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Table ET3. Residential Sector Energy Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2021, Alabama

Table ET3. Residential Sector Energy Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2021, Alabama







Year
Primary Energy




Electricity f




Total
Energy e



Coal a


Natural
Gas b
Petroleum Biomass


Total e
Distillate
Fuel Oil

HGL c

Kerosene

Total

Wood d
Prices in Dollars per Million Btu
1970 0.81 1.10 1.24 2.19 1.62 2.13 0.85 1.32 4.62 2.42
1971 0.94 1.15 1.36 2.22 1.67 2.19 0.90 1.39 4.89 2.61
1972 1.01 1.23 1.37 2.19 1.69 2.16 0.90 1.46 5.14 2.82
1973 1.17 1.33 1.51 4.07 1.94 3.86 1.04 1.93 5.73 3.41
1974 1.86 1.51 2.26 4.01 2.95 3.90 1.61 2.00 6.71 3.91
1975 1.82 1.52 2.53 4.32 3.31 4.21 1.69 2.07 8.05 4.44
1976 1.90 1.94 2.79 4.17 3.55 4.09 1.81 2.38 8.71 4.82
1977 2.01 2.24 3.28 4.77 3.84 4.67 2.04 2.77 10.42 5.84
1978 2.91 2.63 3.45 5.01 4.25 4.89 2.16 3.05 10.77 6.24
1979 2.76 3.56 4.57 7.64 6.78 7.39 3.10 4.06 12.33 7.68
1980 2.97 3.91 6.83 7.75 9.13 7.91 4.31 4.48 14.44 8.99
1981 3.71 4.61 8.55 8.02 11.14 8.36 5.31 5.21 16.17 10.17
1982 3.30 5.31 8.16 9.01 10.98 9.53 5.15 5.99 18.60 11.69
1983 3.56 6.00 4.93 9.26 7.83 8.78 4.99 6.45 19.40 12.23
1984 3.27 6.06 7.89 8.90 7.60 8.79 5.07 6.26 20.32 12.89
1985 3.19 6.18 7.68 8.49 6.93 8.38 4.88 6.30 18.74 12.52
1986 2.89 6.30 5.33 8.08 4.74 7.88 3.91 6.29 18.95 12.73
1987 2.88 6.43 5.13 8.68 5.95 8.54 3.73 6.54 18.92 12.77
1988 2.62 6.33 4.93 8.21 8.55 8.19 3.77 6.40 19.06 12.81
1989 2.64 6.09 5.52 9.25 7.26 9.11 4.16 6.44 19.31 13.02
1990 2.70 6.38 6.70 11.05 8.97 10.95 3.53 6.75 19.32 13.44
1991 2.81 6.86 6.16 12.45 6.35 12.12 3.38 7.19 19.61 13.91
1992 2.69 6.56 5.52 11.08 9.12 11.00 3.09 6.70 19.60 13.46
1993 2.73 6.89 5.38 10.18 5.72 10.04 3.02 7.04 20.00 13.95
1994 2.83 7.19 5.36 10.49 7.40 10.39 2.93 7.34 19.61 14.06
1995 2.61 6.67 4.83 10.42 10.22 10.37 2.87 6.94 19.66 14.05
1996 2.62 6.99 5.81 11.91 4.47 11.60 3.29 7.36 19.44 13.93
1997 2.72 8.02 5.54 11.84 6.15 11.52 3.28 8.38 19.77 14.89
1998 2.81 7.90 4.44 10.80 9.38 10.74 2.84 8.12 20.34 15.58
1999 2.77 8.05 4.86 10.93 8.35 10.87 2.91 8.56 20.60 15.76
2000 2.87 8.80 8.36 14.47 10.38 14.37 4.37 9.96 20.67 16.26
2001 3.31 11.68 7.08 15.84 6.98 15.55 4.17 12.22 20.56 17.13
2002 2.72 10.23 6.37 13.27 5.50 13.06 3.78 10.53 20.88 17.00
2003 3.17 11.48 7.12 15.50 7.78 15.21 4.54 11.77 21.67 18.01
