State Residential Energy Consumption Shares 1996

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• Residential customers in the Northeast are more heavily dependent on heating oil than are residential consumers in the rest of the country.

• Rhode Island is no exception. In 1996, which is shown here because the weather was more typical than the warm weather of 1997, heating oil comprised about 38% of the energy used in the residential sector -- similar to other states in the Northeast.

• Natural gas serves 37% of the residential market, and electricity meets about 16% of the state’s residential needs. Wood is also significant in the Northeast, representing about 7% of residential energy consumed.