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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 8.5d Consumption of Combustible Fuels for Electricity Generation: Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011 (Subset of Table 8.5a)
Table 8.5d  Consumption of Combustible Fuels for Electricity Generation:  Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011
                        (Subset of Table 8.5a)





Year

Coal 1		 Petroleum

Natural Gas 6

Other Gases 7		 Biomass

Other 10
Distillate Fuel Oil 2 Residual Fuel Oil 3 Other Liquids 4 Petroleum Coke 5 Total 5 Wood 8 Waste 9
Thousand
Short Tons
Thousand Barrels		 Thousand
Short Tons		 Thousand
Barrels		 Million
Cubic Feet		 Trillion
Btu
Trillion Btu		 Trillion
Btu
  Commercial Sector 11
1989 414 882 282 – – 1,165 17,987 1 2 9 –
1990 417 580 372 (s) – 953 27,544 1 2 15 –
1991 403 430 146 (s) – 576 26,806 1 2 15 (s)
1992 371 289 137 (s) 1 429 32,674 1 1 16 (s)
1993 404 384 279 4 1 672 37,435 1 1 16 (s)
1994 404 481 209 – 1 694 40,828 1 1 17 –
1995 569 493 152 (s) 1 649 42,700 – 1 21 (s)
1996 656 422 218 (s) 1 645 42,380 (s) 1 31 (s)
1997 630 583 200 – 1 790 38,975 (s) 1 34 (s)
1998 440 436 359 – 1 802 40,693 (s) 1 32 –
1999 481 506 421 – 1 931 39,045 (s) (s) 33 (s)
2000 514 505 310 1 1 823 37,029 (s) (s) 26 (s)
2001 532 520 469 2 6 1,023 36,248 (s) (s) 15 7
2002 477 524 292 10 2 834 32,545 (s) (s) 18 11
2003 582 553 326 3 2 894 38,480 – (s) 19 11
2004 377 545 214 1 1 766 32,839 – (s) 19 11
2005 377 377 201 1 1 585 33,785 – (s) 20 10
2006 347 211 116 (s) 1 333 34,623 – (s) 21 10
2007 361 156 94 – 2 258 34,087 – (s) 19 10
2008 369 131 29 (s) 1 166 33,403 – (s) 20 11
2009 317 145 39 (s) 1 190 34,279 – (s) 23 13
2010 R 314 R 143 R 21 (s) 2 R 172 R 39,462 R (s) (s) R 24 R 14
2011P 297 94 15 (s) 1 112 37,773 (s) (s) 24 14
  Industrial Sector 12
1989 9,707 815 6,624 294 150 8,482 443,928 83 267 15 37
1990 10,740 1,169 6,995 412 905 13,103 516,729 104 335 16 36
1991 10,610 1,879 6,004 322 815 12,283 521,916 118 318 14 55
1992 11,379 1,735 6,650 642 1,013 14,093 542,081 128 359 15 37
1993 11,898 1,902 7,373 498 597 12,755 546,978 123 355 17 31
1994 12,279 1,644 7,818 263 762 13,537 567,836 123 364 14 38
1995 12,171 1,056 6,460 239 902 12,265 601,397 114 373 13 40
1996 12,153 1,359 7,042 1,145 853 13,813 610,268 143 394 13 35
1997 12,311 1,079 6,118 107 884 11,723 622,599 105 367 14 36
1998 11,728 1,461 6,494 137 860 12,392 624,878 102 349 13 35
1999 11,432 1,571 5,845 460 944 12,595 639,165 112 364 8 39
2000 11,706 1,448 5,024 1,046 588 10,459 640,381 107 369 10 45
2001 10,636 1,574 5,693 479 557 10,530 653,565 88 370 7 44
2002 11,855 952 4,366 640 1,130 11,608 685,239 106 464 15 43
2003 10,440 1,678 4,831 1,006 582 10,424 668,407 127 362 13 46
2004 7,687 825 3,043 344 541 6,919 566,401 108 194 5 41
2005 7,504 824 2,980 377 452 6,440 517,805 85 189 5 46
2006 7,408 385 2,010 391 456 5,066 535,770 87 187 3 35
2007 5,089 392 1,666 421 512 5,041 553,643 88 188 4 41
2008 5,075 383 941 214 416 3,617 520,109 73 179 5 39
2009 4,674 664 769 218 335 3,328 519,799 62 160 4 42
2010 R 8,125 R 231 R 416 R 208 R 313 R 2,422 R 555,307 R 70 R 172 R 8 R 55
2011P 8,091 168 318 144 279 2,023 564,146 71 173 8 31
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 9Municipal solid waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and other
biomass.  Through 2000, also includes non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources,
and tire-derived fuels).
2Fuel oil nos. 1, 2, and 4. 10Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, miscellaneous technologies, and, beginning
in 2001, non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived fuels).
3Fuel oil nos. 5 and 6. 11Commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants.
4Jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum liquids, and waste oil. 12Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and industrial electricity-only plants.
5Petroleum coke is converted from short tons to barrels by multiplying by 5. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  – =No data reported.  (s)=Less than 0.5.  
6Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. Notes:  ·  Data are for fuels consumed to produce electricity.  ·  See Tables 8.5b and 8.5c for electric power
sector electricity-only and CHP data.  ·  See Note 1, "Coverage of Electricity Statistics," and Note 2,
"Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at end of section.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of
components due to independent rounding.
7Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. Web Pages:  ·  See http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/#electricity for updated monthly and annual
data.  ·  See http://www.eia.gov/electricity/ for related information.
8Wood and wood-derived fuels. Sources:  ·  1989-1997—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-867, "Annual Nonutility
Power Producer Report."  ·  1998-2000—EIA, Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric Generator Report—Nonutility."  ·
 2001-2003—EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report."  ·  2004-2007—EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant
Report," and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."
·  2008 forward—EIA, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."
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