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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 8.7c Consumption of Combustible Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output: Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011 (Subset of Table 8.7a)
Table 8.7c  Consumption of Combustible Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output:  
                    Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011  (Subset of Table 8.7a)





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 1,125 1,085 883 – – 1,967 30,037 1 2 22 –
1990 1,191 969 1,087 (s) – 2,056 46,458 1 2 28 –
1991 1,228 786 551 (s) – 1,337 52,101 1 2 26 (s)
1992 1,175 548 675 (s) 2 1,235 62,346 1 2 32 (s)
1993 1,373 656 828 6 5 1,515 65,173 1 2 33 (s)
1994 1,344 1,015 588 – 4 1,625 72,285 1 1 35 –
1995 1,419 812 413 (s) 4 1,245 77,664 – 1 40 (s)
1996 1,660 682 545 (s) 4 1,246 82,455 (s) 2 53 (s)
1997 1,738 1,053 509 – 4 1,584 86,915 (s) 2 58 (s)
1998 1,443 854 932 – 4 1,807 87,220 (s) 2 54 –
1999 1,490 759 834 – 4 1,613 84,037 (s) 1 54 (s)
2000 1,547 908 676 3 6 1,615 84,874 (s) 1 47 (s)
2001 1,448 1,026 773 2 6 1,832 78,655 (s) 1 25 15
2002 1,405 771 400 38 8 1,250 73,975 (s) 1 26 17
2003 1,816 671 708 16 11 1,449 58,453 – 1 29 18
2004 1,917 1,115 827 21 9 2,009 72,072 – 2 34 21
2005 1,922 794 789 1 9 1,630 67,957 – 1 34 20
2006 1,886 366 520 (s) 10 935 67,735 (s) 1 36 21
2007 1,927 257 434 – 12 752 70,074 – 2 31 17
2008 2,021 418 202 (s) 10 671 66,216 – 1 34 21
2009 1,798 266 212 (s) 9 521 75,555 – 1 36 22
2010 R 1,720 R 233 R 143 (s) 12 R 437 R 85,786 R (s) 1 R 36 R 22
2011P 1,633 147 103 (s) 6 282 81,433 (s) 1 36 23
  Industrial Sector 12
1989 24,867 1,903 20,909 646 397 25,444 913,516 195 926 35 85
1990 27,781 2,657 23,079 1,305 1,824 36,159 1,055,235 275 1,125 41 86
1991 27,021 4,446 19,897 1,156 1,592 33,460 1,060,716 298 1,076 37 110
1992 28,244 3,680 21,540 1,567 1,870 36,135 1,107,361 322 1,161 39 87
1993 28,886 3,788 23,684 1,326 1,583 36,715 1,124,081 297 1,169 46 80
1994 29,707 3,550 25,238 768 1,838 38,744 1,176,332 296 1,248 41 89
1995 29,363 2,333 21,732 823 1,912 34,448 1,258,063 290 1,255 38 95
1996 29,434 2,983 24,111 1,815 1,950 38,661 1,288,876 325 1,249 39 89
1997 29,853 2,851 20,445 374 2,719 37,265 1,281,620 283 1,259 41 102
1998 28,553 5,852 21,807 800 2,090 38,910 1,354,986 305 1,211 42 93
1999 27,763 5,799 18,993 1,268 2,251 37,312 1,401,374 331 1,213 31 99
2000 28,031 3,648 17,483 2,448 1,388 30,520 1,385,546 331 1,244 35 108
2001 25,755 3,424 16,860 1,039 1,099 26,817 1,309,636 248 1,054 27 101
2002 26,232 2,101 13,463 1,953 1,529 25,163 1,240,209 245 1,136 34 92
2003 24,846 3,522 13,872 2,535 1,257 26,212 1,143,734 253 1,097 34 103
2004 26,613 3,298 16,835 2,030 1,339 28,857 1,190,844 295 1,193 24 94
2005 25,875 3,977 16,718 1,583 1,020 27,380 1,083,607 264 1,166 34 94
2006 25,262 1,643 11,981 1,526 1,511 22,706 1,114,597 277 1,216 33 92
2007 22,537 1,458 11,096 1,643 1,602 22,207 1,050,439 268 1,148 36 98
2008 21,902 1,171 5,034 1,095 1,184 13,222 954,785 239 1,084 35 60
2009 19,766 2,499 4,678 1,008 1,209 14,228 989,769 204 955 35 82
2010 R 24,638 R 1,224 R 2,298 R 900 R 1,264 R 10,740 R 1,028,990 R 210 R 1,029 R 47 R 91
2011P 24,733 641 1,699 635 1,265 9,302 1,023,670 224 1,037 44 40
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:  ·  See Table 8.7b 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.  ·  See "Useful Thermal Output" in Glossary.  ·  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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