Title page

Contents

Contacts 2

Preface 3

Background 3

Data sources 3

Executive Summary 11

Chapter 1. Net Generation 15

Chapter 2. Consumption of Fossil Fuels 54

Chapter 3. Fossil-Fuel Stocks for Electricity Generation 88

Chapter 4. Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels 92

Chapter 5. Sales to Ultimate Consumers, Revenue, and Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Consumers 123

Chapter 6. Capacity 134

Appendix A 173

Appendix B 199

Appendix C 205

Glossary 238

Table ES1.A. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, 2017 and 2016 11

Table ES1.B. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, Year-to-Date 2017 and 2016 12

Table ES2.A. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Physical Units, 2017 and 2016 13

Table ES2.B. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus, 2017 and 2016 14

Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2007-April 2017 15

Table 1.1.A. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2007-April 2017 16

Table 1.2.A. Net Generation by Energy Source: Electric Utilities, 2007-April 2017 17

Table 1.2.B. Net Generation by Energy Source: Independent Power Producers, 2007-April 2017 18

Table 1.2.C. Net Generation by Energy Source: Commercial Sector, 2007-April 2017 19

Table 1.2.D. Net Generation by Energy Source: Industrial Sector, 2007-April 2017 20

Table 1.2.E. Net Generation by Energy Source: Residential Sector, 2014-April 2017 21

Table 1.3.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 22

Table 1.3.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 23

Table 1.4.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Coal by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 24

Table 1.4.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Coal by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 25

Table 1.5.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Liquids by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 26

Table 1.5.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Liquids by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 27

Table 1.6.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Coke by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 28

Table 1.6.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Coke by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 29

Table 1.7.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 30

Table 1.7.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 31

Table 1.8.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Gases by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 32

Table 1.8.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Gases by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016All Sectors Electric Power Sector 33

Table 1.9.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Nuclear Energy by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 34

Table 1.9.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Nuclear Energy by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 35

Table 1.10.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Conventional) Power by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 36

Table 1.10.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Conventional) Power by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 37

Table 1.11.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Renewable Sources Excluding Hydroelectric by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 38

Table 1.11.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Renewable Sources Excluding Hydroelectric by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 39

Table 1.12.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Pumped Storage) Power by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 40

Table 1.12.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Pumped Storage) Power by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 41

Table 1.13.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Energy Sources by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 42

Table 1.13.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Energy Sources by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 43

Table 1.14.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Wind by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 44

Table 1.14.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Wind by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 45

Table 1.15.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Biomass by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 46

Table 1.15.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Biomass by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 47

Table 1.16.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Geothermal by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 48

Table 1.16.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Geothermal by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 49

Table 1.17.A. Net Generation from Solar Photovoltaic by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 50

Table 1.17.B. Net Generation from Solar Photovoltaic by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 51

Table 1.18.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Solar Thermal by State, by Sector, April 2017 and 2016 52

Table 1.18.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Solar Thermal by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 53

Table 2.1.A. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 54

Table 2.1.B. Coal: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 55

Table 2.1.C. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 56

Table 2.2.A. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 57

Table 2.2.B. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 58

Table 2.2.C. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 59

Table 2.3.A. Petroleum Coke: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 60

Table 2.3.B. Petroleum Coke: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 61

Table 2.3.C. Petroleum Coke: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 62

Table 2.4.A. Natural Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 63

Table 2.4.B. Natural Gas: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 64

Table 2.4.C. Natural Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 65

Table 2.5.A. Landfill Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 66

Table 2.5.B. Landfill Gas: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 67

Table 2.5.C. Landfill Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 68

Table 2.6.A. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 69

Table 2.6.B. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 70

Table 2.6.C. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 71

Table 2.7.A. Wood/Wood Waste Biomass: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 72

Table 2.7.B. Wood/Wood Waste Biomass: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2007-April 2017 73

Table 2.8.A. Consumption of Coal for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and April 2016 74

Table 2.8.B. Consumption of Coal for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and April 2016 75

Table 2.9.A. Consumption of Petroleum Liquids for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and April 2016 76

Table 2.9.B. Consumption of Petroleum Liquids for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and April 2016 77

Table 2.10.A. Consumption of Petroleum Coke for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and April 2016 78

Table 2.10.B. Consumption of Petroleum Coke for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and April 2016 79

Table 2.11.A. Consumption of Natural Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and April 2016 80

Table 2.11.B. Consumption of Nautral Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and April 2016 81

Table 2.12.A. Consumption of Landfill Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and April 2016 82

Table 2.12.B. Consumption of Landfill Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and April 2016 83

Table 2.13.A. Consumption of Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and April 2016 84

Table 2.13.B. Consumption of Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and April 2016 85

Table 2.14.A. Consumption of Wood/Wood Waste Biomass for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, April 2017 and April 2016 86

Table 2.14.B. Consumption of Wood/Wood Waste Biomass for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and April 2016 87

Table 3.1. Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke: Electric Power Sector, 2007-April 2017 88

Table 3.2. Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke: Electric Power Sector, by State, April 2017 and 2016 89

Table 3.3. Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke: Electric Power Sector, by Census Divison, April 2017 and 2016 90

Table 3.4. Stocks of Coal by Coal Rank: Electric Power Sector, 2007-April 2017 91

Table 4.1. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Total (All Sectors), 2007-April 2017 92

