CA Sources of electricity and Total Electricity Use

 

2007 Total System Power in Gigawatt Hours

Fuel Type

In-State Generation

Northwest Imports

Southwest Imports

Total System Power

Percent of Total System Power

Coal*

4,190

6,546

39,275

50,012

16.6%

Large Hydro

23,283

9,263

2,686

35,232

11.7%

Natural Gas

118,228

1,838

16,363

136,063

45.2%

Nuclear

35,692

629

8,535

44,856

14.8%

Renewables

28,463

6,393

688

35,545

11.8%

Biomass

5,398

837

1

6,236

2.1%

Geothermal

12,999

0

440

13,439

4.5%

Small Hydro

3,675

4,700

18

8,393

2.8%

Solar

668

0

7

675

0.2%

Wind

5,723

857

222

6,802

2.3%

Total

209,856

24,669

67,547

302,072

100.0%

Source:

2007 Net System Power Report - Final Adopted Commission Report,
publication number CEC-200-2008-002-CMF, adopted April 16i, 2008. (PDF file, 27 pages, 408 kb)

 

 

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