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Table ES1.B. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics,Year-to-Date 2009 and 2008
January through October
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]	1,463,892	1,670,607	-12.4	1,089,307	1,234,222	361,492	420,882	904	1,028	12,188	14,476
Petroleum Liquids[2]	23,002	25,947	-11.4	16,005	18,320	5,690	6,377	125	74	1,182	1,176
Petroleum Coke	11,243	11,975	-6.1	4,771	4,905	5,250	5,805	3	4	1,220	1,261
Natural Gas[3]	780,930	751,661	3.9	285,034	269,440	430,949	415,944	3,353	3,422	61,593	62,855
Other Gases[4]	8,619	10,144	-15	59	28	2,453	2,783	--	--	6,108	7,332
Nuclear	667,241	669,842	-0.4	351,018	354,100	316,223	315,742	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Conventional	225,781	212,039	6.5	204,623	192,041	19,513	18,288	72	65	1,573	1,644
Other Renewables	110,961	101,558	9.3	10,288	8,889	77,195	67,320	1,348	1,382	22,130	23,967
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels^[5]	30,437	32,455	-6.2	1,425	1,542	7,295	7,441	19	20	21,698	23,452
Other Biomass[6]	13,998	14,266	-1.9	997	1,005	11,239	11,384	1,329	1,362	433	515
Geothermal	12,026	12,384	-2.9	985	989	11,041	11,395	--	--	--	--
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic[7]	732	802	-8.7	18	14	715	788	--	--	--	--
Wind	53,769	41,651	29.1	6,864	5,339	46,905	36,313	--	--	--	--
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage	-3,690	-5,248	29.7	-2,801	-4,303	-889	-945	--	--	--	--
Other Energy Sources[8]	9,279	8,742	6.1	453	461	5,267	5,276	643	661	2,916	2,344
All Energy Sources	3,297,257	3,457,268	-4.6	1,958,756	2,078,104	1,223,144	1,257,473	6,448	6,636	108,909	115,055
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons)¹	776,280	872,623	-11	572,159	637,445	199,777	230,164	266	298	4,078	4,715
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	38,749	43,600	-11.1	28,306	32,084	8,912	10,176	159	117	1,372	1,223
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	4,210	4,565	-7.8	1,804	1,942	2,086	2,293	1	1	319	329
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	6,066,717	5,871,822	3.3	2,411,420	2,322,742	3,209,687	3,106,137	26,333	26,268	419,276	416,674
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	17,609	19,683	-10.5	--	--	3,026	3,232	1,257	1,436	13,326	15,014
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	6,195	6,541	-5.3	--	--	1,148	1,166	156	154	4,891	5,221
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	882	984	-10.3	--	--	111	99	5	6	766	878
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	664,160	697,655	-4.8	--	--	264,456	294,961	22,801	24,649	376,903	378,045
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons)¹	793,889	892,305	-11	572,159	637,445	202,803	233,396	1,523	1,735	17,404	19,730
Petroleum Liquids (1000 bbls)²	44,944	50,141	-10.4	28,306	32,084	10,060	11,342	315	271	6,263	6,444
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons)	5,091	5,549	-8.2	1,804	1,942	2,197	2,392	6	7	1,084	1,207
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf)³	6,730,876	6,569,476	2.5	2,411,420	2,322,742	3,474,143	3,401,098	49,134	50,917	796,179	794,719
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	1,146,177	1,158,969	-1.1	133,890	131,902	1.5	11.68	11.38	2.6
Commercial[10]	1,112,808	1,140,613	-2.4	114,730	117,705	-2.5	10.31	10.32	-0.1
Industrial¹⁰	734,605	831,213	-11.6	51,086	58,382	-12.5	6.95	7.02	-1
Transportation¹⁰	6,257	6,366	-1.7	714	723	-1.3	11.4	11.36	0.4
All Sectors	2,999,847	3,137,163	-4.4	300,420	308,712	-2.7	10.02	9.84	1.8
[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."