2004 3.26 13.01 9.41 16.74 9.76 16.40 5.16 13.27 22.34 19.11
2005 4.61 15.36 13.84 19.42 13.28 18.97 6.83 15.53 23.44 20.85
2006 5.63 18.30 15.99 22.37 16.91 22.09 7.87 18.47 25.65 23.48
2007 4.51 17.68 17.50 24.21 15.36 23.94 8.70 18.31 27.33 24.73
2008 17.89 24.36 28.53 19.04 28.45 10.72 19.27 30.48 27.06
2009 17.65 14.23 23.67 19.42 23.00 8.05 18.06 31.24 27.16
2010 15.55 17.28 26.60 20.58 25.84 9.50 16.98 31.27 26.81
2011 14.84 24.87 29.06 25.42 28.98 11.42 16.49 32.52 27.87
2012 15.94 24.79 26.73 26.61 26.68 12.71 17.08 33.40 29.34
2013 15.22 25.78 26.47 26.12 26.46 12.45 16.28 33.00 28.17
2014 14.31 24.85 31.01 25.33 30.87 12.14 15.93 33.66 28.36
2015 13.75 15.59 23.55 16.65 23.36 8.37 14.97 34.28 29.09
2016 13.70 13.23 22.52 13.27 22.33 7.15 14.84 35.14 30.22
2017 15.68 15.34 26.08 16.60 25.88 8.00 17.06 36.77 32.04
2018 14.82 16.91 27.06 23.98 26.93 8.85 16.37 35.68 30.42
2019 15.21 16.29 23.81 22.39 23.78 8.51 16.43 36.72 31.50
2020 15.54 13.37 21.00 14.54 20.98 7.04 16.28 36.86 31.73
2021 15.25 15.98 27.11 22.97 26.76 8.45 16.53 37.97 32.33
Expenditures in Million Dollars
1970 1.4 63.0 0.3 35.2 2.2 37.6 1.6 103.6 181.7 285.3
1971 1.2 65.1 0.3 38.3 1.5 40.0 1.5 107.8 204.2 312.0
1972 1.2 67.6 0.4 41.3 1.0 42.8 1.4 113.0 234.3 347.3
1973 1.0 76.2 0.6 70.1 2.7 73.4 1.5 152.1 287.3 439.4
1974 0.5 85.4 1.0 55.9 2.3 59.3 2.6 147.8 336.1 484.0
1975 0.3 82.0 1.1 55.3 2.5 58.9 3.2 144.3 368.5 512.8
1976 0.2 113.1 2.0 60.9 2.4 65.3 3.8 182.3 418.6 601.0
1977 0.4 130.5 2.1 74.3 3.4 79.8 4.7 215.4 542.3 757.6
1978 2.9 154.1 2.0 63.5 4.7 70.2 4.5 231.7 578.3 810.1
1979 2.0 191.8 2.4 59.4 5.2 67.0 6.6 267.4 632.5 899.9
1980 3.4 211.7 0.5 65.6 10.2 76.3 12.6 304.1 811.2 1,115.3
1981 1.4 239.6 0.8 70.3 11.7 82.8 17.6 341.5 877.8 1,219.4
1982 1.7 262.4 2.6 67.5 33.3 103.3 23.7 391.1 1,001.7 1,392.8
1983 1.8 300.4 1.3 82.5 26.7 110.5 18.4 431.1 1,046.7 1,477.8
1984 2.2 316.5 1.6 58.6 3.5 63.6 25.6 407.9 1,179.7 1,587.6
1985 2.1 280.1 1.1 57.9 2.9 61.8 25.4 369.4 1,098.4 1,467.8
1986 2.1 291.3 0.9 63.1 1.7 65.7 18.5 377.7 1,180.4 1,558.1
1987 2.2 325.9 0.6 80.4 2.0 82.9 14.4 425.4 1,245.2 1,670.6
1988 2.2 318.4 0.8 74.4 6.3 81.5 15.5 417.6 1,277.0 1,694.6
1989 1.0 301.7 0.8 91.8 3.3 95.9 17.3 415.9 1,307.0 1,722.9
1990 1.4 298.3 0.7 97.0 1.9 99.6 20.9 420.2 1,366.1 1,786.3
1991 0.2 325.2 0.5 94.0 2.2 96.7 21.0 443.1 1,424.7 1,867.8
1992 1.0 334.6 0.3 80.1 1.6 82.0 20.1 437.8 1,413.4 1,851.2
