Table 9.6  U.S. Electricity Utility Net Generation, 1960-1998

          Conven-      
          tional      
        Nuclear hydro- Geo- Other  
    Natural   electric electric thermal renewable  
Year Coal gas Petroleum power power energy energy Total
                 
  billion kilowatt-hours
                 
1960 403.1 158.0 48.0 0.5 145.8 (s) 0.1 755.5
1961 421.9 169.3 48.5 1.7 152.2 0.1 0.1 793.8
1962 450.2 184.3 48.9 2.3 168.6 0.1 0.1 854.5
1963 493.9 201.6 52.0 3.2 165.8 0.2 0.1 916.8
1964 526.2 220.0 57.0 3.3 177.1 0.2 0.1 984.0
1965 570.9 221.6 64.8 3.7 193.9 0.2 0.3 1,055.3
1966 613.5 251.2 78.9 5.5 194.8 0.2 0.3 1,144.4
1967 630.5 264.8 89.3 7.7 221.5 0.3 0.3 1,214.4
1968 684.9 304.4 104.3 12.5 222.5 0.4 0.4 1,329.4
1969 706.0 333.3 137.8 13.9 250.2 0.6 0.3 1,442.2
1970 704.4 372.9 184.2 21.8 247.7 0.5 0.1 1,531.9
1971 713.1 374.0 220.2 38.1 266.3 0.5 0.1 1,612.6
1972 771.1 375.7 274.3 54.1 272.6 1.5 0.1 1,749.7
1973 847.7 340.9 314.3 83.5 272.1 2.0 0.1 1,860.7
1974 828.4 320.1 300.9 114.0 301.0 2.5 0.1 1,867.1
1975 852.8 299.8 289.1 172.5 300.0 3.2 0.0 1,917.6
1976 944.4 294.6 320.0 191.1 283.7 3.6 0.1 2,037.7
1977 985.2 305.5 358.2 250.9 220.5 3.6 0.3 2,124.3
1978 975.7 305.4 365.1 276.4 280.4 3.0 0.2 2,206.3
1979 1,075.0 329.5 303.5 255.2 279.8 3.9 0.3 2,247.4
1980 1,161.6 346.2 246.0 251.1 276.0 5.1 0.3 2,286.4
1981 1,203.2 345.8 206.4 272.7 260.7 5.7 0.2 2,294.8
1982 1,192.0 305.3 146.8 282.8 309.2 4.8 0.2 2,241.2
1983 1,259.4 274.1 144.5 293.7 332.1 6.1 0.2 2,310.3
1984 1,341.7 297.4 119.8 327.6 321.2 7.7 0.5 2,416.3
1985 1,402.1 291.9 100.2 383.7 281.1 9.3 0.7 2,469.8
1986 1,385.8 248.5 136.6 414.0 290.8 10.3 0.5 2,487.3
1987 1,463.8 272.6 118.5 455.3 249.7 10.8 0.8 2,572.1
1988 1,540.7 252.8 148.9 527.0 222.9 10.3 0.9 2,704.3
1989 1,553.7 266.6 158.3 529.4 265.1 9.3 2.0 2,784.3
1990 1,559.6 264.1 117.0 576.9 283.4 8.6 2.1 2,808.2
1991 1,551.2 264.2 111.5 612.6 280.1 8.1 2.0 2,825.0
1992 1,575.9 263.9 88.9 618.8 243.7 8.1 2.1 2,797.2
1993 1,639.2 258.9 99.5 610.3 269.1 7.6 2.0 2,882.5
1994 1,635.5 291.1 91.0 640.4 247.1 6.9 2.1 2,910.7
1995 1,652.9 307.3 60.8 673.4 296.4 4.7 1.7 2,994.5
1996 1,737.5 262.7 67.3 674.7 331.1 5.2 1.9 3,077.4
1997 1,787.8 283.6 77.8 628.6 341.3 5.5 1.9 3,122.5
1998 1,807.5 309.2 110.2 673.7 308.8 5.2 1.9 3,212.2

Source:  U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1998, Table 8.3, p. 213, DOE/EIA-0384(98) (GPO, Washington, DC, 1999).

Notes:  (s) = less than 0.0005 quadrillion Btu. Other renewable energy includes wood, waste, wind, and solar energy. Totals may not agree with sum of components due to independent rounding. Previous-year data may have been revised. Current-year data are preliminary and may be revised in future publications.

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