Nonutility Electric Power Producers--Summary, by Type of Fuel statistics


Type of fuel	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

Installed capacity (megawatts)	38,851	45,271	49,998	56,814	60,778	68,461	70,254	73,189	74,004	98,085
Coal ¹	6,422	6,937	7,351	8,503	9,772	10,372	10,877	11,370	11,027	13,712
Petroleum ²	1,129	1,038	1,514	1,730	2,043	2,262	2,116	2,251	2,924	2,629
Natural gas	14,820	17,430	20,694	21,542	23,463	26,925	27,906	30,166	31,092	37,325
Other gas ³	(⁴)	(⁴)	(⁴)	(⁴)	(⁴)	1,130	1,217	327	35	205
Petroleum/natural gas (combined)	4,732	6,468	5,292	8,478	8,505	9,820	10,479	10,912	10,029	23,105
Hydroelectric	1,672	1,968	2,072	2,684	2,741	3,364	3,399	3,419	3,770	4,136
Geothermal	1,001	1,086	1,103	1,254	1,318	1,335	1,295	1,346	1,303	1,449
Solar	200	360	360	360	360	354	354	354	354	385
Wind	1,339	1,405	1,652	1,822	1,813	1,737	1,723	1,670	1,566	1,689
Wood ⁵	5,515	6,049	6,708	6,805	7,046	7,416	6,885	7,263	7,282	6,887
Waste ⁶	1,825	2,323	2,741	3,006	3,131	3,150	3,430	3,463	3,394	3,488
Nuclear ⁷	20	20	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0
Other ⁸	176	187	491	611	566	597	574	648	1,229	3,075

Gross generation (mil kilowatthours)	189,896	220,058	251,747	296,001	325,226	354,925	375,901	382,423	384,496	421,364
Coal ¹	31,511	32,131	40,587	47,363	53,367	59,035	60,234	61,375	59,211	70,369
Petroleum ²	5,742	7,330	7,814	10,963	13,364	15,069	15,049	14,959	15,930	17,533
Natural gas	99,632	116,969	131,820	158,798	174,282	179,735	196,633	198,555	207,527	238,747
Other gases ³	(⁴)	(⁴)	(⁴)	(⁴)	(⁴)	12,480	13,984	14,750	11,687	8,866
Hydroelectric	7,124	8,153	8,180	9,446	11,511	13,227	14,774	16,555	17,902	14,633
Geothermal	5,416	7,235	8,014	8,578	9,749	10,122	9,912	10,198	9,382	9,882
Solar	489	663	779	746	897	824	824	903	893	887
Wind	1,833	2,251	2,606	2,916	3,052	3,482	3,185	3,400	3,248	3,015
Wood ⁵	27,835	30,812	33,785	36,255	37,421	38,595	37,283	37,525	34,898	32,596
Waste ⁶	8,515	11,688	14,475	17,352	18,325	18,797	20,231	20,412	20,246	21,086
Nuclear ⁷	49	116	80	67	78	54	0	0	0	0
Other ⁸	1,750	2,710	3,609	3,516	3,181	3,507	3,792	3,793	3,572	3,750

Supply and disposition (mil kilowatthours):
Gross generation	189,896	220,058	251,747	296,001	325,226	354,925	375,901	382,423	384,496	421,364
Receipts ⁹	58,939	60,926	64,964	83,421	85,323	94,166	89,919	103,219	88,506	90,675
Sales to utilities ¹0	81,229	106,224	129,118	164,374	187,466	204,688	217,906	224,646	223,532	249,483
Sales to other end users ¹1	17,687	19,824	11,419	10,786	15,569	17,626	15,548	14,284	18,147	25,777
Facility use	149,918	154,936	176,175	204,261	207,514	226,777	232,367	246,713	231,138	236,770


NA Not available.
¹ Includes coal, anthracite, culm and coal waste.
² Includes petroleum, petroleum coke, diesel, kerosene,
and petroleum sludge and tar.
³ Includes butane, ethane, propane, and other gases.
⁴ Included in "Natural gas."
⁵ Includes wood, wood waste, peat, wood liquors, railroad ties,
pitch and wood sludge.
⁶ Includes municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, straw,
tires, landfill gases and other waste.
⁷ Nuclear reactor and generator at Argonne National Laboratory
used primarily for research and development in testing reactor
fuels as well as for training. The generation from the unit is
used for internal consumption.
⁸ Includes hydrogen, sulfur, batteries, chemicals, and spent
sulfite liquor. Data previously published for other energy sources
in 1989 and 1990 have been reclassified and are included in the
category that best reflects its characteristics.
⁹ Includes purchases, interchanges, and exchanges of electric
energy with utilities and other nonutilities.
¹0 Sales, interachanges, and exchanges or electric energy with utilities.
¹1 Includes sales, interchanges, and exchanges of electric energy
with utilities and other nonutilities. The disparity in this data
and data reported on other EIA surveys occurs due to differences
in the respondent universe. The Form EIA-867 is filed by
nonutilities reporting the energy delivered, while other data sources
are filed by electric utilities reporting energy received.
Differences in terminology and accounting procedures attribute to
the disparity. In addition, since the frame for the Form EIA-867
is derived from utility surveys the Form EIA-867 universe lags 1 year.

Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report. http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/electric.html TERMS

Electric Utility: A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that owns and/or operates facilities within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public and files forms listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141. Facilities that qualify as cogenerators or small power producers under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) are not considered electric utilities.

Energy: The capacity for doing work as measured by the capability of doing work (potential energy) or the conversion of this capability to motion (kinetic energy). Energy has several forms, some of which are easily convertible and can be changed to another form useful for work. Most of the world's convertible energy comes from fossil fuels that are burned to produce heat that is then used as a transfer medium to mechanical or other means in order to accomplish tasks. Electrical energy is usually measured in kilowatthours, while heat energy is usually measured in British thermal units.

Net Generation: Gross generation minus plant use from all electric utility owned plants. The energy required for pumping at a pumped-storage plant is regarded as plant use and must be deducted from the gross generation.

Net Summer Capability: The steady hourly output, which generating equipment is expected to supply to system load exclusive of auxiliary power, as demonstrated by tests at the time of summer peak demand.

Nonutility Power Producer: A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that owns electric generating capacity and is not an electric utility. Nonutility power producers include qualifying cogenerators, qualifying small power pro ducers, and other nonutility generators (including independent power producers) without a designated franchised service area, and which do not file forms listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141.

Power: The rate at which energy is transferred. Electrical energy is usually measured in watts. Also used for a measurement of capacity.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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