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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 8.4c Consumption for Electricity Generation by Energy Source: Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011 (Subset of Table 8.4a; Trillion Btu)
Table 8.4c  Consumption for Electricity Generation by Energy Source:  Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2011
                        (Subset of Table 8.4a; Trillion Btu)




Year		 Fossil Fuels

Nuclear
Electric
Power		 Renewable Energy



Other 9

Electricity
Net
Imports



Total


Coal 1

Petroleum 2
Natural
Gas 3
Other
Gases 4

Total		 Conventional
Hydroelectric
Power 5		 Biomass
Geo-
thermal

Solar/PV 5,8

Wind 5

Total
Wood 6 Waste 7
  Commercial Sector 10
1989 9 7 18 1 36 – 1 2 9 – – – 12 – – – 47
1990 9 6 28 1 45 – 1 2 15 – – – 18 – – – 63
1991 9 3 28 1 41 – 1 2 15 – – – 18 (s) – – 59
1992 8 3 33 1 45 – 1 1 16 – – – 19 (s) – – 64
1993 9 4 38 1 53 – 1 1 16 – – – 18 (s) – – 71
1994 9 4 42 1 56 – 1 1 17 – – – 19 – – – 75
1995 12 4 44 – 60 – 1 1 21 – – – 23 (s) – – 83
1996 14 4 44 (s) 62 – 1 1 31 – – – 33 (s) – – 95
1997 14 5 40 (s) 59 – 1 1 34 – – – 35 (s) – – 94
1998 11 5 42 (s) 57 – 1 1 32 – – – 34 – – – 91
1999 12 6 40 (s) 57 – 1 (s) 33 – – – 35 (s) – – 92
2000 12 5 38 (s) 55 – 1 (s) 26 – – – 28 (s) – – 82
2001 13 6 37 (s) 56 – 1 (s) 15 – – – 16 7 – – 79
2002 9 4 31 (s) 44 – (s) (s) 18 – – – 19 11 – – 73
2003 13 5 39 – 58 – 1 (s) 19 – – – 21 11 – – 89
2004 8 5 34 – 46 – 1 (s) 19 – – – 21 11 – – 78
2005 8 4 35 – 46 – 1 (s) 20 – – – 21 10 – – 78
2006 8 2 35 (s) 45 – 1 (s) 21 – – – 22 10 – – 77
2007 8 2 35 – 44 – 1 (s) 19 – – – 20 10 – – 75
2008 8 1 34 – 43 – 1 (s) 20 – (s) – 21 11 – – 75
2009 7 1 35 – 43 – 1 (s) 23 – (s) (s) 24 13 – – 80
2010 7 1 R 40 R (s) R 48 – 1 (s) R 24 – (s) (s) R 25 R 14 – – R 87
2011P 6 1 39 (s) 45 – 1 (s) 24 – (s) (s) 25 14 – – 84
  Industrial Sector 11
1989 229 52 456 83 820 – 28 267 15 – – – 311 37 – – 1,168
1990 233 79 530 104 946 – 31 335 16 – – – 382 36 – – 1,364
1991 228 74 537 118 957 – 30 318 14 – – – 362 55 – – 1,374
1992 246 84 559 128 1,017 – 31 359 15 – – – 405 37 – – 1,459
1993 256 77 562 123 1,019 – 30 355 17 – – – 401 31 – – 1,451
1994 261 75 584 123 1,043 – 62 364 14 – – – 440 38 – – 1,521
1995 259 66 617 114 1,057 – 55 373 13 – – – 440 40 – – 1,537
1996 261 74 626 143 1,104 – 61 394 13 – – – 468 35 – – 1,607
1997 260 63 637 105 1,064 – 58 367 14 – – – 439 36 – – 1,538
1998 245 67 643 102 1,056 – 55 349 13 – – – 417 35 – – 1,508
1999 242 68 660 112 1,081 – 49 364 8 – – – 422 39 – – 1,542
2000 245 61 660 107 1,074 – 42 369 10 – – – 421 45 – – 1,540
2001 227 62 674 88 1,051 – 33 370 7 – – – 410 44 – – 1,504
2002 255 55 697 106 1,113 – 39 464 15 – – – 518 43 – – 1,675
2003 217 61 687 127 1,093 – 43 362 13 – – – 419 46 – – 1,558
2004 151 42 585 108 885 – 33 194 5 – – – 231 41 – – 1,158
2005 145 39 534 85 804 – 32 189 5 – – – 226 46 – – 1,076
2006 143 31 554 87 814 – 29 187 3 – – – 219 35 – – 1,068
2007 111 30 572 88 800 – 16 188 4 – – – 208 41 – – 1,050
2008 109 21 537 73 740 – 17 179 5 – – – 200 39 – – 980
2009 99 20 535 62 716 – 18 160 4 – – – 182 42 – – 940
2010 R 146 R 14 R 570 R 70 R 801 – 16 R 172 R 8 – (s) – R 197 R 55 – – R 1,053
2011P 141 12 580 71 803 – 18 173 8 – (s) (s) 199 31 – – 1,033
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and coal synfuel. 9Batteries, 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).
2Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil. 10Commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants.
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 11Industrial 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.  – – =Not applicable.  – =No data reported.  (s)=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu.  
5Values are converted from kilowattthours to Btu using the approximate heat rates in Table A6. Notes:  ·  Data are for energy consumed to produce electricity.  ·  See Table 8.4b 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.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of
components due to independent rounding.
6Wood and wood-derived fuels. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/electricity/.
7Municipal 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).		 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."  ·  2001-2003—EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report."  ·  2004-2007—EIA, Form
EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."
·  2008 forward—EIA, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."
8Solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) energy.  
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