Table D5.  Electricity Generation by Fuel, Census Division 2, 1980-1999
(Megawatthours)

Electric Utility Generation

Year

Coal

Heavy Oil^a

Hydro

Light Oil^a

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Other

Total

% Heavy Oil^a

% Light Oil^a

%
Oil

1980

119,530,366

54,799,580

26,689,332

2,520,929

17,867,007

38,993,730

133,105

260,534,049

21.03%

0.97%

22.00%

1981

113,329,898

50,507,443

26,083,217

1,795,135

18,933,659

43,395,362

110,489

254,155,203

19.87%

0.71%

20.58%

1982

116,349,135

42,764,535

26,932,565

1,372,440

19,836,038

44,949,012

169,701

252,373,426

16.94%

0.54%

17.49%

1983

119,802,570

48,135,831

27,100,726

1,762,981

21,218,825

37,422,096

420,411

255,863,440

18.81%

0.69%

19.50%

1984

122,568,700

41,372,191

27,783,222

1,822,821

24,099,052

48,360,207

380,262

266,386,455

15.53%

0.68%

16.22%

1985

127,375,546

34,907,491

27,679,556

1,313,144

21,475,013

68,094,447

309,716

281,154,913

12.42%

0.47%

12.88%

1986

119,366,734

43,423,184

30,642,328

1,580,480

15,592,728

76,675,061

382,382

287,662,897

15.10%

0.55%

15.64%

1987

128,211,283

39,747,541

28,364,881

2,008,663

22,932,655

80,605,746

446,317

302,317,086

13.15%

0.66%

13.81%

1988

136,162,930

49,739,679

24,383,703

2,577,385

18,499,292

85,927,934

515,129

317,806,052

15.65%

0.81%

16.46%

1989

139,529,773

50,785,260

24,946,737

3,508,265

22,084,968

85,044,763

488,917

326,388,683

15.56%

1.07%

16.63%

1990

133,670,746

37,441,953

27,301,259

1,388,888

25,423,894

105,180,794

419,199

330,826,733

11.32%

0.42%

11.74%

1991

130,534,488

31,728,748

25,406,213

1,149,704

25,535,125

110,730,570

387,822

325,472,670

9.75%

0.35%

10.10%

1992

132,529,150

19,948,841

26,670,800

655,442

23,323,852

105,882,758

418,838

309,429,681

6.45%

0.21%

6.66%

1993

127,675,591

18,860,089

27,988,973

793,362

19,943,469

111,152,035

386,291

306,799,810

6.15%

0.26%

6.41%

1994

119,457,273

16,062,213

26,545,193

1,343,062

22,305,985

118,567,584

442,238

304,723,548

5.27%

0.44%

5.71%

1995

121,848,141

9,989,369

23,969,141

1,265,934

29,965,394

109,603,224

548,859

297,190,062

3.36%

0.43%

3.79%

1996

127,128,343

11,226,123

27,494,718

1,327,034

16,435,561

114,925,730

635,350

299,172,859

3.75%

0.44%

4.20%

1997

134,019,227

9,213,301

28,929,951

1,016,348

24,093,598

111,132,280

621,853

309,026,558

2.98%

0.33%

3.31%

1998

135,606,564

17,188,098

28,003,634

1,287,133

23,339,326

119,595,071

634,949

325,654,775

5.28%

0.40%

5.67%

1999

102,627,689

13,547,180

20,928,811

1,392,525

21,190,580

136,874,310

371,488

296,932,583

4.56%

0.47%

5.03%

Nonutility Generation

Year

Coal

Hydro

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Oil

Other

Total

 %
Oil

% Oil: Utility and Nonutility

1989

4,593,724

734,125

5,034,383

0

1,003,274

1,759,692

13,125,197

7.64%

16.29%

1990

4,970,933

959,516

6,971,914

0

1,130,902

2,743,948

16,777,214

6.74%

11.50%

1991

7,357,624

868,084

10,722,609

0

1,100,758

3,902,716

23,951,791

4.60%

9.72%

1992

9,278,947

1,897,010

21,839,871

0

1,150,874

5,251,611

39,418,313

2.92%

6.24%

1993

10,427,744

1,706,811

27,550,666

0

1,629,765

5,662,383

46,977,369

3.47%

6.02%

1994

11,556,854

1,858,441

33,171,098

0

2,134,559

5,701,588

54,422,540

3.92%

5.44%

1995

14,037,534

1,568,617

43,855,830

0

1,718,721

6,068,114

67,248,816

2.56%

3.56%

1996

14,749,887

2,313,414

41,789,350

0

1,378,641

6,109,904

66,341,196

2.08%

3.81%

1997

13,681,606

2,143,932

42,943,210

0

1,475,078

5,901,798

66,145,624

2.23%

3.12%

1998

13,878,090

1,943,842

40,673,523

0

1,160,953

6,042,125

63,698,534

1.82%

5.04%

^aLight oil is distillate fuel oil, and heavy oil is residual fuel oil.
Note: EIA began collecting nonutility data in 1989 and is only final through 1998. Nonutilities do not directly report the split between light and heavy 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.”