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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 8.8 Stocks of Coal and Petroleum: Electric Power Sector, End of Year 1949-2011
Table 8.8  Stocks of Coal and Petroleum:  Electric Power Sector, End of Year 1949-2011




Year

Coal 1		 Petroleum
Distillate Fuel Oil 2 Residual Fuel Oil 3 Other Liquids 4 Petroleum Coke 5 Total 5,6
Thousand Short Tons Thousand Barrels Thousand Short Tons Thousand Barrels
1949 22,054 NA NA NA NA 8,604
1950 31,842 NA NA NA NA 10,201
1951 38,524 NA NA NA NA 12,836
1952 41,492 NA NA NA NA 13,746
1953 45,640 NA NA NA NA 14,961
1954 46,096 NA NA NA NA 15,885
1955 41,391 NA NA NA NA 13,671
1956 48,765 NA NA NA NA 17,328
1957 53,087 NA NA NA NA 20,122
1958 50,989 NA NA NA NA 20,775
1959 52,125 NA NA NA NA 18,548
1960 51,735 NA NA NA NA 19,572
1961 50,069 NA NA NA NA 22,036
1962 50,406 NA NA NA NA 23,821
1963 50,608 NA NA NA NA 24,940
1964 53,908 NA NA NA NA 22,383
1965 54,525 NA NA NA NA 25,647
1966 53,893 NA NA NA NA 27,430
1967 70,987 NA NA NA NA 26,669
1968 65,493 NA NA NA NA 28,685
1969 61,894 NA NA NA NA 35,335
1970 71,908 NA NA NA 239 39,151
1971 77,778 NA NA NA 291 51,101
1972 99,722 NA NA NA 287 59,090
1973 86,967 10,095 79,121 NA 312 90,776
1974 83,509 15,199 97,718 NA 35 113,091
1975 110,724 16,432 108,825 NA 31 125,413
1976 117,436 14,703 106,993 NA 32 121,857
1977 133,219 19,281 124,750 NA 44 144,252
1978 128,225 16,386 102,402 NA 198 119,778
1979 159,714 20,301 111,121 NA 183 132,338
1980 183,010 30,023 105,351 NA 52 135,635
1981 168,893 26,094 102,042 NA 42 128,345
1982 181,132 23,369 95,515 NA 41 119,090
1983 155,598 18,801 70,573 NA 55 89,652
1984 179,727 19,116 68,503 NA 50 87,870
1985 156,376 16,386 57,304 NA 49 73,933
1986 161,806 16,269 56,841 NA 40 73,313
1987 170,797 15,759 55,069 NA 51 71,084
1988 146,507 15,099 54,187 NA 86 69,714
1989 135,860 13,824 47,446 NA 105 61,795
1990 156,166 16,471 67,030 NA 94 83,970
1991 157,876 16,357 58,636 NA 70 75,343
1992 154,130 15,714 56,135 NA 67 72,183
1993 111,341 15,674 46,770 NA 89 62,890
1994 126,897 16,644 46,344 NA 69 63,333
1995 126,304 15,392 35,102 NA 65 50,821
1996 114,623 15,216 32,473 NA 91 48,146
1997 98,826 15,456 33,336 NA 469 51,138
1998 120,501 16,343 37,451 NA 559 56,591
19997 141,604 17,995 34,256 NA 372 54,109
2000 102,296 15,127 24,748 NA 211 40,932
2001 138,496 20,486 34,594 NA 390 57,031
2002 141,714 17,413 25,723 800 1,711 52,490
2003 121,567 19,153 25,820 779 1,484 53,170
2004 106,669 19,275 26,596 879 937 51,434
2005 101,137 18,778 27,624 1,012 530 50,062
2006 140,964 18,013 28,823 1,380 674 51,583
2007 151,221 18,395 24,136 1,902 554 47,203
2008 161,589 17,761 21,088 1,955 739 44,498
2009 189,467 17,886 19,068 2,257 1,394 46,181
2010 R 174,917 R 16,758 R 16,629 R 2,319 R 1,019 R 40,800
2011P 175,100 17,101 15,469 2,690 470 37,608
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, and lignite. 7Through 1998, data are for electric utilities only.  Beginning in 1999, data are for electric utilities and
independent power producers.
2Fuel oil nos. 1, 2, and 4.  For 1973–1979, data are for gas turbine and internal combustion plant stocks
of petroleum.  For 1980–2000, electric utility data also include small amounts of kerosene and jet fuel.		 R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  
3Fuel oil nos. 5 and 6.  For 1973–1979, data are for steam plant stocks of petroleum.  For 1980–2000,
electric utility data also include a small amount of fuel oil no. 4.		 Notes:  ·  The electric power sector comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP)
plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to
the public.  ·  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.
4Jet fuel and kerosene.  Through 2003, data also include a small amount of waste oil. 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.
5Petroleum coke is converted from short tons to barrels by multiplying by 5. Sources:  ·  1949-September 1977—Federal Power Commission, Form FPC-4, "Monthly Power Plant
Report."  ·  October 1977-1981—Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Form FPC-4, "Monthly Power
Plant Report."  ·  1982-1988—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-759, "Monthly
Power Plant Report."  ·  1989-1997—EIA, Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant Report," and Form
EIA-867, "Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report."  ·  1998-2000—EIA, Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power
Plant Report," and 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."
6Distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil; beginning in 1970, also includes petroleum coke; and beginning
in 2002, also includes other liquids.		  
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