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

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







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 1.03 1.20 1.35 2.43 1.57 1.40 0.40 1.25 7.15 1.97
1971 1.06 1.24 1.44 2.33 1.62 1.48 0.42 1.31 8.09 2.17
1972 1.14 1.31 1.45 2.53 1.58 1.49 0.42 1.37 8.54 2.32
1973 1.08 1.43 1.67 3.48 1.82 1.74 0.49 1.53 9.03 2.61
1974 2.26 1.62 2.62 4.10 2.89 2.68 0.75 2.07 11.33 3.51
1975 2.57 1.89 2.81 4.42 3.12 2.88 0.79 2.29 12.80 3.96
1976 2.27 2.09 2.93 5.31 3.26 3.03 0.85 2.46 13.01 4.09
1977 2.36 2.45 3.32 5.33 3.66 3.40 0.96 2.83 14.01 4.66
1978 2.48 2.58 3.52 5.46 3.88 3.60 1.01 2.95 14.60 4.90
1979 2.54 3.13 5.03 7.45 5.27 5.10 1.45 3.86 15.62 5.87
1980 2.70 3.73 6.95 9.00 8.05 7.09 2.02 4.88 17.42 7.12
1981 3.21 4.41 8.52 9.77 10.29 8.69 2.49 5.74 19.54 8.30
1982 3.20 5.28 8.20 10.37 10.35 8.48 2.41 6.15 22.49 9.35
1983 2.78 6.26 8.09 11.37 8.27 8.26 2.34 6.67 22.87 10.04
1984 3.08 6.34 8.25 11.83 9.19 8.52 2.38 6.97 23.35 10.17
1985 2.83 6.50 7.82 11.63 8.62 8.07 2.29 6.89 25.05 10.57
1986 2.76 6.17 6.22 9.88 6.93 6.47 1.83 6.07 25.96 10.31
1987 2.72 5.82 5.88 10.30 6.46 6.15 1.75 5.75 25.96 10.24
1988 2.69 5.59 5.95 9.26 6.45 6.16 1.76 5.63 25.44 10.01
1989 2.79 5.90 6.50 11.08 6.25 6.71 1.95 6.03 26.09 10.40
1990 2.96 6.36 7.84 12.94 7.97 8.17 2.83 6.76 27.03 11.69
1991 2.64 6.53 7.62 13.85 7.21 8.04 2.71 6.82 28.09 12.09
1992 2.69 6.37 6.79 11.87 6.27 7.13 2.48 6.40 28.33 11.52
1993 2.79 6.60 6.60 11.86 5.94 6.88 2.42 6.50 27.99 11.66
1994 2.75 7.18 6.56 13.56 6.13 6.99 2.35 6.92 28.00 12.10
1995 2.55 6.92 6.32 12.74 5.85 6.74 2.30 6.67 28.49 12.21
1996 2.73 7.13 7.29 14.05 7.11 7.79 2.64 7.17 28.52 12.47
1997 2.66 8.05 7.27 13.91 7.00 7.77 2.63 7.80 28.99 13.27
1998 2.61 8.15 6.23 12.54 5.70 6.75 2.27 7.51 28.92 13.73
1999 2.52 8.01 6.24 12.72 5.58 6.74 2.33 7.43 26.73 12.73
2000 2.51 8.20 9.36 16.35 9.34 10.04 3.50 8.73 27.94 13.74
2001 4.52 10.91 8.87 17.53 10.06 9.66 3.34 10.28 28.36 15.28
2002 2.77 9.12 8.14 14.70 8.48 8.77 3.03 8.85 28.55 14.62
2003 2.36 10.45 9.98 16.96 10.93 10.75 3.64 10.39 28.10 15.28
2004 3.73 11.81 11.39 18.89 12.49 12.23 4.14 11.78 28.07 16.49
2005 3.33 13.66 15.11 21.45 14.54 15.74 5.48 14.16 28.89 18.73
2006 3.59 15.84 17.54 24.31 17.83 18.39 6.31 16.46 30.33 21.16
