Table 8.2a  Electricity Net Generation:  Total (All Sectors), 1949-2011
                        (Sum of Tables 8.2b and 8.2d; Billion Kilowatthours)




Year
Fossil Fuels

Nuclear
Electric
Power

Hydro-
electric
Pumped
Storage 5
Renewable Energy



Other 10




Total


Coal 1


Petroleum 2

Natural
Gas 3

Other
Gases 4


Total
Conventional
Hydroelectric
Power 6
Biomass
Geo-
thermal


Solar/PV 9


Wind


Total
Wood 7 Waste 8
1949
135.5 28.5 37.0 NA 201.0 0.0 [6] 94.8 0.4 NA NA NA NA 95.2 NA 296.1
1950
154.5 33.7 44.6 NA 232.8 .0 [6] 100.9 .4 NA NA NA NA 101.3 NA 334.1
1951
185.2 28.7 56.6 NA 270.5 .0 [6] 104.4 .4 NA NA NA NA 104.8 NA 375.3
1952
195.4 29.7 68.5 NA 293.6 .0 [6] 109.7 .5 NA NA NA NA 110.2 NA 403.8
1953
218.8 38.4 79.8 NA 337.0 .0 [6] 109.6 .4 NA NA NA NA 110.0 NA 447.0
1954
239.1 31.5 93.7 NA 364.4 .0 [6] 111.6 .3 NA NA NA NA 111.9 NA 476.3
1955
301.4 37.1 95.3 NA 433.8 .0 [6] 116.2 .3 NA NA NA NA 116.5 NA 550.3
1956
338.5 35.9 104.0 NA 478.5 .0 [6] 125.2 .2 NA NA NA NA 125.4 NA 603.9
1957
346.4 40.5 114.2 NA 501.1 (s) [6] 133.4 .2 NA NA NA NA 133.5 NA 634.6
1958
344.4 40.4 119.8 NA 504.5 .2 [6] 143.6 .2 NA NA NA NA 143.8 NA 648.5
1959
378.4 46.8 146.6 NA 571.9 .2 [6] 141.2 .2 NA NA NA NA 141.3 NA 713.4
1960
403.1 48.0 158.0 NA 609.0 .5 [6] 149.4 .1 NA (s) NA NA 149.6 NA 759.2
1961
421.9 48.5 169.3 NA 639.7 1.7 [6] 155.5 .1 NA .1 NA NA 155.8 NA 797.1
1962
450.2 48.9 184.3 NA 683.4 2.3 [6] 172.0 .1 NA .1 NA NA 172.2 NA 857.9
1963
493.9 52.0 201.6 NA 747.5 3.2 [6] 169.0 .1 NA .2 NA NA 169.3 NA 920.0
1964
526.2 57.0 220.0 NA 803.2 3.3 [6] 180.3 .1 NA .2 NA NA 180.7 NA 987.2
1965
570.9 64.8 221.6 NA 857.3 3.7 [6] 197.0 .3 NA .2 NA NA 197.4 NA 1,058.4
1966
613.5 78.9 251.2 NA 943.6 5.5 [6] 197.9 .3 NA .2 NA NA 198.5 NA 1,147.5
1967
630.5 89.3 264.8 NA 984.6 7.7 [6] 224.9 .3 NA .3 NA NA 225.6 NA 1,217.8
1968
684.9 104.3 304.4 NA 1,093.6 12.5 [6] 225.9 .4 NA .4 NA NA 226.7 NA 1,332.8
1969
706.0 137.8 333.3 NA 1,177.1 13.9 [6] 253.5 .3 NA .6 NA NA 254.4 NA 1,445.5
1970
704.4 184.2 372.9 NA 1,261.5 21.8 [6] 251.0 .1 .2 .5 NA NA 251.8 NA 1,535.1
1971
713.1 220.2 374.0 NA 1,307.4 38.1 [6] 269.5 .1 .2 .5 NA NA 270.4 NA 1,615.9
1972
771.1 274.3 375.7 NA 1,421.2 54.1 [6] 275.9 .1 .2 1.5 NA NA 277.7 NA 1,753.0
1973
847.7 314.3 340.9 NA 1,502.9 83.5 [6] 275.4 .1 .2 2.0 NA NA 277.7 NA 1,864.1
1974
