Table 8.11a  Electric Net Summer Capacity:  Total (All Sectors), 1949-2011
                           (Sum of Tables 8.11b and 8.11d; 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
 303.1 79.1 135.7 1.5 519.4 98.2 18.1 74.1 5.2 2.1 2.6 .2 1.5 85.7 .5 721.8
1990
 307.4 77.9 140.8 1.6 527.8 99.6 19.5 73.9 5.5 2.5 2.7 .3 1.8 86.8 .5 734.1
1991
 307.4 74.2 147.6 2.1 531.4 99.6 18.4 76.0 6.1 2.9 2.6 .3 1.9 89.9 .5 739.9
1992
 309.4 73.1 152.2 2.1 536.7 99.0 21.2 74.8 6.2 3.0 2.9 .3 1.8 89.1 .5 746.5
1993
 310.1 71.1 158.6 1.9 541.8 99.0 21.1 77.4 6.5 3.1 2.9 .3 1.8 92.1 .5 754.6
1994
 311.4 71.7 164.8 2.1 550.0 99.1 21.2 78.0 6.7 3.3 3.0 .3 1.7 93.1 .5 764.0
1995
 311.4 66.6 174.5 1.7 554.2 99.5 21.4 78.6 6.7 3.5 3.0 .3 1.7 93.9 .5 769.5
1996
 313.4 72.5 174.1 1.7 561.7 100.8 21.1 76.4 6.8 3.6 2.9 .3 1.7 91.7 .5 775.9
1997
 313.6 72.5 176.5 1.5 564.1 99.7 19.3 79.4 6.9 3.6 2.9 .3 1.6 94.8 .8 778.6
1998
 315.8 66.3 180.3 1.5 563.9 97.1 19.5 79.2 6.8 3.7 2.9 .3 1.7 94.6 .8 775.9
1999
 315.5 60.1 195.1 1.9 572.6 97.4 19.6 79.4 6.8 3.7 2.8 .4 2.3 95.3 1.0 785.9
2000
 315.1 61.8 219.6 2.3 598.9 97.9 19.5 79.4 6.1 3.9 2.8 .4 2.4 94.9 .5 811.7
2001
 314.2 66.2 252.8 1.7 634.9 98.2 19.7 78.9 5.9 3.7 2.2 .4 3.9 95.0 .5 848.3
2002
 315.4 59.7 312.5 2.0 689.5 98.7 20.4 79.4 5.8 3.8 2.3 .4 4.4 96.1 .7 905.3
2003
 313.0 60.7 355.4 2.0 731.2 99.2 20.5 78.7 5.9 3.8 2.1 .4 6.0 96.8 .7 948.4
2004
 313.0 59.1 371.0 2.3 745.4 99.6 20.8 77.6 6.2 3.5 2.2 .4 6.5 96.4 .7 962.9
2005
 313.4 58.5 383.1 2.1 757.1 100.0 21.3 77.5 6.2 3.6 2.3 .4 8.7 98.7 .9 978.0
2006
 313.0 58.1 388.3 2.3 761.6 100.3 21.5 77.8 6.4 3.7 2.3 .4 11.3 101.9 .9 986.2
2007
 312.7 56.1 392.9 2.3 764.0 100.3 21.9 77.9 6.7 4.1 2.2 .5 16.5 108.0 .8 994.9
2008
 313.3 57.4 397.5 2.0 770.2 100.8 21.9 77.9 6.9 4.2 2.2 .5 24.7 116.4 .9 1,010.2
2009
 314.3 56.8 401.3 1.9 774.3 101.0 22.2 78.5 6.9 4.3 2.4 .6 34.3 127.1 .9 1,025.4
2010
 R 316.8 R 55.6 R 407.0 R 2.7 R 782.2 R 101.2 R 22.2 R 78.8 7.0 4.4 2.4 .9 R 39.1 R 132.6 R .9 R 1,039.1
2011P
 319.2 55.6 413.1 2.7 790.7 101.4 22.3 78.9 7.1 4.4 2.4 1.5 45.2 139.6 .9 1,054.8
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,
independent power producers, commercial plants, and industrial plants.
5Through 1988, hydroelectric pumped storage is included in "Conventional Hydroelectric Power." R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (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. ·  See Note 1, "Coverage of Electricity Statistics," 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:  Tables 8.11b and 8.11d.