Energy Sources in New England
2012

Net Energy for Load (NEL) is the electric energy produced by generation and imports to satisfy all residential, commercial, and industrial customer demand. Below is the breakdown of generation by fuel type plus imports and exports over individual tie lines that make up New England's NEL for 2012. This information is also available in a spreadsheet [XLS], which provides the data by month and by year dating back to 2000.

  GWh (a) % of Generation % of NEL
TOTAL GENERATION (b) 116,935

100%

91.35%
Gas 49,573

42.4%

38.7%
Nuclear 36,116

30.9%

28.2%
Oil/Gas 11,505

9.8%

8.9%
Hydro: Run of River & Pondage 6,692

5.7%

5.2%
Total Renewables 7,988

6.8%

6.2%
Wood/Refuse 3,392    
Refuse 2,848    
Wind 1170    
Landfill Gas 331    
Steam 143    
Methane/Refuse 36    
Steam/Refuse 31    
Solar 36    
Coal 3,701

3.2%

2.9%
Hydro: Pumped Storage 1,129

1.0%

1.0%
Oil 232

0.2%

0.2%
       
NET FLOW OVER EXTERNAL TIES (c) -12,580   9.83%
       
New Brunswick -643    
New York 1,075    
Quebec -13,012    
Total Imports -17,960    
New Brunswick -1,146    
New York -3,802    
Quebec -13,012    
Total Exports 5,380    
New Brunswick 503    
New York 4,876    
Quebec 0    
       
PUMPING LOAD (d) 1,509   -1.18%
       
NET ENERGY FOR LOAD (e) 128,007   100%

 

(a) GWh stands for gigawatt-hour. Numbers are preliminary pending 90-day resettlement.

(b) Data are not available for the amount of generation by individual fuels in dual fuel units such as oil/gas.

(c) Imports are negative; exports are positive.

(d) The energy used to operate pumped storage plants.

(e) Generation + net interchange - pumping load.

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