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Table 8.11b Electric Net Summer Capacity: Electric Power Sector, 1949-2011 (Subset of Table 8.11a; Million Kilowatts)
Table 8.11b  Electric Net Summer Capacity:  Electric Power Sector, 1949-2011
                          (Subset of Table 8.11a; Million Kilowatts)




Year
Fossil Fuels

Nuclear
Electric
Power

Hydro-
electric
Pumped
Storage
Renewable Energy



Other 9




Total


Coal 1


Petroleum 2

Natural
Gas 3

Other
Gases 4


Total
Conventional
Hydroelectric
Power 5
Biomass
Geo-
thermal


Solar/PV 8


Wind


Total
Wood 6 Waste 7
1949 NA NA NA NA 44.9 0.0 [5] 18.5 (s) [10] NA NA NA 18.5 NA 63.4
1950 NA NA NA NA 50.0 .0 [5] 19.2 (s) [10] NA NA NA 19.2 NA 69.2
1951 NA NA NA NA 55.0 .0 [5] 20.5 (s) [10] NA NA NA 20.5 NA 75.5
1952 NA NA NA NA 60.8 .0 [5] 22.4 (s) [10] NA NA NA 22.4 NA 83.2
1953 NA NA NA NA 69.5 .0 [5] 23.8 (s) [10] NA NA NA 23.8 NA 93.3
1954 NA NA NA NA 77.5 .0 [5] 22.5 (s) [10] NA NA NA 22.5 NA 100.0
1955 NA NA NA NA 86.8 .0 [5] 27.4 (s) [10] NA NA NA 27.4 NA 114.2
1956 NA NA NA NA 91.2 .0 [5] 28.5 (s) [10] NA NA NA 28.5 NA 119.7
1957 NA NA NA NA 100.3 .1 [5] 30.7 .1 [10] NA NA NA 30.8 NA 131.1
1958 NA NA NA NA 110.7 .1 [5] 32.5 .1 [10] NA NA NA 32.6 NA 143.3
1959 NA NA NA NA 121.0 .1 [5] 34.8 .1 [10] NA NA NA 34.9 NA 155.9
1960 NA NA NA NA 130.8 .4 [5] 35.8 .1 [10] (s) NA NA 35.9 NA 167.1
1961 NA NA NA NA 137.8 .4 [5] 40.7 .1 [10] (s) NA NA 40.8 NA 179.0
1962 NA NA NA NA 147.3 .7 [5] 44.0 .1 [10] (s) NA NA 44.1 NA 192.1
1963 NA NA NA NA 161.8 .8 [5] 47.0 .1 [10] (s) NA NA 47.1 NA 209.7
1964 NA NA NA NA 173.4 .8 [5] 49.4 .1 [10] (s) NA NA 49.5 NA 223.7
1965 NA NA NA NA 182.9 .8 [5] 51.0 .1 [10] (s) NA NA 51.1 NA 234.8
1966 NA NA NA NA 194.5 1.7 [5] 51.2 .1 [10] (s) NA NA 51.3 NA 247.5
1967 NA NA NA NA 208.9 2.7 [5] 55.0 .1 [10] .1 NA NA 55.1 NA 266.7
1968 NA NA NA NA 223.2 2.7 [5] 57.9 .1 [10] .1 NA NA 58.0 NA 284.0
1969 NA NA NA NA 243.6 4.4 [5] 61.6 .1 [10] .1 NA NA 61.7 NA 309.8
1970 NA NA NA NA 265.4 7.0 [5] 63.8 .1 [10] .1 NA NA 63.9 NA 336.4
1971 NA NA NA NA 288.0 9.0 [5] 69.1 .1 [10] .2 NA NA 69.4 NA 366.4
1972 NA NA NA NA 310.7 14.5 [5] 70.5 .1 [10] .3 NA NA 70.9 NA 396.0
1973 NA NA NA NA 341.2 22.7 [5] 75.4 .1 [10] .4 NA NA 75.9 NA 439.8
1974 NA NA NA NA 360.7 31.9 [5] 75.5 .1 [10] .4 NA NA 76.0 NA 468.5
1975 NA NA NA NA 375.1 37.3 [5] 78.4 .1 [10] .5 NA NA 79.0 NA 491.3
1976 NA NA NA NA 394.8 43.8 [5] 78.0 .1 [10] .5 NA NA 78.6 NA 517.2
1977 NA NA NA NA 410.4 46.3 [5] 78.6 .1 [10] .5 NA NA 79.2 NA 535.9
1978 NA NA NA NA 420.8 50.8 [5] 79.9 .1 [10] .5 NA NA 80.5 NA 552.1
1979 NA NA NA NA 432.1 49.7 [5] 82.9 .1 [10] .7 NA NA 83.6 NA 565.5
1980 NA NA NA NA 444.1 51.8 [5] 81.7 .1 [10] .9 NA NA 82.7 NA 578.6
1981 NA NA NA NA 458.9 56.0 [5] 82.4 .1 [10] .9 NA (s) 83.4 NA 598.3
1982 NA NA NA NA 469.6 60.0 [5] 83.0 .1 [10] 1.0 NA (s) 84.1 NA 613.7
1983 NA NA NA NA 472.8 63.0 [5] 83.9 .2 [10] 1.2 NA (s) 85.3 NA 621.1
1984 NA NA NA NA 478.6 69.7 [5] 85.3 .3 [10] 1.2 [11] (s) 86.9 NA 635.1
1985 NA NA NA NA 485.0 79.4 [5] 88.9 .2 .2 1.6 [11] (s) 90.8 NA 655.2
1986 NA NA NA NA 488.3 85.2 [5] 89.3 .2 .2 1.6 [11] (s) 91.2 NA 664.8
1987 NA NA NA NA 488.8 93.6 [5] 89.7 .2 .2 1.5 [11] (s) 91.7 NA 674.1
1988 NA NA NA NA 490.6 94.7 [5] 90.3 .2 .2 1.7 [11] (s) 92.4 NA 677.7
198912 298.0 78.1 125.4 .4 501.9 98.2 18.1 73.6 1.1 1.7 2.6 .2 1.5 80.7 698.8
1990 302.3 76.8 129.9 .4 509.3 99.6 19.5 73.3 1.2 2.1 2.7 .3 1.8 81.4 (s) 709.9
1991 302.5 73.0 137.1 .7 513.3 99.6 18.4 75.4 1.3 2.5 2.6 .3 1.9 84.0 715.3
1992 304.3 71.8 141.0 .7 517.9 99.0 21.2 74.2 1.4 2.5 2.9 .3 1.8 83.1 721.2
1993 305.0 69.9 146.9 .7 522.5 99.0 21.1 76.8 1.5 2.6 2.9 .3 1.8 85.9 728.6
