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Table ES1.b.    xls   format     Electric Power Monthly

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
Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers
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."

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