According to the EIA's Electric Power Annual, electric utility generating capability in the United States totaled 712,033 megawatts in 1997, and electric utilities received 881 million short tons of coal, 118 million barrels of petroleum, and 2,765 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of gas at a total delivered cost of $33 billion. Coal accounted for 84 percent of the total Btu content of fossil fuels...

This monthly publication from the EIA reports that total US net generation of electricity in October 1999 was at 224 billion kilowatthours, 3 percent below the level of generation in October 1998. Sales of electricity in October 1999 were also lower, down 1 percent from the previous year.