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 168
Appendix B 194
Appendix C 201
Glossary 234
Table ES1.A. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, 2016 and 2015 11
Table ES1.B. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, Year-to-Date 2016 and 2015 12
Table ES2.A. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Physical Units, 2016 and 2015 13
Table ES2.B. Summary Statistics: Receipts and Cost of Fossil Fuels for the Electric Power Industry by Sector, Btus, 2016 and 2015 14
Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2006-December 2016 15
Table 1.1.A. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2006-December 2016 16
Table 1.2.A. Net Generation by Energy Source: Electric Utilities, 2006-December 2016 17
Table 1.2.B. Net Generation by Energy Source: Independent Power Producers, 2006-December 2016 18
Table 1.2.C. Net Generation by Energy Source: Commercial Sector, 2006-December 2016 19
Table 1.2.D. Net Generation by Energy Source: Industrial Sector, 2006-December 2016 20
Table 1.2.E. Net Generation by Energy Source: Residential Sector, 2014-December 2016 21
Table 1.3.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 22
Table 1.3.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 23
Table 1.4.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Coal by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 24
Table 1.4.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Coal by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 25
Table 1.5.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Liquids by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 26
Table 1.5.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Liquids by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 27
Table 1.6.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Coke by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 28
Table 1.6.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Petroleum Coke by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 29
Table 1.7.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 30
Table 1.7.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 31
Table 1.8.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Gases by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 32
Table 1.8.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Gases by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 33
Table 1.9.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Nuclear Energy by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 34
Table 1.9.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Nuclear Energy by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 35
Table 1.10.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Conventional) Power by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 36
Table 1.10.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Conventional) Power by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 37
Table 1.11.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Renewable Sources Excluding Hydroelectric by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 38
Table 1.11.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Renewable Sources Excluding Hydroelectric by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 39
Table 1.12.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Pumped Storage) Power by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 40
Table 1.12.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Hydroelectric (Pumped Storage) Power by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 41
Table 1.13.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Energy Sources by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 42
Table 1.13.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Other Energy Sources by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 43
Table 1.14.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Wind by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 44
Table 1.14.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Wind by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 45
Table 1.15.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Biomass by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 46
Table 1.15.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Biomass by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 47
Table 1.16.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Geothermal by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 48
Table 1.16.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Geothermal by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 49
Table 1.17.A. Net Generation from Solar Photovoltaic by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 50
Table 1.17.B. Net Generation from Solar Photovoltaic by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 51
Table 1.18.A. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Solar Thermal by State, by Sector, December 2016 and 2015 52
Table 1.18.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Solar Thermal by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 53
Table 2.1.A. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 54
Table 2.1.B. Coal: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 55
Table 2.1.C. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 56
Table 2.2.A. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 57
Table 2.2.B. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 58
Table 2.2.C. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 59
Table 2.3.A. Petroleum Coke: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 60
Table 2.3.B. Petroleum Coke: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 61
Table 2.3.C. Petroleum Coke: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 62
Table 2.4.A. Natural Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 63
Table 2.4.B. Natural Gas: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 64
Table 2.4.C. Natural Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 65
Table 2.5.A. Landfill Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 66
Table 2.5.B. Landfill Gas: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 67
Table 2.5.C. Landfill Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 68
Table 2.6.A. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 69
Table 2.6.B. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 70
Table 2.6.C. Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 71
Table 2.7.A. Wood/Wood Waste Biomass: Consumption for Electricity Generation, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 72
Table 2.7.B. Wood/Wood Waste Biomass: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output, by Sector, 2006-December 2016 73
Table 2.8.A. Consumption of Coal for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and December 2015 74
Table 2.8.B. Consumption of Coal for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and December 2015 75
Table 2.9.A. Consumption of Petroleum Liquids for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and December 2015 76
Table 2.9.B. Consumption of Petroleum Liquids for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and December 2015 77
Table 2.10.A. Consumption of Petroleum Coke for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and December 2015 78
Table 2.10.B. Consumption of Petroleum Coke for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and December 2015 79
Table 2.11.A. Consumption of Natural Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and December 2015 80
Table 2.11.B. Consumption of Nautral Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and December 2015 81
Table 2.12.A. Consumption of Landfill Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and December 2015 82
Table 2.12.B. Consumption of Landfill Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and December 2015 83
Table 2.13.A. Consumption of Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and December 2015 84
Table 2.13.B. Consumption of Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and December 2015 85
Table 2.14.A. Consumption of Wood/Wood Waste Biomass for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, December 2016 and December 2015 86
