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Date Published : August 10, 2010
Next Update : September 8, 2010
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Table 7e. U.S. Fuel Consumption for Electricity Generation by Sector
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Electric Power Sectora          
Coal
(Million short tons per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 2.853 2.833 2.557 2.691 2.693
Natural Gas
(Billion cubic feet per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 17.813 17.329 17.977 19.142 18.765
Petroleumb
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.294 0.211 0.176 0.204 0.202
Residual Fuel
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.170 0.102 0.076 0.087 0.079
Distillate Fuel
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.041 0.034 0.032 0.036 0.031
Petroleum Coke
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.076 0.068 0.061 0.074 0.086
Other Petroleum
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.006 0.007
Commercial Sectorc          
Coal
(Million short tons per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
Natural Gas
(Billion cubic feet per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.093 0.091 0.088 0.092 0.093
Petroleumb
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001
Industrial Sectorc          
Coal
(Million short tons per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.014 0.014 0.012 0.019 0.015
Natural Gas
(Billion cubic feet per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 1.517 1.421 1.400 1.497 1.503
Petroleumb
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.014 0.010 0.009 0.009 0.011
Total All Sectors          
Coal
(Million short tons per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 2.868 2.848 2.570 2.711 2.709
Natural Gas
(Billion cubic feet per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 19.423 18.841 19.465 20.731 20.361
Petroleum
(Million barrels per day) 		units View a Chart for this Series 0.309 0.221 0.186 0.213 0.214
End-of period Fuel Inventories Held by Electric Power Sector          
Coal
(Million short tons) 		units View a Chart for this Series 151.2 161.6 190.0 166.9 170.0
Residual Fuel Oil
(Million barrels) 		units View a Chart for this Series 24.1 21.1 18.8 17.5 16.7
Distillate Fuel Oil
(Million barrels) 		units View a Chart for this Series 18.4 17.8 17.8 17.6 17.7
Petroleum Cokeb
(Million barrels) 		units View a Chart for this Series 2.8 3.7 7.0 5.2 4.8
a Electric utilities and independent power producers.
b Petroleum category may include petroleum coke, which is converted from short tons to barrels by multiplying by 5.
c Commercial and industrial sectors include electricity output from combined heat and power (CHP) facilities and some electric-only plants.
 
  - = no data available
  Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
  Values of 0.00 may indicate positive levels of fuel consumption that are less than 0.005 units per day.
  Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226; and Electric Power Annual, DOE/EIA-0348.
  Minor discrepancies with published historical data are due to independent rounding.
  Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.