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Data for March 2013  |  Release Date: May 21, 2013  |  Next Release: June 21, 2013  
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Table 1.4. Net Generation by Energy Source: Commerical Sector, 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 1,206 416 8 3,899 0 0 72 1,302 0 594 7,496
2004 1,340 493 7 3,969 0 0 105 1,575 0 781 8,270
2005 1,353 368 7 4,249 0 0 86 1,673 0 756 8,492
2006 1,310 228 7 4,355 0.04 0 93 1,619 0 758 8,371
2007 1,371 180 9 4,257 0 0 77 1,614 0 764 8,273
2008 1,261 136 6 4,188 0 0 60 1,555 0 720 7,926
2009 1,096 157 5 4,225 0 0 71 1,769 0 842 8,165
2010 1,111 117 7 4,725 3 0 80 1,714 0 834 8,592
2011 1,049 86 3 5,487 3 0 26 2,476 0 950 10,080
2012 837 84 6 5,870 NM 0 NM 2,746 0 1,036 10,621
2011
January 108 20 1 421 0.32 0 2 194 0 71 817
February 104 10 1 367 0.30 0 2 180 0 61 725
March 100 6 1 373 0.29 0 3 200 0 71 753
April 77 4 0 357 0.26 0 3 195 0 71 706
May 82 5 0 471 0.27 0 3 218 0 88 867
June 90 3 0 463 0.27 0 2 218 0 84 860
July 104 7 0 605 0.26 0 2 220 0 85 1,023
August 94 7 0 571 0.27 0 2 225 0 87 985
Sept 84 7 0 487 0.28 0 2 208 0 83 870
October 65 6 0 438 0.27 0 2 204 0 84 799
November 62 6 0.19 437 0.31 0 2 208 0 84 800
December 78 5 1 499 0.32 0 2 207 0 81 874
2012
January 84 NM 1 528 NM 0 NM 214 0 78 913
February 78 4 1 499 NM 0 NM 213 0 77 875
March 70 5 1 476 0 0 NM 216 0 83 853
April 64 6 -0.02 468 NM 0 NM 221 0 81 843
May 70 6 0 480 NM 0 NM 234 0 87 880
June 68 10 0 493 NM 0 NM 225 0 79 880
July 78 11 1 553 0 0 NM 239 0 94 980
August 71 9 1 498 NM 0 NM 238 0 95 917
Sept 58 7 1 480 NM 0 NM 231 0 89 869
October 43 8 1 471 0 0 NM 239 0 91 855
November 72 7 1 447 0 0 NM 232 0 85 845
December 81 6 1 478 0 0 NM 245 0 98 911
2013
January 77 NM 1 522 NM 0 NM 220 0 84 923
February 89 NM 1 459 NM 0 NM 209 0 78 848
March 71 5 1 476 NM 0 NM 250 0 94 900
Year to Date
2011 312 36 2 1,161 1 0 7 573 0 203 2,295
2012 231 15 2 1,503 NM 0 NM 642 0 237 2,641
2013 237 NM 2 1,457 NM 0 NM 679 0 256 2,671
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2012 968 NM 3 5,829 NM 0 NM 2,545 0 984 10,426
2013 843 NM 6 5,824 NM 0 NM 2,783 0 1,054 10,652

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.