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Table ET7. Electric Power Sector Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2021, United States

Table ET7. Electric Power Sector Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2021, United States





Year



Coal


Natural
Gas a
Petroleum

Nuclear
Fuel
Biomass

Electricity
Imports c


Total
Energy d
Distillate
Fuel Oil
Petroleum
Coke
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total
Wood and
Waste b
Prices in Dollars per Million Btu
1970 0.31 0.28 0.57 0.29 0.41 0.42 0.18 0.65 1.92 0.32
1971 0.36 0.31 0.70 0.30 0.57 0.58 0.18 0.69 2.07 0.38
1972 0.38 0.33 0.88 0.31 0.64 0.66 0.18 0.72 2.18 0.42
1973 0.41 0.35 1.15 0.28 0.78 0.80 0.19 0.77 2.35 0.47
1974 0.71 0.49 2.14 0.36 1.87 1.89 0.20 0.84 3.18 0.87
1975 0.82 0.75 2.22 0.53 1.99 2.00 0.24 0.92 3.89 0.97
1976 0.85 1.03 2.39 1.50 1.95 1.98 0.25 0.98 4.15 1.03
1977 0.95 1.29 2.72 1.37 2.19 2.23 0.27 1.04 4.70 1.17
1978 1.12 1.43 2.78 0.86 2.13 2.17 0.30 1.12 5.24 1.27
1979 1.22 1.74 4.15 1.38 2.98 3.04 0.34 1.56 5.73 1.50
1980 1.35 2.20 5.75 2.61 4.25 4.34 0.43 1.74 6.94 1.77
1981 1.53 2.80 7.32 0.95 5.32 5.43 0.48 1.24 8.06 2.04
1982 1.65 3.37 6.99 1.15 4.83 4.94 0.54 1.28 9.31 2.05
1983 1.66 3.47 6.20 1.27 4.60 4.68 0.58 1.12 9.32 2.02
1984 1.66 3.58 6.22 1.25 4.82 4.90 0.67 1.28 9.08 2.02
1985 1.65 3.43 5.89 1.27 4.24 4.35 0.71 0.79 9.34 1.91
1986 1.58 2.35 3.67 1.04 2.42 2.48 0.70 0.32 9.27 1.60
1987 1.51 2.24 4.17 1.04 2.97 3.04 0.71 0.95 8.97 1.57
1988 1.47 2.26 3.81 0.99 2.41 2.49 0.73 0.87 8.84 1.49
1989 1.45 2.37 4.25 0.86 2.85 2.95 0.70 0.53 8.88 1.51
1990 1.46 2.34 5.61 0.82 3.30 3.42 0.67 0.34 8.37 1.48
1991 1.45 2.16 4.84 0.81 2.46 2.59 0.63 0.41 7.20 1.40
1992 1.41 2.33 4.76 0.75 2.48 2.57 0.59 0.42 6.60 1.38
1993 1.39 2.58 4.46 0.77 2.37 2.42 0.56 0.52 6.61 1.40
1994 1.36 2.26 4.09 0.57 2.40 2.47 0.56 1.09 6.35 1.36
1995 1.32 2.03 4.16 0.70 2.59 2.61 0.54 1.13 6.21 1.29
1996 1.29 2.68 5.03 0.72 3.02 3.07 0.51 0.75 6.37 1.35
1997 1.28 2.79 4.53 0.96 2.82 2.82 0.51 0.53 6.71 1.38
1998 1.26 2.45 3.46 0.67 2.09 2.09 0.50 0.66 7.87 1.32
1999 1.23 2.62 4.11 0.61 2.40 2.43 0.48 0.54 8.69 1.33
2000 1.21 4.53 6.87 0.48 4.09 4.20 0.46 0.68 16.78 1.71
2001 1.25 5.21 6.16 0.97 3.78 3.87 0.44 1.30 20.47 1.85
2002 1.25 3.60 5.69 0.57 3.79 3.46 0.43 1.66 8.94 1.54
2003 1.27 5.42 6.84 0.61 4.47 4.22 0.42 1.69 13.21 1.84
2004 1.35 5.96 8.33 0.79 4.58 4.26 0.42 1.61 13.84 2.00
2005 1.53 8.25 11.48 0.98 6.86 6.18 0.43 2.31 16.53 2.61
2006 1.68 6.92 14.31 1.26 8.12 6.65 0.44 2.56 17.32 2.48
2007 1.78 7.11 15.56 1.54 8.98 8.01 0.46 3.22 18.25 2.68
2008 2.09 9.04 21.44 1.88 13.48 11.04 0.47 2.53 18.28 3.21
2009 2.21 4.82 13.37 1.62 8.98 7.24 0.56 2.40 12.10 2.45
2010 2.28 5.16 16.63 2.13 12.47 9.55 0.64 2.63 13.31 2.63
2011 2.38 4.84 22.56 2.92 18.93 12.20 0.68 2.66 11.53 2.65
2012 2.39 3.48 23.76 2.54 20.78 14.26 0.74 2.31 9.51 2.41
2013 2.36 4.41 23.20 1.93 19.56 11.88 0.79 2.26 11.49 2.62
2014 2.37 5.06 22.20 1.79 17.59 12.55 0.75 2.72 13.31 2.80
2015 2.23 3.28 14.57 1.68 9.37 7.58 0.72 2.59 10.54 2.28
2016 2.14 2.91 11.15 1.49 8.04 5.56 0.70 2.52 8.74 2.09
2017 2.08 3.39 13.59 2.02 10.26 7.41 0.73 2.37 9.18 2.21
2018 2.07 3.56 16.27 2.37 12.64 9.75 0.70 2.15 10.74 2.33
2019 2.06 2.89 15.48 1.85 12.18 8.96 0.66 2.28 9.20 2.08
2020 1.96 2.41 [R ] 11.02 1.60 8.97 5.97 0.63 1.76 8.38 1.84
2021 2.07 5.15 15.93 2.87 13.48 9.64 0.69 2.32 12.82 3.00
Expenditures in Million Dollars
1970 2,237 1,151 80 6 797 882 44 2 40 4,357
1971 2,637 1,283 141 5 1,300 1,446 73 2 50 5,491
1972 2,977 1,351 274 6 1,759 2,039 104 2 78 6,551
1973 3,518 1,294 313 4 2,508 2,825 177 3 135 7,952
1974 6,060 1,720 661 7 5,681 6,350 259 2 167 14,558
