Clean Power Plan accelerates the growth of renewable generation throughout United States

(Fri, 17 Jun 2016) EIA's <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2016</em> (AEO2016) Reference case projects that natural gas-fired electricity generation will exceed coal-fired electricity generation by 2022, while generation from renewables—driven by wind and solar—will overtake coal-fired generation by 2029. The shift away from coal-fired generation to a combination of higher natural gas-fired and renewables generation and greater energy efficiency is expected to be accelerated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan (CPP).

Early release 2015 annual EIA-860 data

(Fri, 17 Jun 2016) Early release of the final EIA-860 data for calendar year 2015.The early release is provided for the express purpose of providing immediate access to individual plant and generator data for analysts who use this type of information. The data has not been fully edited and is inappropriate for aggregation, such as to state or national totals. Also, in some cases, data for a certain number of plants and generators has been excluded from this early release pending further data validation. Final, complete, and fully-edited data will be released by EIA later in 2016.

The 2016 EIA Energy Conference and job fair is next month

(Thu, 16 Jun 2016) The U.S. Energy Information Administration will hold its 2016 Energy Conference on July 11 and 12 in Washington, DC. This two-day event provides the opportunity to meet and network with energy analysts, decision makers, and EIA staff. This year's conference also includes an EIA job fair.

Total U.S. electricity sales projected to grow slowly as electricity intensity declines

(Wed, 15 Jun 2016) Electricity sales, as projected in the U.S. Energy Information Administration's most recent Annual Energy Outlook (AEO2016) Reference case, increase in each sector through 2040. In 2015, 3.7 trillion kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity were sold, and total electricity sales are projected to rise 0.7% annually through the projection period. The residential sector currently purchases the most electricity, with a 38% share of total electricity sales in 2015.

OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet

(Tue, 14 Jun 2016) For 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned about $404 billion in net oil export revenues (unadjusted for inflation). This represents a 46% decline from the $753 billion earned in 2014, mainly as a result of a precipitous fall in average annual crude oil prices during the year, and to a lesser extent to decreases in the level of OPEC net oil exports. This revenue total was the lowest earnings for OPEC since 2010.

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