1993 0.5 364.6 0.4 95.2 1.4 97.0 15.0 477.0 1,544.2 2,021.2
1994 0.1 368.5 0.4 95.9 1.2 97.4 13.8 479.9 1,549.9 2,029.7
1995 0.1 340.1 0.3 97.0 3.8 101.1 13.5 454.8 1,630.9 2,085.7
1996 0.3 408.1 0.3 113.7 1.6 115.6 16.1 540.1 1,700.4 2,240.5
1997 0.5 404.9 1.3 116.4 2.0 119.6 8.4 533.5 1,678.8 2,212.4
1998 0.1 382.1 0.2 91.5 2.1 93.8 6.5 482.4 1,896.8 2,379.2
1999 0.2 355.7 0.2 166.7 2.1 169.0 6.8 531.7 1,901.4 2,433.0
2000 0.4 436.0 0.6 232.7 2.7 236.1 11.0 683.5 2,027.8 2,711.3
2001 0.1 593.9 1.6 205.5 1.5 208.6 8.7 811.2 1,950.1 2,761.3
2002 (s) 489.5 1.4 146.2 0.7 148.2 8.0 645.7 2,138.4 2,784.1
2003 (s) 550.5 0.3 129.7 2.2 132.2 10.1 692.8 2,175.0 2,867.8
2004 (s) 585.1 0.7 151.8 3.7 156.2 11.8 753.1 2,295.2 3,048.2
2005 (s) 665.3 1.1 120.5 5.7 127.3 12.3 804.9 2,504.0 3,308.9
2006 0.3 716.9 0.9 143.0 4.8 148.6 12.5 878.4 2,824.7 3,703.0
2007 (s) 643.6 0.8 165.7 2.8 169.4 15.3 828.3 3,056.8 3,885.1
2008 691.6 1.3 215.9 0.9 218.1 21.1 930.8 3,347.6 4,278.4
2009 653.4 8.0 184.6 1.3 193.8 21.0 868.2 3,356.0 4,224.3
2010 666.6 12.1 226.2 1.8 240.1 26.5 933.2 3,790.7 4,723.9
2011 551.7 1.5 170.8 1.8 174.1 31.0 756.7 3,661.5 4,418.2
2012 446.8 2.6 112.5 0.4 115.4 28.8 591.0 3,491.4 4,082.4
2013 542.4 2.3 124.1 0.4 126.8 36.8 705.9 3,532.6 4,238.5
2014 570.3 2.5 153.3 0.6 156.3 36.3 762.9 3,781.9 4,544.9
2015 462.8 1.9 127.1 0.3 129.2 6.9 598.9 3,731.8 4,330.8
2016 399.4 1.2 113.5 0.2 114.9 4.9 519.2 3,843.4 4,362.6
2017 424.6 1.3 124.1 0.1 125.5 4.6 554.7 3,786.7 4,341.4
2018 528.5 1.2 155.4 0.3 156.8 7.1 692.4 4,027.6 4,720.0
2019 478.5 0.4 143.7 0.3 144.3 6.6 629.4 4,061.2 4,690.6
2020 451.1 0.2 121.9 0.1 122.1 4.5 577.7 3,939.9 4,517.6
2021 506.0 2.3 122.3 0.3 124.9 5.4 636.2 4,092.4 4,728.6
aBeginning in 2008, consumption data are no longer collected and are assumed to be zero. fElectricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy
service providers.
bIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. Where shown, R = Revised data, — = No consumption, and (s) = Value less than 0.05 million dollars.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. Note: Expenditure totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
dWood and wood-derived fuels. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
eThere are no direct fuel costs for geothermal, photovoltaic, or solar thermal energy. Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/