Table 2.14.B. Consumption of Wood/Wood Waste Biomass for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and December 2015 87
Table 3.1. Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke: Electric Power Sector, 2006-December 2016 88
Table 3.2. Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke: Electric Power Sector, by State, December 2016 and 2015 89
Table 3.3. Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke: Electric Power Sector, by Census Divison, December 2016 and 2015 90
Table 3.4. Stocks of Coal by Coal Rank: Electric Power Sector, 2006-December 2016 91
Table 4.1. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Total (All Sectors), 2006-December 2016 92
Table 4.2. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Electric Utilities, 2006-December 2016 94
Table 4.3. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Independent Power Producers, 2006-December 2016 96
Table 4.4. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Commercial Sector, 2006-December 2016 98
Table 4.5. Receipts, Average Cost, and Quality of Fossil Fuels: Industrial Sector, 2006-December 2016 100
Table 4.6.A. Receipts of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 102
Table 4.6.B. Receipts of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 103
Table 4.7.A. Receipts of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 104
Table 4.7.B. Receipts of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 105
Table 4.8.A. Receipts of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 106
Table 4.8.B. Receipts of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 107
Table 4.9.A. Receipts of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 108
Table 4.9.B. Receipts of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 109
Table 4.10.A. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 110
Table 4.10.B. Average Cost of Coal Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 111
Table 4.11.A. Average Cost of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 112
Table 4.11.B. Average Cost of Petroleum Liquids Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 113
Table 4.12.A. Average Cost of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 114
Table 4.12.B. Average Cost of Petroleum Coke Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 115
Table 4.13.A. Average Cost of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, December 2016 and 2015 116
Table 4.13.B. Average Cost of Natural Gas Delivered for Electricity Generation by State, (Year-to-Date) December 2016 and 2015 117
Table 4.14. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Total (All Sectors) by State, December 2016 118
Table 4.15. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Electric Utilties by State, December 2016 119
Table 4.16. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Independent Power Producers by State, December 2016 120
Table 4.17. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Commercial Sector by State, December 2016 121
Table 4.18. Receipts and Quality of Coal by Rank Delivered for Electricity Generation: Industrial Sector by State, December 2016 122
Table 5.1. Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers: Total by End-Use Sector, 2006-December 2016 123
Table 5.2. Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers: Total by End-Use Sector, 2006-December 2016 124
Table 5.3. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers: Total by End-Use Sector, 2006-December 2016 125
Table 5.4.A. Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, December 2016 and 2015 126
Table 5.4.B. Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 127
Table 5.5.A. Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, December 2016 and 2015 128
Table 5.5.B. Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 129
Table 5.6.A. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, December 2016 and 2015 130
Table 5.6.B. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, Year-to-Date through December 2016 and 2015 131
Table 5.7. Number of Ultimate Customers Served by Sector: 2008 - December 2016 132
Table 5.8. Number of Ultimate Customers Served by Sector by State: December 2016 and 2015 133
Table 6.1. Electric Generating Summer Capacity Changes, November 2016 to December 2016 134
Table 6.1.A. Estimated Net Summer Solar Photovoltaic Capacity From Utility and Small Scale Facilities 2008-December 2016 135
Table 6.1.B. Estimated Net Summer Solar Photovoltaic Capacity From Small Scale Facilities by Sector: 2014-December 2016 136
Table 6.2.A. Net Summer Capacity of Utility Scale Units by Technology and by State, December 2016 and 2015 137
Table 6.2.B. Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State, December 2016 and 2015 138
Table 6.2.C. Net Summer Capacity of Utility Scale Units Using Primarily Fossil Fuels and by State, December 2016 and 2015 139
Table 6.3. New Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, Month, and Year 140
Table 6.4. Retired Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, Month, and Year 147
Table 6.5. Planned U.S. Electric Generating Unit Additions 149
Table 6.6. Planned U.S. Electric Generating Unit Retirements 159
Table 6.7.A. Capacity Factors for Utility Scale Generators Primarily Using Fossil Fuels, January 2013-December 2016 162
Table 6.7.B. Capacity Factors for Utility Scale Generators Not Primarily Using Fossil Fuels, January 2013-December 2016 163
Figure 6.1.A. Utility Scale Generating Units Added in December 2016 164
Figure 6.1.B. Utility Scale Generating Units Retired in December 2016 165
Figure 6.1.C. Utility Scale Generating Units Planned to Come Onlin from January 2017 to December 2017 166
Figure 6.1.D. Utility Scale Generating Units Planned to Retire from January 2017 to December 2017 167
Table A.1.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Total (All Sectors) by Census Division and State, December 2016 168
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 December 2016 170
Table A.2.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Electric Utilities by Census Division and State, December 2016 172
Table A.2.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Electric Utilities by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through December 2016 174
Table A.3.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Independent Power Producers by Census Division and State, December 2016 176
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 December 2016 178
Table A.4.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Commercial Sector by Census Division and State, December 2016 180
Table A.4.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Commercial Sector by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through December 2016 182
Table A.5.A. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Industrial Sector by Census Division and State, December 2016 184
Table A.5.B. Relative Standard Error for Net Generation by Fuel Type: Industrial Sector by Census Division and State, Year-to-Date through December 2016 186
Table A.6.A. Relative Standard Error for Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, December 2016 188
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 December 2016 189
Table A.7.A. Relative Standard Error for Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, December 2016 190
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 December 2016 191
Table A.8.A. Relative Standard Error for Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, Census Division, and State, December 2016 192
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 December 2016 193
Table B.1. Major Disturbances and Unusual Occurrences, Year-to-Date 2016 194
Table B.2. Major Disturbances and Unusual Occurrences, 2015 198
Table C.1. Average Heat Content of Fossil-Fuel Receipts, December 2016 230
Table C.2. Comparison of Preliminary Monthly Data Versus Final Monthly Data at the U.S. Level, 2013 through 2015 231
Table C.3. Comparison of Preliminary Annual Data Versus Final Annual Data at the U.S. Level, 2013 through 2015 232
Table C.4. Unit of Measure Equivalents for Electricity 233