828.4 300.9 320.1 NA 1,449.4 114.0 [6] 304.2 .1 .2 2.5 NA NA 306.9 NA 1,870.3
1975
852.8 289.1 299.8 NA 1,441.7 172.5 [6] 303.2 (s) .2 3.2 NA NA 306.6 NA 1,920.8
1976
944.4 320.0 294.6 NA 1,559.0 191.1 [6] 286.9 .1 .2 3.6 NA NA 290.8 NA 2,040.9
1977
985.2 358.2 305.5 NA 1,648.9 250.9 [6] 223.6 .3 .2 3.6 NA NA 227.7 NA 2,127.4
1978
975.7 365.1 305.4 NA 1,646.2 276.4 [6] 283.5 .2 .1 3.0 NA NA 286.8 NA 2,209.4
1979
1,075.0 303.5 329.5 NA 1,708.0 255.2 [6] 283.1 .3 .2 3.9 NA NA 287.5 NA 2,250.7
1980
1,161.6 246.0 346.2 NA 1,753.8 251.1 [6] 279.2 .3 .2 5.1 NA NA 284.7 NA 2,289.6
1981
1,203.2 206.4 345.8 NA 1,755.4 272.7 [6] 263.8 .2 .1 5.7 NA NA 269.9 NA 2,298.0
1982
1,192.0 146.8 305.3 NA 1,644.1 282.8 [6] 312.4 .2 .1 4.8 NA NA 317.5 NA 2,244.4
1983
1,259.4 144.5 274.1 NA 1,678.0 293.7 [6] 335.3 .2 .2 6.1 NA (s) 341.7 NA 2,313.4
1984
1,341.7 119.8 297.4 NA 1,758.9 327.6 [6] 324.3 .5 .4 7.7 (s) (s) 332.9 NA 2,419.5
1985
1,402.1 100.2 291.9 NA 1,794.3 383.7 [6] 284.3 .7 .6 9.3 (s) (s) 295.0 NA 2,473.0
1986
1,385.8 136.6 248.5 NA 1,770.9 414.0 [6] 294.0 .5 .7 10.3 (s) (s) 305.5 NA 2,490.5
1987
1,463.8 118.5 272.6 NA 1,854.9 455.3 [6] 252.9 .8 .7 10.8 (s) (s) 265.1 NA 2,575.3
1988
1,540.7 148.9 252.8 NA 1,942.4 527.0 [6] 226.1 .9 .7 10.3 (s) (s) 238.1 NA 2,707.4
198911
1,583.8 164.4 352.6 7.9 2,108.6 529.4 [6] 272.0 27.2 9.2 14.6 .3 2.1 325.3 3.8 2,967.1
1990
1,594.0 126.5 372.8 10.4 2,103.6 576.9 -3.5 292.9 32.5 13.3 15.4 .4 2.8 357.2 3.6 3,037.8
1991
1,590.6 119.8 381.6 11.3 2,103.3 612.6 -4.5 289.0 33.7 15.7 16.0 .5 3.0 357.8 4.7 3,073.8
1992
1,621.2 100.2 404.1 13.3 2,138.7 618.8 -4.2 253.1 36.5 17.8 16.1 .4 2.9 326.9 3.7 3,083.9
1993
1,690.1 112.8 414.9 13.0 2,230.7 610.3 -4.0 280.5 37.6 18.3 16.8 .5 3.0 356.7 3.5 3,197.2
1994
1,690.7 105.9 460.2 13.3 2,270.1 640.4 -3.4 260.1 37.9 19.1 15.5 .5 3.4 336.7 3.7 3,247.5
1995
1,709.4 74.6 496.1 13.9 2,293.9 673.4 -2.7 310.8 36.5 20.4 13.4 .5 3.2 384.8 4.1 3,353.5
1996
1,795.2 81.4 455.1 14.4 2,346.0 674.7 -3.1 347.2 36.8 20.9 14.3 .5 3.2 423.0 3.6 3,444.2
1997
1,845.0 92.6 479.4 13.4 2,430.3 628.6 -4.0 356.5 36.9 21.7 14.7 .5 3.3 433.6 3.6 3,492.2
1998
1,873.5 128.8 531.3 13.5 2,547.1 673.7 -4.5 323.3 36.3 22.4 14.8 .5 3.0 400.4 3.6 3,620.3
1999
1,881.1 118.1 556.4 14.1 2,569.7 728.3 -6.1 319.5 37.0 22.6 14.8 .5 4.5 399.0 4.0 3,694.8
2000
1,966.3 111.2 601.0 14.0 2,692.5 753.9 -5.5 275.6 37.6 23.1 14.1 .5 5.6 356.5 4.8 3,802.1
