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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 8.11d Electric Net Summer Capacity: Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011 (Subset of Table 8.11a; Million Kilowatts)
Table 8.11d  Electric Net Summer Capacity:  Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011
                          (Subset of Table 8.11a; Million Kilowatts)




Year		 Fossil Fuels

Nuclear
Electric
Power
Hydro-
electric
Pumped
Storage		 Renewable Energy



Other 8



Total


Coal 1

Petroleum 2
Natural
Gas 3
Other
Gases 4

Total		 Conventional
Hydroelectric
Power		 Biomass
Geo-
thermal

Solar/PV 7

Wind

Total
Wood 5 Waste 6
  Commercial Sector 9
1989 0.3 0.2 0.6 – 1.0 – – (s) (s) 0.2 – – – 0.2 – 1.2
1990 .3 .2 .7 – 1.2 – – (s) (s) .2 – – – .2 – 1.4
1991 .2 .2 .7 – 1.1 – – (s) (s) .2 – – – .3 – 1.3
1992 .2 .2 .8 – 1.2 – – (s) (s) .2 – – – .3 – 1.5
1993 .3 .2 .9 – 1.3 – – (s) (s) .3 – – – .3 – 1.6
1994 .3 .2 1.2 – 1.7 – – (s) (s) .3 – – – .3 – 2.1
1995 .3 .2 1.2 – 1.8 – – (s) (s) .3 – – – .3 – 2.1
1996 .3 .3 1.2 – 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .5 – 2.3
1997 .3 .4 1.2 – 1.9 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .5 – 2.3
1998 .3 .3 1.2 – 1.8 – – (s) (s) .5 – – – .5 – 2.3
1999 .3 .4 1.1 – 1.8 – – (s) (s) .5 – – – .5 – 2.3
2000 .3 .3 1.2 – 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .4 – 2.2
2001 .3 .3 1.9 – 2.5 – – (s) (s) .3 – – – .4 – 2.9
2002 .3 .3 1.2 – 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .4 – 2.2
2003 .3 .3 1.0 – 1.7 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .4 – 2.1
2004 .4 .3 1.1 (s) 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .4 – 2.2
2005 .4 .3 1.0 (s) 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .5 – 2.2
2006 .4 .3 1.0 (s) 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .5 – 2.3
2007 .4 .3 1.1 (s) 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – – – .5 (s) 2.3
2008 .4 .4 1.1 (s) 1.8 – – (s) (s) .4 – (s) – .5 (s) 2.3
2009 .4 .3 1.1 (s) 1.9 – – (s) (s) .5 – (s) (s) .5 (s) 2.4
2010 .4 R .4 1.2 (s) 1.9 – – (s) (s) .5 – (s) (s) .5 (s) 2.5
2011P .4 .4 1.1 (s) 1.9 – – (s) (s) .1 – (s) (s) .2 (s) 2.1
  Industrial Sector 10
1989 4.8 0.7 9.7 1.2 16.5 – – 0.5 4.1 0.2 – – – 4.8 0.5 21.8
1990 4.8 .9 10.3 1.3 17.3 – – .6 4.3 .2 – – – 5.1 .5 22.9
1991 4.7 1.1 9.8 1.4 17.1 – – .6 4.8 .2 – – – 5.6 .5 23.2
1992 4.8 1.1 10.3 1.4 17.6 – – .6 4.8 .3 – – – 5.6 .5 23.8
1993 4.9 1.0 10.9 1.2 18.0 – – .6 5.0 .3 – – – 5.8 .5 24.3
1994 5.0 1.0 11.0 1.4 18.5 – – 1.1 5.0 .3 – – – 6.3 .5 25.4
1995 5.0 1.0 11.3 1.4 18.7 – – 1.1 4.9 .2 – – – 6.3 .5 25.5
1996 5.0 .9 11.5 1.6 19.0 – – 1.1 5.1 .2 – – – 6.4 .5 25.9
1997 4.8 1.1 11.9 1.3 19.2 – – 1.1 5.1 .2 – – – 6.5 .6 26.2
1998 4.6 1.0 12.0 1.5 19.1 – – 1.1 5.0 .2 – – – 6.3 .6 26.0
1999 4.4 1.1 12.9 1.7 20.1 – – 1.1 5.0 .2 – – – 6.2 .8 27.1
2000 4.6 .8 13.7 2.0 21.2 – – 1.1 4.4 .2 – – – 5.7 .5 27.3
2001 4.2 1.1 14.1 1.3 20.7 – – 1.0 4.2 .1 – – – 5.4 .4 26.6
2002 4.0 .7 14.7 1.8 21.2 – – 1.0 4.3 .1 – – – 5.5 .6 27.3
2003 4.1 .7 15.3 1.7 21.9 – – .8 4.3 .1 – – – 5.2 .6 27.7
2004 3.8 .8 14.8 1.9 21.3 – – .6 4.5 .2 – – – 5.4 .7 27.4
2005 4.0 .8 14.5 1.8 21.0 – – .7 4.5 .2 – – – 5.4 .8 27.2
2006 3.3 1.0 15.3 1.8 21.4 – – .7 4.7 .2 – – – 5.6 .8 27.8
2007 3.2 .9 14.7 1.9 20.6 – – .3 5.0 .2 – (s) – 5.5 .7 26.8
2008 3.2 .7 14.6 1.8 20.3 – – .3 5.0 .1 – (s) – 5.4 .9 26.6
2009 3.4 .7 14.7 1.7 20.5 – – .3 5.0 .1 – (s) – 5.5 .8 26.8
2010 4.0 .7 R 14.4 R 2.0 R 21.1 – – .3 R 4.9 R .2 – (s) R (s) 5.5 .8 R 27.4
2011P 4.0 .7 14.7 2.0 21.3 – – .3 5.0 .5 – (s) (s) 5.9 .7 28.0
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 8Batteries, 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. 9Commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants.
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 10Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and industrial electricity-only plants.
4Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  – =No data reported.  (s)=Less than 0.05 million kilowatts.  
5Wood 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 Tables 8.11b and 8.11c 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 "Generator Net Summer
Capacity" in Glossary.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
6Municipal 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/.
7Solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) energy. 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 forward—EIA, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report."
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