-13.4	11.25	12.59	-10.6
All Sectors	342,918	350,961	-2.3	35,654	37,425	-4.7	10.4	10.66	-2.4
[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."