2001
1,904.0 124.9 639.1 9.0 2,677.0 768.8 -8.8 217.0 35.2 14.5 13.7 .5 6.7 287.7 11.9 3,736.6
2002
1,933.1 94.6 691.0 11.5 2,730.2 780.1 -8.7 264.3 38.7 15.0 14.5 .6 10.4 343.4 13.5 3,858.5
2003
1,973.7 119.4 649.9 15.6 2,758.6 763.7 -8.5 275.8 37.5 15.8 14.4 .5 11.2 355.3 14.0 3,883.2
2004
1,978.3 121.1 710.1 15.3 2,824.8 788.5 -8.5 268.4 38.1 15.4 14.8 .6 14.1 351.5 14.2 3,970.6
2005
2,012.9 122.2 761.0 13.5 2,909.5 782.0 -6.6 270.3 38.9 15.4 14.7 .6 17.8 357.7 12.8 4,055.4
2006
1,990.5 64.2 816.4 14.2 2,885.3 787.2 -6.6 289.2 38.8 16.1 14.6 .5 26.6 385.8 13.0 4,064.7
2007
2,016.5 65.7 896.6 13.5 2,992.2 806.4 -6.9 247.5 39.0 16.5 14.6 .6 34.4 352.7 12.2 4,156.7
2008
1,985.8 46.2 883.0 11.7 2,926.7 806.2 -6.3 254.8 37.3 17.7 14.8 .9 55.4 380.9 11.8 4,119.4
2009
1,755.9 38.9 921.0 10.6 2,726.5 798.9 -4.6 273.4 36.1 18.4 15.0 .9 73.9 417.7 11.9 3,950.3
2010
R 1,847.3 R 37.1 R 987.7 R 11.3 R 2,883.4 807.0 R -5.5 R 260.2 R 37.2 R 18.9 R 15.2 R 1.2 R 94.7 R 427.4 R 12.9 R 4,125.1
2011P
1,734.3 28.2 1,016.6 11.3 2,790.3 790.2 -5.9 325.1 36.9 19.8 16.7 1.8 119.7 520.1 11.1 4,105.7
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 9Solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) energy.
2Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil. 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).
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 11Through 1988, all data except hydroelectric are for electric utilities only; hydroelectric data through
1988 include industrial plants as well as electric utilities.  Beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities,
independent power producers, commercial plants, and industrial plants.
4Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.05 billion killowatthours.  
5Pumped storage facility production minus energy used for pumping. Notes:  ·  See Note 1, "Coverage of Electricity Statistics," at end of section.  ·  Totals may not equal sum
of components due to independent rounding.
6Through 1989, hydroelectric pumped storage is included in "Conventional Hydroelectric Power." 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.
7Wood and wood-derived fuels. Sources:  ·  1949-1988—Table 8.2b for electric power sector, and Table 8.1 for industrial sector.  ·  1989
forward—Tables 8.2b and 8.2d.
8Municipal 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).