Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Billions of Kilowatt Hours, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1938 (2)--Original Data, 1936-1957. Data Represent Production For Public Use, And In Addition For Electric Railways, Electrified Steam Railroads, And A Few Plants Generating Power For Their Own Use. Source: Data For 1919: University Of Illinois, Bureau Of Business Research, Bulletin No. 6, 1927. Data For 1920-1938: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, November 1927, P. 26; 1932 Annual Supplement; December 1940, P. 17.

This NBER data series m01128 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01128