1975 7,178 2,422 502 1 5,842 6,345 448 2 150 16,545
1976 8,284 3,242 582 3 6,289 6,874 520 3 156 19,078
1977 9,718 4,225 771 4 7,926 8,701 743 5 323 23,715
1978 11,472 4,695 767 10 7,882 8,660 915 4 380 26,125
1979 13,806 6,281 740 11 9,244 9,995 941 8 440 31,472
1980 16,450 8,357 972 14 10,446 11,432 1,189 8 592 38,027
1981 19,365 10,524 908 4 11,032 11,944 1,436 5 999 44,274
1982 20,641 11,236 624 5 7,116 7,745 1,684 4 1,043 42,354
1983 21,873 10,373 596 10 6,620 7,226 1,859 4 1,230 42,566
1984 23,165 11,521 550 9 5,737 6,296 2,384 12 1,308 44,686
1985 24,056 10,819 502 9 4,232 4,742 2,878 11 1,463 43,970
1986 22,755 6,305 306 10 3,288 3,603 3,061 4 1,287 37,016
1987 22,785 6,583 373 11 3,439 3,823 3,378 15 1,598 38,182
1988 23,290 6,123 416 12 3,468 3,896 4,057 15 1,171 38,553
1989 23,376 7,569 648 13 4,368 5,029 3,939 124 792 40,829
1990 23,671 7,809 541 25 3,841 4,408 4,104 108 527 40,626
1991 23,536 7,359 405 24 2,672 3,101 4,073 145 539 38,752
1992 23,270 8,239 350 34 2,164 2,548 3,802 167 636 38,663
1993 23,904 9,172 386 61 2,275 2,722 3,597 214 707 40,317
1994 23,416 9,056 491 40 2,083 2,614 3,777 472 1,015 40,351
1995 23,138 8,769 449 57 1,465 1,971 3,810 476 908 39,073
1996 23,862 10,387 550 57 1,899 2,506 3,624 328 945 41,652
1997 24,156 11,588 501 98 2,014 2,613 3,369 235 985 42,947
1998 24,140 11,525 469 83 2,184 2,736 3,555 294 1,061 43,311
1999 23,666 12,903 576 69 2,304 2,949 3,643 247 1,281 44,688
2000 24,424 24,104 1,199 47 3,562 4,808 3,628 307 2,783 60,053
2001 24,460 28,618 1,049 100 3,792 4,941 3,524 439 2,689 64,671
2002 24,811 20,839 725 99 2,499 3,323 3,504 629 1,122 54,229
2003 25,684 28,506 1,099 106 3,884 5,089 3,363 661 1,370 64,672
2004 27,474 33,433 926 167 4,023 5,116 3,445 618 1,615 71,701
2005 31,682 49,807 1,314 227 6,010 7,551 3,469 929 2,478 95,916
2006 34,423 44,216 1,050 255 2,927 4,233 3,637 1,043 2,523 90,074
2007 37,073 49,995 1,379 250 3,562 5,192 3,871 1,352 3,200 100,683
2008 42,900 61,936 1,555 275 3,240 5,070 3,976 1,091 3,556 118,530
2009 40,195 33,964 930 213 1,626 2,769 4,680 1,050 2,155 84,813
2010 43,596 38,991 1,325 290 1,921 3,536 5,414 1,207 2,047 94,791
2011 42,856 37,434 1,434 404 1,761 3,600 5,621 1,161 2,057 92,729
2012 37,815 32,363 1,244 216 1,594 3,055 5,965 1,047 1,923 82,168
2013 38,751 37,033 1,283 237 1,510 3,030 6,523 1,061 2,714 89,112
2014 38,993 42,414 1,821 211 1,673 3,706 6,252 1,442 3,020 95,827
2015 31,585 32,620 1,024 188 880 2,091 5,975 1,361 2,719 76,352
2016 27,787 30,073 611 177 568 1,356 5,857 1,273 2,168 68,514
2017 26,192 32,506 742 197 675 1,613 6,135 1,210 2,058 69,714
2018 24,971 39,013 [R ] 1,308 240 989 2,538 5,916 1,066 2,135 75,640 [R ]
2019 20,948 33,772 [R ] 832 140 716 1,689 5,592 1,021 1,854 64,876 [R ]
2020 16,167 29,013 [R ] 487 140 473 1,100 5,195 753 1,757 53,985 [R ]
2021 19,612 59,762 951 253 772 1,976 5,593 988 2,325 90,257
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. Where shown, R = Revised data.
bWood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Notes: Expenditure totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The electric power
sector consists of electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose
primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public. · Through 1988, data are for electric utilities
only. Beginning in 1989, data include independent power producers.
cElectricity imported from Canada and Mexico. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
dThere are no direct fuel costs for hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, or wind energy. Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
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