Table D6.  Electricity Generation by Fuel, Census Division 3, 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

318,737,720

12,369,798

3,542,335

2,105,695

4,489,256

55,662,818

65,731

396,973,353

3.12%

0.53%

3.65%

1981

314,160,401

7,870,170

3,638,526

1,522,682

3,108,490

60,675,078

71,015

391,046,362

2.01%

0.39%

2.40%

1982

300,605,571

4,805,427

3,798,062

1,219,126

2,105,608

56,121,538

79,231

368,734,563

1.30%

0.33%

1.63%

1983

316,788,766

3,366,904

4,081,849

1,034,882

2,206,395

58,606,609

68,166

386,153,571

0.87%

0.27%

1.14%

1984

331,113,923

2,324,018

3,757,723

977,890

1,465,988

64,112,071

288,731

404,040,344

0.58%

0.24%

0.82%

1985

335,639,564

1,039,246

3,888,392

1,099,962

1,086,124

65,480,464

359,616

408,593,368

0.25%

0.27%

0.52%

1986

339,512,009

2,414,521

3,567,489

973,161

1,508,457

66,094,347

515,749

414,585,733

0.58%

0.23%

0.82%

1987

348,953,676

1,806,007

2,504,834

916,707

940,007

83,406,568

660,942

439,188,741

0.41%

0.21%

0.62%

1988

350,815,830

1,778,323

2,389,259

1,049,361

1,579,892

106,892,852

692,867

465,198,384

0.38%

0.23%

0.61%

1989

355,688,019

1,515,202

2,698,089

929,653

1,524,204

119,641,214

719,114

482,715,495

0.31%

0.19%

0.51%

1990

362,333,020

766,901

3,263,316

922,275

2,277,257

115,387,612

884,973

485,835,354

0.16%

0.19%

0.35%

1991

365,922,735

1,120,295

3,722,686

958,609

3,404,539

124,711,513

620,891

500,461,268

0.22%

0.19%

0.42%

1992

360,265,015

585,362

3,858,054

714,599

2,899,912

118,603,736

636,749

487,563,427

0.12%

0.15%

0.27%

1993

376,682,351

933,539

3,728,314

931,864

2,794,372

128,373,693

336,432

513,780,565

0.18%

0.18%

0.36%

1994

383,432,200

1,401,292

3,280,251

1,132,569

4,547,292

109,267,496

348,533

503,409,633

0.28%

0.22%

0.50%

1995

388,842,356

954,914

3,594,239

1,006,164

6,014,150

130,666,901

626,623

531,705,347

0.18%

0.19%

0.37%

1996

408,295,640

936,078

4,104,902

914,545

3,723,063

120,644,464

761,384

539,380,076

0.17%

0.17%

0.34%

1997

416,284,507

697,443

3,926,264

922,217

5,995,918

92,229,327

922,559

520,978,235

0.13%

0.18%

0.31%

1998

418,626,920

1,153,843

2,805,713

1,160,522

9,116,698

93,962,727

1,342,695

528,169,118

0.22%

0.22%

0.44%

1999

408,764,344

1,166,331

2,007,648

1,274,409

7,793,638

123,863,436

1,092,646

545,962,452

0.21%

0.23%

0.45%

Nonutility Generation

Year

Coal

Hydro

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Oil

Other

Total

 %
Oil

% Oil: Utility and Nonutility

1989

5,482,204

196,841

5,239,145

0

389,296

2,207,364

13,514,850

2.88%

0.57%

1990

5,248,707

239,601

11,536,178

0

461,894

2,638,400

20,124,779

2.30%

0.43%

1991

5,236,546

263,591

11,796,682

0

355,624

3,034,696

20,687,139

1.72%

0.47%

1992

6,301,252

509,868

13,135,997

0

492,481

3,101,626

23,541,224

2.09%

0.35%

1993

6,834,096

515,108

13,840,733

0

605,717

3,523,084

25,318,738

2.39%

0.46%

1994

8,292,266

527,927

14,675,851

0

692,476

3,806,167

27,994,687

2.47%

0.61%

1995

6,507,582

483,263

15,694,169

0

623,473

4,157,753

27,466,240

2.27%

0.46%

1996

6,672,292

519,380

17,569,020

0

784,382

4,529,799

30,074,873

2.61%

0.46%

1997

6,639,081

522,544

17,606,281

0

711,619

5,079,225

30,558,751

2.33%

0.42%

1998

9,315,096

433,820

16,975,793

0

1,063,869

5,175,108

32,963,686

3.23%

0.60%

^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.”