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  Data For: 2000
  Report Released: January 2003
  Next Release Date: March 2003

Table B1. Codes for Energy Sources

Code	Energy Source
AB	Agriculture Byproducts/Bagasse, Straw, Energy Crops
BFG	Blast-Furnace Gas
BIT	Bituminous Coal
BL	Black Liquor
DFO	Distillate Fuel Oil (Diesel, No. 1 Fuel Oil, No. 2 Fuel Oil, No. 4 Fuel Oil)
GEO	Geothermal
JF	Jet Fuel
KER	Kerosene
LFG	Landfill Gas
LIG	Lignite
MSW	Municipal Solid Waste (Refuse)
NG	Natural Gas
NUC	Nuclear (Uranium, Plutonium, Thorium)
OBG	Other Biomass Gases (Digester Gas, Methane, other gases)
OBL	Other Biomass Liquids
OBS	Other Biomass Solids
OG	Other Gas
OO	Other Oil
OTH	Other (Batteries, Chemicals, Hydrogen, Pitch, Sulfur, misc technologies)
PC	Petroleum Coke
PG	Propane
RFO	Residual Fuel Oil (No. 5 Fuel Oil, No. 6 Fuel Oil)
SLW	Sludge Waste
SUB	Subbituminous Coal
SUN	Solar (Photovoltaic, Thermal)
TDF	Tires
WAT	Water (Conventional, Pumped Storage)
WOC	Waste/Other Coal (Anthracite, Coal Mixtures, Coke Breeze, Fine Coal, Tar Coal)
WDL	Wood/Wood Waste Liquids
WDS	Wood/Wood Waste Solids (Peat, Railroad Ties, Utility Poles, Wood Chips, other solids)
WND	Wind

Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric, and Alternate Fuels