Table B2.  Northeast Summary: Space Heating Equipment
(Million Households)

Year

Distillate Heating, No Gas

Distillate Heating, With Gas

Total Distillate Heating

Natural Gas Space Heating

Electric Heating

Single Family

Multi-
Family

Total Distillate

Single Family

Multi-
Family

Total With Gas

Single Family

Multi-
Family

Total Gas

Single Family

Multi-
Family

Total Electric

1978

3.4

0.6

4.0

1.4

3.2

4.7

8.6

4.3

2.6

7.0

0.6

0.9

1.4

1979

2.8

0.3

3.1

1.2

2.9

4.1

7.2

3.9

3.2

7.1

0.6

1.1

1.7

1980

3.3

0.6

3.9

1.3

2.8

4.1

8.0

4.0

2.6

6.6

1.0

0.6

1.6

1981

2.9

0.8

3.7

1.2

2.8

4.0

7.8

4.2

2.8

7.0

0.7

0.9

1.5

1982

2.9

0.8

3.6

1.3

2.5

3.8

7.4

4.6

2.9

7.5

0.7

0.6

1.3

1984

2.9

0.6

3.5

1.4

2.8

4.3

7.8

4.6

2.6

7.2

0.8

0.6

1.4

1987

3.4

0.9

4.3

1.0

2.4

3.4

7.7

5.2

2.9

8.1

1.1

1.0

2.1

1990

3.9

0.7

4.6

0.9

1.9

2.8

7.4

5.4

3.4

8.7

1.2

0.8

2.0

1993

4.0

0.6

4.5

0.8

1.7

2.5

7.0

5.7

3.8

9.4

1.0

0.9

1.9

1997

4.1

0.5

4.7

0.7

1.7

2.4

7.1

6.8

2.3

9.2

1.5

0.9

2.3

Source: Energy Information Administration, using 1978-1997 RECS data.

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for the Residential Sector in the Northeast Region


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