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Table ES1.B. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics,Year-to-Date 2009 and 2008
January through March
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]	451,557	511,359	-11.7	330,859	374,782	116,739	132,138	284	284	3,675	4,155
Petroleum Liquids[2]	9,131	7,501	21.7	5,151	4,580	3,449	2,474	45	27	486	421
Petroleum Coke	3,508	3,630	-3.4	1,472	1,532	1,660	1,726	2	2	374	371
Natural Gas[3]	195,383	193,511	1	68,443	68,512	107,809	104,566	1,023	1,080	18,110	19,353
Other Gases[4]	2,311	3,120	-25.9	12	8	652	862	--	--	1,647	2,250
Nuclear	204,626	200,582	2	108,065	106,793	96,562	93,790	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Conventional	62,575	59,824	4.6	56,560	53,335	5,503	5,760	28	23	484	706
Other Renewables	33,786	30,067	12.4	3,168	2,658	23,749	19,903	365	370	6,504	7,135
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels^[5]	9,037	9,773	-7.5	464	525	2,213	2,274	6	6	6,353	6,967
Other Biomass[6]	4,055	4,118	-1.5	292	290	3,254	3,296	359	364	151	168
Geothermal	3,657	3,504	4.4	299	277	3,357	3,227	--	--	--	--
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic[7]	100	119	-15.7	3	4	97	115	--	--	--	--
Wind	16,936	12,554	34.9	2,109	1,562	14,826	10,991	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage	-1,080	-1,701	36.5	-967	-1,360	-113	-341	--	--	--	--
Other Energy Sources[8]	2,531	2,456	3	133	135	1,518	1,520	161	169	720	633
All Energy Sources	964,327	1,010,349	-4.6	572,894	610,973	357,526	362,397	1,908	1,956	31,999	35,023
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons)¹	237,828	263,648	-9.8	173,186	191,365	63,378	70,908	86	84	1,178	1,291
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	15,341	12,565	22.1	9,132	8,172	5,578	3,920	60	42	571	430
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	1,315	1,406	-6.5	565	622	652	684	*	*	98	99
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	1,479,609	1,472,338	0.5	564,325	573,475	785,439	761,873	7,976	8,371	121,868	128,618
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	5,782	6,173	-6.3	--	--	969	1,006	462	483	4,350	4,684
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	2,523	2,244	12.4	--	--	454	336	84	66	1,985	1,843
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	288	297	-2.9	--	--	33	34	3	3	253	260
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	199,836	215,689	-7.3	--	--	81,250	87,202	7,811	8,945	110,775	119,541
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	243,609	269,821	-9.7	173,186	191,365	64,347	71,913	548	567	5,528	5,975
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	17,864	14,809	20.6	9,132	8,172	6,032	4,256	144	108	2,556	2,273
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	1,604	1,703	-5.9	565	622	685	718	3	4	350	359
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	1,679,444	1,688,026	-0.5	564,325	573,475	866,689	849,076	15,787	17,316	232,643	248,159
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	357,473	358,369	-0.3	40,019	37,089	7.9	11.2	10.35	8.2
Commercial[10]	315,228	320,416	-1.6	31,790	30,419	4.5	10.09	9.49	6.3
Industrial¹⁰	211,677	242,131	-12.6	14,619	15,583	-6.2	6.91	6.44	7.3
Transportation¹⁰	2,023	2,001	1.1	232	205	13.2	11.48	10.25	12
All Sectors	886,400	922,918	-4	86,660	83,296	4	9.78	9.03	8.3
[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."