Table D2. Installed Operating Capacity, by FERC Region, by Technology, as of December 31, 1994
(Kilowatts)
Technology
FERC Region[a] Bioenergy Geothermal Hydro Photovoltaic Solar Thermal Wind
1.................. 1,440,666 -- 3,383,832 266 -- 81,904
2.................. 470,163 -- 5,735,842 90 -- 2,031
3.................. 844,698 -- 5,765,001 412 -- 3,661
4.................. 2,465,677 -- 15,320,054 153 -- 45
5.................. 944,160 -- 3,378,564 58 -- 28,229
6.................. 23,900 -- 3,027,468 1,218 -- 3,668
7.................. 16,603 -- 1,416,225 4 -- 2,684
8.................. 59,355 39,100 6,326,594 28 -- 755
9.................. 1,733,106 2,865,758 16,677,122 6,532 367,748 2,006,852
10................. 553,655 -- 31,640,995 17 -- 1,495
[a]FERC Region includes: Region 1 New England = Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamshire, Rhode Island, and
Vermont; Region 2 = New Jersey and New York; Region 3 Mid-Atlantic = Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia; Region 4 South Atlantic = Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Region 5 Midwest = Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin; Region 6 Southwest = Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas; Region 7 Central = Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska; Region 8 North Central = Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming;
Region 9 West = Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada; Region 10 Northwest = Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Notes: Bioenergy capacity includes all bioenergy fuels (agricultural residues, biogas, municipal solid waste, and timber
residues). Some units which use bioenergy fuels may also use fossil fuels. In these cases only the bioenergy fuel portion
is included in the capacity figure.
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Renewable Electric Plant Information System (REPIS) database, beta version.
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