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Release Date: September 27, 2012

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