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Data for March 2013  |  Release Date: May 21, 2013  |  Next Release: June 21, 2013  
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Table 1.2. Net Generation by Energy Source: Electric Utilities, 2003-March 2013
(Thousand Megawatthours)

Period Coal Petroleum
Liquids		 Petroleum
Coke		 Natural
Gas		 Other
Gas		 Nuclear Hydroelectric
Conventional		 Other
Renewable
Sources		 Hydroelectric
Pumped
Storage		 Other Total
Annual Totals
2003 1,500,281 62,774 7,156 186,967 243 458,829 249,622 3,421 -7,532 519 2,462,281
2004 1,513,641 62,196 11,498 199,662 374 475,682 245,546 3,692 -7,526 467 2,505,231
2005 1,484,855 58,572 11,150 238,204 10 436,296 245,553 4,945 -5,383 643 2,474,846
2006 1,471,421 31,269 9,634 282,088 30 425,341 261,864 6,588 -5,281 700 2,483,656
2007 1,490,985 33,325 7,395 313,785 141 427,555 226,734 8,953 -5,328 586 2,504,131
2008 1,466,395 22,206 5,918 320,190 46 424,256 229,645 11,308 -5,143 545 2,475,367
2009 1,322,092 18,035 7,182 349,166 96 417,275 247,198 14,617 -3,369 483 2,372,776
2010 1,378,028 17,258 8,807 392,616 52 424,843 236,104 17,927 -4,466 462 2,471,632
2011 1,301,107 11,688 9,428 414,843 29 415,298 291,413 21,933 -5,298 604 2,461,045
2012 1,147,861 9,990 5,680 507,801 10 394,823 253,304 27,830 -3,911 397 2,343,786
2011
January 126,539 1,210 1,082 29,515 1 37,742 23,602 1,713 -500 46 220,951
February 103,607 888 818 25,456 1 34,119 22,187 1,905 -304 49 188,727
March 102,328 982 922 26,612 1 34,201 28,401 1,930 -277 49 195,148
April 93,647 1,178 600 29,154 1 28,964 28,280 2,098 -404 50 183,567
May 104,296 1,062 655 31,372 7 28,502 29,436 1,975 -367 55 196,993
June 119,780 976 831 38,311 6 34,635 29,631 1,795 -491 60 225,535
July 133,078 1,110 983 49,479 1 38,444 29,180 1,428 -612 51 253,142
August 128,915 924 908 49,617 1 37,435 23,866 1,418 -569 55 242,570
Sept 105,127 819 945 37,391 2 34,639 19,289 1,383 -470 48 199,174
October 94,046 837 618 33,218 1 33,558 17,509 2,041 -488 46 181,388
November 90,103 822 399 30,532 4 34,107 18,732 2,168 -381 45 176,532
December 99,641 879 667 34,186 3 38,952 21,300 2,079 -437 49 197,318
2012
January 96,778 850 843 37,033 NM 38,270 20,934 2,660 -283 40 197,126
February 86,532 711 658 35,265 NM 33,117 18,322 2,127 -191 34 176,574
March 80,602 768 256 36,938 NM 30,601 23,356 2,699 -197 27 175,049
April 75,189 814 293 38,919 NM 27,884 24,033 2,390 -227 27 169,322
May 87,977 814 380 45,922 NM 31,384 26,152 2,622 -264 32 195,022
June 100,067 945 473 48,949 NM 34,052 24,683 2,416 -397 40 211,229
July 121,198 1,134 467 58,989 NM 35,999 25,094 1,798 -498 30 244,213
August 115,324 907 477 54,268 NM 36,149 21,621 1,803 -411 41 230,180
Sept 95,104 746 536 44,686 NM 33,384 16,234 1,806 -338 42 192,200
October 91,264 853 409 38,530 NM 31,289 14,704 2,465 -295 30 179,250
November 96,346 712 454 32,760 NM 29,038 17,001 2,456 -338 28 178,459
December 101,480 737 434 35,541 NM 33,656 21,171 2,590 -472 26 195,163
2013
January 103,762 993 700 36,509 NM 36,748 22,674 2,902 -380 34 203,944
February 91,599 698 616 33,615 NM 31,144 18,200 2,629 -259 31 178,275
March 97,890 738 687 35,779 8 31,426 18,254 2,776 -311 39 187,286
Year to Date
2011 332,475 3,080 2,822 81,583 3 106,062 74,190 5,548 -1,081 144 604,826
2012 263,912 2,328 1,757 109,236 NM 101,987 62,611 7,485 -671 100 548,748
2013 293,252 2,429 2,003 105,904 10 99,318 59,128 8,307 -950 105 569,505
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2012 1,232,545 10,936 8,363 442,496 NM 411,223 279,835 23,870 -4,889 560 2,404,967
2013 1,177,201 10,091 5,926 504,469 NM 392,153 249,821 28,652 -4,190 401 2,364,542

Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and waste coal; synthetic coal and refined coal; and beginning in 2011, coal-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011 coal-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate and residual fuel oils, jet fuel, kerosene, waste oil, and beginning in 2011, propane. Prior to 2011 propane was included in Other Gases.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
Other Gas includes blast furnace gas and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. Prior to 2011, Other Gas included propane and synthesis gases.
See the Technical Notes for fuel conversion factors.
Other Renewable Sources include wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
Other includes non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, hydrogen, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and other miscellaneous energy sources.
Notes: 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 Renewable Sources.
See Glossary for definitions. Values for 2011 and prior years are final. Values for 2012 and 2013 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. NM=Not meaningful due to large standard error. W=Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; and predecessor forms.
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.