2007 3.52 14.12 19.30 26.51 19.28 20.33 6.97 15.92 32.09 21.30
2008 15.61 24.32 31.04 26.78 25.12 8.59 19.38 33.27 23.59
2009 14.18 17.96 27.48 21.62 20.10 6.45 15.57 34.14 21.84
2010 12.44 21.43 30.10 24.30 23.17 7.61 15.54 37.22 23.02
2011 11.99 26.14 32.37 28.72 27.39 9.15 16.43 38.86 24.30
2012 11.48 29.86 30.69 30.15 30.02 10.19 16.77 37.37 24.39
2013 11.07 28.82 30.10 30.15 29.08 9.98 15.99 37.48 23.30
2014 11.20 28.12 32.75 30.23 28.98 9.73 16.19 39.03 23.44
2015 10.53 19.65 27.95 16.97 21.04 6.71 13.30 39.98 22.14
2016 9.76 16.89 27.76 13.53 18.84 5.73 12.04 40.64 22.21
2017 10.93 18.79 30.68 16.92 21.11 6.41 13.43 41.70 23.18
2018 10.82 20.69 30.74 25.20 22.66 7.09 13.88 40.71 22.66
2019 11.26 20.61 26.10 24.50 22.08 6.82 13.77 40.46 22.89
2020 11.04 17.60 22.83 22.52 18.89 5.64 12.66 39.81 22.61
2021 11.56 20.71 27.51 22.38 22.08 6.77 14.19 40.33 23.46
Expenditures in Million Dollars
1970 49.1 367.4 245.1 15.0 29.9 290.1 2.4 709.0 561.5 1,270.4
1971 42.4 389.5 263.0 14.2 33.6 310.8 2.4 745.1 670.7 1,415.8
1972 29.5 414.2 285.7 16.8 38.4 341.0 2.5 787.2 749.3 1,536.5
1973 25.8 433.2 334.3 23.0 33.4 390.6 2.5 852.2 845.3 1,697.5
1974 36.6 451.3 487.0 26.1 41.4 554.5 4.0 1,046.4 1,057.1 2,103.5
1975 32.4 527.3 517.2 30.6 35.8 583.5 4.8 1,148.0 1,208.5 2,356.5
1976 26.9 621.0 594.5 38.5 40.2 673.2 6.1 1,327.2 1,280.8 2,608.0
1977 26.8 695.0 680.8 40.2 38.1 759.1 7.9 1,488.9 1,443.3 2,932.2
1978 26.5 753.5 678.5 37.9 36.5 752.9 10.9 1,543.6 1,532.3 3,075.9
1979 16.1 921.2 949.6 33.6 61.0 1,044.2 18.7 2,000.2 1,674.2 3,674.4
1980 20.6 1,098.2 1,127.1 46.9 107.8 1,281.8 31.3 2,431.9 1,888.1 4,320.1
1981 24.9 1,288.6 1,200.5 58.5 116.3 1,375.2 43.8 2,732.5 2,114.3 4,846.7
1982 22.8 1,477.7 988.6 60.4 128.7 1,177.7 37.3 2,715.5 2,414.6 5,130.1
1983 16.2 1,625.5 975.2 78.7 59.1 1,112.9 45.7 2,800.3 2,522.9 5,323.2
1984 22.4 1,740.5 1,169.7 88.5 183.1 1,441.3 33.2 3,237.4 2,640.0 5,877.4
1985 18.8 1,644.9 1,101.5 87.6 139.5 1,328.5 32.9 3,025.2 2,793.4 5,818.6
1986 22.4 1,629.4 762.3 64.0 116.7 943.0 24.0 2,618.9 3,032.4 5,651.3
1987 25.1 1,514.6 745.6 75.7 78.8 900.1 20.4 2,460.2 3,166.9 5,627.1
1988 21.3 1,551.9 784.3 71.6 106.7 962.7 22.0 2,557.9 3,283.0 5,840.9
1989 22.0 1,663.2 928.5 91.7 89.8 1,109.9 24.6 2,819.7 3,395.0 6,214.7
1990 19.4 1,586.7 923.0 107.4 62.2 1,092.6 44.5 2,743.3 3,519.4 6,262.7