1994 306.1 70.5 152.5 .7 529.8 99.1 21.2 76.9 1.7 2.7 3.0 .3 1.7 86.4 736.5
1995 306.0 65.4 161.9 .3 533.7 99.5 21.4 77.4 1.8 3.0 3.0 .3 1.7 87.3 741.8
1996 308.1 71.3 161.4 .1 540.9 100.8 21.1 75.3 1.7 2.9 2.9 .3 1.7 84.9 747.7
1997 308.5 71.0 163.4 .2 543.1 99.7 19.3 78.3 1.8 2.9 2.9 .3 1.6 87.8 .2 750.1
1998 310.9 65.0 167.1 .1 543.0 97.1 19.5 78.0 1.8 3.0 2.9 .3 1.7 87.8 .2 747.6
1999 310.7 58.6 181.1 .2 550.7 97.4 19.6 78.3 1.8 3.0 2.8 .4 2.3 88.6 .2 756.5
2000 310.2 60.7 204.7 .3 575.9 97.9 19.5 78.2 1.7 3.3 2.8 .4 2.4 88.8 (s) 782.1
2001 309.8 64.7 236.8 .3 611.6 98.2 19.7 77.9 1.6 3.3 2.2 .4 3.9 89.2 .1 818.8
2002 311.0 58.6 296.6 .3 666.5 98.7 20.4 78.3 1.6 3.3 2.3 .4 4.4 90.2 .1 875.8
2003 308.5 59.6 339.1 .3 707.6 99.2 20.5 77.9 1.6 3.3 2.1 .4 6.0 91.3 .1 918.6
2004 308.8 58.0 355.2 .4 722.4 99.6 20.8 77.0 1.6 2.9 2.2 .4 6.5 90.6 .1 933.4
2005 309.0 57.4 367.5 .3 734.3 100.0 21.3 76.9 1.6 3.0 2.3 .4 8.7 92.9 .1 948.6
2006 309.2 56.8 372.0 .4 738.4 100.3 21.5 77.1 1.7 3.1 2.3 .4 11.3 95.9 .1 956.2
2007 309.1 54.8 377.1 .5 741.5 100.3 21.9 77.5 1.7 3.5 2.2 .5 16.5 102.0 .1 965.7
2008 309.6 56.4 381.8 .2 748.1 100.8 21.9 77.6 1.8 3.6 2.2 .5 24.7 110.5 .1 981.3
2009 310.5 55.7 385.5 .2 751.9 101.0 22.2 78.2 1.9 3.7 2.4 .6 34.3 121.1 .1 996.2
2010 R 312.4 R 54.6 R 391.4 R .7 R 759.1 R 101.2 R 22.2 R 78.5 R 2.1 R 3.7 2.4 .9 R 39.1 R 126.6 R .1 1,009.2
2011P 314.8 54.6 397.3 .7 767.4 101.4 22.3 78.6 2.1 3.8 2.4 1.5 45.2 133.5 .1 1,024.8
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 9Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, and miscellaneous technologies.
2Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil. 10Included in "Wood."
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 11Included in "Wind."
4Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. 12Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only.  Beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and
independent power producers.
5Through 1988, hydroelectric pumped storage is included in "Conventional Hydroelectric Power." R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  – =No data reported.  (s)=Less than 0.05 million
kilowatts.  
6Wood and wood-derived fuels. Notes:  ·  Data are at end of year.  ·  For plants that use multiple sources of energy, capacity is assigned
to the energy source reported as the predominant one. · 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 Table 8.11d for commercial and
industrial CHP and electricity-only data.  ·  See Note 1, "Coverage of Electricity Statistics," and Note 2,
"Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at end of section.  ·  See "Generator Net Summer
Capacity" in Glossary.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
7Municipal solid waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and
other biomass.  For all years, also includes non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic
sources, and tire-derived fuels).
Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/electricity/.
8Solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) energy. Sources:  ·  1949-1984—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates.  ·  1985-1988—EIA,
Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report."  ·  1989-1997—EIA, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric
Generator Report," and Form EIA-867, "Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report."  ·  1998-2000—EIA,
Form EIA-860A, "Annual Electric Generator Report—Utility," and Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric
Generator Report—Nonutility."  ·  2001 forward—EIA, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report."
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