Table 4.2. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Electric Utilities, 2007-April 2017 94

Table 4.3. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Independent Power Producers, 2007-April 2017 96

Table 4.4. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Commercial Sector, 2007-April 2017 98

Table 4.5. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Industrial Sector, 2007-April 2017 100

Table 4.6.A. Receipts of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 102

Table 4.6.B. Receipts of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016 103

Table 4.7.A. Receipts of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 104

Table 4.7.B. Receipts of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016 105

Table 4.8.A. Receipts of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 106

Table 4.8.B. Receipts of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016 107

Table 4.9.A. Receipts of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 108

Table 4.9.B. Receipts of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016 109

Table 4.10.A. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 110

Table 4.10.B. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016 111

Table 4.11.A. Average Cost of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 112

Table 4.11.B. Average Cost of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016 113

Table 4.12.A. Average Cost of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 114

Table 4.12.B. Average Cost of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016(Dollars per MMBtu) 115

Table 4.13.A. Average Cost of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, April 2017 and 2016 116

Table 4.13.B. Average Cost of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) April 2017 and 2016 117

Table 4.14. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Total (All Sectors) by State, April 2017 118

Table 4.15. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Electric Utilties by State, April 2017 119

Table 4.16. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Independent Power Producers by State, April 2017 120

Table 4.17. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Commercial Sector by State, April 2017 121

Table 4.18. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Industrial Sector by State, April 2017 122

Table 5.1. Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers: Total by End-Use Sector, 2007 - April 2017 123

Table 5.2. Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers: Total by End-Use Sector, 2007 - April 2017 124

Table 5.3. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers: Total by End-Use Sector, 2007 - April 2017 125

Table 5.4.A. Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, April 2017 and 2016 126

Table 5.4.B. Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 127

Table 5.5.A. Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, April 2017 and 2016 128

Table 5.5.B. Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 129

Table 5.6.A. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, April 2017 and 2016 130

Table 5.6.B. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 and 2016 131

Table 5.7. Number of Ultimate Customers Served by Sector: 2008 - April 2017 132

Table 5.8. Number of Ultimate Customers Served by Sector by State: April 2017 and 2016 133

Table 6.1. Electric Generating Summer Capacity Changes, March 2017 to April 2017 134

Table 6.1.A. Estimated Net Summer Solar Photovoltaic Capacity From Utility and Small Scale Facilities 2008-April 2017 135

Table 6.1.B. Estimated Net Summer Solar Photovoltaic Capacity From Small Scale Facilities by Sector: 2014-April 2017 136

Table 6.2.A. Net Summer Capacity of Utility Scale Units by Technology and by State, April 2017 and 2016 137

Table 6.2.B. Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State, April 2017 and 2016 138

Table 6.2.C. Net Summer Capacity of Utility Scale Units Using Primarily Fossil Fuels and by State, April 2017 and 2016 139

Table 6.3. New Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, and Month, 2017 140

Table 6.4. Retired Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, and Month, 2017 144

Table 6.5. Planned U.S. Electric Generating Unit Additions 145

Table 6.6. Planned U.S. Electric Generating Unit Retirements 161

Table 6.7.A. Capacity Factors for Utility Scale Generators Primarily Using Fossil Fuels, January 2013-April 2017 167

Table 6.7.B. Capacity Factors for Utility Scale Generators Not Primarily Using Fossil Fuels, January 2013-April 2017 168

Figure 6.1.A. Utility Scale Generating Units Added in April 2017 169

Figure 6.1.B. Utility Scale Generating Units Retired in April 2017 170

Figure 6.1.C. Utility Scale Generating Units Planned to Come Online from May 2017 to April 2018 171

Figure 6.1.D. Utility Scale Generating Units Planned to Retire from May 2017 to April 2018 172

Table A.1.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Total (All Sectors) by Census Division and State, April 2017 173

Table A.1.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Total (All Sectors) by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 175

Table A.2.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Electric Utilities by Census Division and State, April 2017 177

Table A.2.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Electric Utilities by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 179

Table A.3.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Independent Power Producers by Census Division and State, April 2017 181

Table A.3.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Independent Power Producers by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 183

Table A.4.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Commercial Sector by Census Division and State, April 2017 185

Table A.4.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Commercial Sector by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 187

Table A.5.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Industrial Sector by Census Division and State, April 2017 189

Table A.5.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Industrial Sector by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 191

Table A.6.A. Relative Standard Error for Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, April 2017 193

Table A.6.B. Relative Standard Error for Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 194

Table A.7.A. Relative Standard Error for Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, April 2017 195

Table A.7.B. Relative Standard Error for Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 196

Table A.8.A. Relative Standard Error for Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, April 2017 197

Table A.8.B. Relative Standard Error for Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, Year-to-Date through April 2017 198

Table B.1. Major Disturbances and Unusual Occurrences, Year-to-Date 2017 199

Table B.2. Major Disturbances and Unusual Occurrences, 2016 201

Table C.1. Average Heat Content of Fossil-Fuel Receipts, April 2017 234

Table C.2. Comparison of Preliminary Monthly Data Versus Final Monthly Data at the U.S. Level, 2013 through 2015 235

Table C.3. Comparison of Preliminary Annual Data Versus Final Annual Data at the U.S. Level, 2013 through 2015 236

Table C.4. Unit of Measure Equivalents for Electricity 237