1991 16.8 1,641.3 898.2 133.4 61.6 1,093.3 44.7 2,796.1 3,794.8 6,590.9
1992 19.6 1,759.6 811.8 120.8 56.3 988.9 42.9 2,811.0 3,793.3 6,604.4
1993 15.4 1,839.9 857.0 110.4 55.8 1,023.2 36.2 2,914.7 3,959.2 6,873.9
1994 12.0 1,997.2 840.2 128.4 51.8 1,020.4 33.4 3,062.9 4,035.4 7,098.4
1995 9.8 1,877.1 746.8 128.9 68.5 944.1 32.7 2,863.7 4,160.6 7,024.3
1996 8.1 2,055.3 878.4 154.7 97.3 1,130.4 38.9 3,232.6 4,247.8 7,480.4
1997 9.0 2,186.6 810.7 150.9 100.8 1,062.4 22.0 3,279.9 4,232.6 7,512.5
1998 6.1 1,841.5 588.2 143.2 93.9 825.4 16.9 2,689.9 4,235.0 6,924.9
1999 5.3 2,004.2 695.7 155.5 79.7 930.9 17.8 2,958.2 4,025.1 6,983.3
2000 5.4 2,231.1 1,139.5 240.5 147.7 1,527.7 28.8 3,792.9 4,290.9 8,083.9
2001 9.8 2,749.1 1,076.5 199.8 164.5 1,440.8 25.3 4,225.0 4,454.1 8,679.1
2002 4.9 2,262.1 971.2 193.3 95.4 1,260.0 23.3 3,550.3 4,747.4 8,297.7
2003 5.4 2,880.8 1,331.0 279.1 98.9 1,709.0 29.5 4,624.7 4,760.2 9,384.8
2004 6.4 3,040.4 1,486.7 299.6 137.5 1,923.7 34.3 5,004.7 4,852.6 9,857.3
2005 4.2 3,482.9 1,748.5 324.4 150.2 2,223.1 51.2 5,761.4 5,289.4 11,050.8
2006 5.1 3,385.6 1,720.2 363.8 143.5 2,227.5 52.3 5,670.6 5,359.0 11,029.6
2007 6.3 3,390.9 1,913.7 459.1 103.4 2,476.1 63.9 5,937.2 5,976.9 11,914.1
2008 3,718.5 3,729.0 617.7 74.8 4,421.5 88.1 8,228.0 6,137.0 14,365.0
2009 3,356.5 1,380.1 592.9 84.1 2,057.1 94.3 5,507.9 6,162.2 11,670.1
2010 2,885.0 1,830.9 626.5 102.3 2,559.7 119.3 5,564.0 7,017.2 12,581.2
2011 2,734.3 2,106.0 632.2 73.9 2,812.1 139.1 5,685.4 7,265.4 12,950.9
2012 2,365.8 2,113.4 510.8 32.4 2,656.7 129.4 5,151.8 6,741.6 11,893.5
2013 2,696.5 2,285.4 562.5 34.7 2,882.7 165.4 5,744.6 6,938.4 12,683.0
2014 2,999.2 2,560.5 653.5 61.4 3,275.4 163.2 6,437.8 7,217.8 13,655.7
2015 2,601.8 1,705.3 509.5 22.9 2,237.7 142.1 4,981.6 7,423.1 12,404.8
2016 2,193.9 1,233.6 469.4 20.5 1,723.4 98.5 4,015.9 7,470.0 11,485.9
2017 2,493.6 1,338.6 542.0 15.6 1,896.2 108.4 4,498.2 7,359.0 11,857.2
2018 2,843.1 1,781.0 638.5 23.4 2,442.9 151.9 5,437.9 7,764.9 13,202.8
2019 2,768.6 1,373.7 620.0 25.9 2,019.6 138.6 4,926.8 7,508.6 12,435.5
2020 2,540.5 1,043.4 425.3 22.5 1,491.2 97.1 [R ] 4,128.8 [R ] 7,512.0 11,640.8 [R ]
2021 2,719.7 1,553.0 517.6 23.7 2,094.2 118.1 4,932.0 7,697.6 12,629.6
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.
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