Gas positioned to increase role in Texas power generation
✍ Scribed by Spruiell, Joe W.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Weight
- 670 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0743-5665
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✦ Synopsis
Texas has more installed generating capacity and generates more power than any other state in the United States. During 1996, Texas power plants generated approximately 9 percent of all power in the country, with naturalgas-fired generation accounting for more power in Texas than any other fuel source. The following article provides some insight about electricity generated in Texas and the major fuelsnuclear, bituminous and sub-bituminous coal (coal), lignite, and natural gas-that produce it.
. . . electric power-generation
industry in Texas has more installed generating capacity and generates more power than any other state -. .
Texas also uses hydroelectric and other renewable forms of energy to generate electricity. However, these sources account for less than 1 percent of the generating capacity in Texas and have been excluded from this analysis. The primary source of information for this study is the Texas Public Utility Commission's (PUC) Fuel Efficiency Reports, with additional information from the Energy Information Administration's (EIA's) Electric Power Monthly and Electric Power Annual Reports.