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Table ES1.B. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics,Year-to-Date 2009 and 2008
January through 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
	2009	2008	% Change	2009	2008	2009	2008	2009	2008	2009	2008
Net Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Coal[1]	1,184,016	1,355,217	-12.6	878,347	1,003,268	295,064	339,585	744	823	9,860	11,541
Petroleum Liquids[2]	19,458	21,105	-7.8	13,173	14,601	5,169	5,506	103	61	1,013	937
Petroleum Coke	9,415	9,464	-0.5	4,052	3,833	4,357	4,629	3	3	1,003	1,000
Natural Gas[3]	618,124	600,589	2.9	224,923	213,831	341,487	332,448	2,715	2,736	48,999	51,575
Other Gases[4]	6,657	8,549	-22.1	45	24	1,893	2,383	--	--	4,719	6,142
Nuclear	543,612	539,996	0.7	286,718	286,534	256,895	253,462	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Conventional	188,623	181,256	4.1	170,943	163,974	16,287	15,776	64	58	1,328	1,448
Other Renewables	89,675	82,762	8.4	8,338	7,337	62,666	55,006	1,076	1,126	17,596	19,293
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels^[5]	24,300	26,104	-6.9	1,161	1,249	5,883	5,986	15	16	17,241	18,852
Other Biomass[6]	11,252	11,585	-2.9	802	810	9,035	9,223	1,060	1,110	354	441
Geothermal	9,639	9,863	-2.3	792	788	8,847	9,075	--	--	--	--
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic[7]	590	650	-9.3	11	12	578	638	--	--	--	--
Wind	43,894	34,561	27	5,571	4,478	38,323	30,083	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage	-3,068	-4,238	27.6	-2,394	-3,495	-674	-744	--	--	--	--
Other Energy Sources[8]	7,431	7,077	5	363	373	4,238	4,259	510	527	2,320	1,918
All Energy Sources	2,663,942	2,801,777	-4.9	1,584,508	1,690,279	987,381	1,012,309	5,216	5,333	86,837	93,855
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons)¹	626,922	706,104	-11.2	461,032	517,185	162,380	184,937	220	239	3,291	3,742
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	32,817	35,468	-7.5	23,297	25,594	8,200	8,807	132	99	1,189	969
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	3,517	3,653	-3.7	1,524	1,555	1,727	1,835	1	1	266	261
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	4,805,730	4,696,999	2.3	1,905,876	1,850,000	2,545,276	2,484,577	21,245	21,014	333,333	341,408
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	14,203	15,824	-10.2	--	--	2,504	2,583	1,019	1,168	10,680	12,073
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	5,276	5,370	-1.8	--	--	944	940	139	132	4,193	4,299
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	695	792	-12.2	--	--	89	79	4	4	601	708
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	530,495	565,861	-6.3	--	--	213,376	240,206	18,554	20,167	298,565	305,488
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	641,125	721,928	-11.2	461,032	517,185	164,883	187,520	1,239	1,408	13,971	15,815
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	38,093	40,839	-6.7	23,297	25,594	9,144	9,747	270	231	5,382	5,267
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	4,212	4,444	-5.2	1,524	1,555	1,816	1,914	5	5	867	970
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	5,336,225	5,262,860	1.4	1,905,876	1,850,000	2,758,651	2,724,783	39,799	41,181	631,898	646,896
Retail Sales, Retail Revenue and Average Retail Price per Kilowatthour
Items	Total U.S. Electric Power Industry
	Retail Sales (Million kWh)[9]			Retail Revenue (Million Dollars)			Average Retail Price (Cents/kWh)
	2009	2008	% Change	2009	2008	% Change	2009	2008	% Change
Residential	932,617	945,337	-1.3	108,430	106,365	1.9	11.63	11.25	3.4
Commercial[10]	886,488	908,236	-2.4	91,262	92,976	-1.8	10.3	10.24	0.6
Industrial¹⁰	581,096	665,896	-12.7	40,590	46,324	-12.4	6.99	6.96	0.4
Transportation¹⁰	5,063	5,116	-1	581	569	2.2	11.48	11.11	3.3
All Sectors	2,405,265	2,524,585	-4.7	240,863	246,233	-2.2	10.01	9.75	2.7
[1] Anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. [2] Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, and waste oil. [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] 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. [10] 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. Values from Forms EIA-826 and EIA-923 for 2008 and 2009 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. 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."