Table D3.  Distillate Fuel Oil Consumption for Electricity Generation by Month, 1980-1999
(Barrels)

Year

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Electric Utility Consumption

1980

3,203,286

2,767,869

2,195,969

1,361,970

1,523,699

1,950,633

3,828,468

4,016,097

2,149,294

1,428,027

2,310,439

2,315,747

1981

3,046,537

2,242,266

1,404,684

1,356,357

1,794,981

2,704,752

2,615,287

1,421,908

1,144,780

1,123,018

1,139,225

1,319,180

1982

3,130,528

1,420,724

1,303,949

1,132,099

991,248

1,052,983

1,360,263

1,052,720

920,767

869,811

1,007,366

1,094,257

1983

1,110,424

984,406

944,960

1,054,406

936,947

1,019,790

1,432,640

1,542,904

1,507,341

869,613

1,075,166

4,033,723

1984

2,175,565

1,017,589

1,016,260

830,822

1,009,891

1,926,542

1,258,544

1,521,989

995,602

965,315

1,326,327

1,145,748

1985

2,481,723

1,333,055

979,639

910,681

962,052

1,111,396

1,109,123

1,337,600

978,768

969,455

1,021,161

1,440,044

1986

1,688,473

1,099,686

927,837

892,584

1,209,008

1,390,314

1,727,407

1,149,790

1,106,992

869,279

1,075,512

1,189,023

1987

1,316,961

1,148,510

1,226,721

1,033,183

1,182,806

1,406,711

2,074,848

1,647,568

924,170

891,454

1,307,064

1,206,905

1988

2,299,165

1,136,519

1,044,761

805,213

998,067

1,856,758

1,942,820

3,207,212

1,004,284

1,099,674

1,201,673

2,172,828

1989

2,054,576

2,426,944

2,690,518

1,045,381

1,522,137

2,069,505

2,179,763

1,530,441

1,526,021

1,180,010

1,484,111

5,781,277

1990

1,236,942

974,012

915,910

1,035,276

1,146,358

1,554,847

1,614,610

1,618,368

1,317,642

1,185,978

910,261

1,312,892

1991

1,187,303

803,666

827,774

1,018,718

1,814,465

1,122,367

1,218,129

1,379,572

1,165,147

902,337

1,146,089

1,143,410

1992

1,103,110

806,236

843,393

810,841

842,662

1,076,973

1,427,819

1,011,487

848,761

792,314

1,003,591

988,506

1993

1,013,193

935,016

1,276,928

818,766

867,766

1,032,707

1,816,950

1,566,013

1,030,726

897,268

885,856

1,026,776

1994

3,708,634

1,396,753

1,014,052

1,041,314

1,163,764

1,871,348

1,529,794

1,020,993

869,853

810,684

862,505

1,048,118

1995

1,056,994

1,316,380

906,942

917,867

1,133,485

1,194,824

1,878,603

2,853,030

903,066

932,183

1,051,046

1,421,037

1996

1,912,533

2,480,281

1,545,042

978,254

1,345,936

1,079,182

1,293,874

1,109,970

1,066,205

937,095

997,098

2,146,357

1997

1,622,809

790,182

834,433

982,828

943,462

1,348,491

2,492,659

1,300,740

972,977

1,052,854

1,020,488

1,794,679

1998

937,723

753,648

1,179,683

963,474

1,991,844

3,102,943

3,362,457

3,044,973

2,604,877

974,845

991,126

2,133,607

1999

2,250,700

826,918

1,013,812

1,517,235

1,208,081

1,856,872

4,500,679

2,845,033

1,166,132

966,986

856,043

1,015,676

Nonutility Consumption

1980

18.659

16.123

12.792

7.933

8.876

11.362

22.301

23.394

12.520

8.318

13.458

13.489

1981

17.746

13.061

8.182

7.901

10.456

15.755

15.234

8.283

6.668

6.542

6.636

7.684

1982

18.235

8.276

7.596

6.594

5.774

6.134

7.924

6.132

5.363

5.067

5.868

6.374

1983

6.468

5.734

5.504

6.142

5.458

5.940

8.345

8.987

8.780

5.065

6.263

23.496

1984

12.673

5.927

5.920

4.840

5.883

11.222

7.331

8.866

5.799

5.623

7.726

6.674

1985

14.456

7.765

5.706

5.305

5.604

6.474

6.461

7.792

5.701

5.647

5.948

8.388

1986

9.835

6.406

5.405

5.199

7.042

8.099

10.062

6.698

6.448

5.064

6.265

6.926

1987

7.671

6.690

7.146

6.018

6.890

8.194

12.086

9.597

5.383

5.193

7.614

7.030

1988

13.393

6.620

6.086

4.690

5.814

10.816

11.317

18.682

5.850

6.406

7.000

12.657

1989

11.968

14.137

15.672

6.089

8.866

12.055

12.697

8.915

8.889

6.874

8.645

33.676

1990

7.205

5.674

5.335

6.030

6.678

9.057

9.405

9.427

7.675

6.908

5.302

7.648

1991

6.916

4.681

4.822

5.934

10.569

6.538

7.096

8.036

6.787

5.256

6.676

6.660

1992

6.426

4.696

4.913

4.723

4.909

6.273

8.317

5.892

4.944

4.615

5.846

5.758

1993

5.902

5.446

7.438

4.769

5.055

6.016

10.584

9.122

6.004

5.227

5.160

5.981

1994

21.603

8.136

5.907

6.066

6.779

10.901

8.911

5.947

5.067

4.722

5.024

6.105

1995

6.157

7.668

5.283

5.347

6.603

6.960

10.943

16.619

5.260

5.430

6.122

8.278

1996

11.141

14.448

9.000

5.698

7.840

6.286

7.537

6.466

6.211

5.459

5.808

12.503

1997

9.453

4.603

4.861

5.725

5.496

7.855

14.520

7.577

5.668

6.133

5.944

10.454

1998

5.462

4.390

6.872

5.612

11.602

18.075

19.586

17.737

15.173

5.678

5.773

12.428

1999

13.110

4.817

5.905

8.838

7.037

10.816

26.216

16.572

6.793

5.633

4.986

5.916

Note: EIA began collecting nonutility data in 1989 and is only final through 1998. Nonutilities do not directly report the split between distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil generation.
Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-759, “Monthly Power Plant Report”; Form EIA-860B, “Annual Electric Generator Report—Nonutility”; and Form EIA-867, “Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report.”