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

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







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 1.20 1.32 1.30 2.42 1.58 1.60 0.73 1.43 5.64 2.73
1971 0.96 1.43 1.37 2.29 1.60 1.62 0.77 1.49 6.08 2.94
1972 1.22 1.57 1.37 2.48 1.62 1.67 0.78 1.58 6.50 3.21
1973 1.16 1.61 1.65 3.65 1.89 2.14 0.89 1.83 6.68 3.58
1974 2.00 1.92 2.54 4.01 2.98 2.98 1.38 2.39 8.30 4.77
1975 2.47 2.08 2.69 4.28 3.16 3.23 1.45 2.58 9.60 5.65
1976 2.90 2.24 2.93 5.31 3.31 3.57 1.55 2.74 10.44 5.51
1977 3.00 2.81 3.29 5.22 3.75 3.85 1.76 3.17 11.42 6.36
1978 3.04 2.91 3.52 5.14 4.01 4.04 1.86 3.30 11.85 6.94
1979 3.01 3.45 4.64 7.10 5.44 5.35 2.66 4.34 12.67 8.31
1980 3.19 4.06 6.95 7.47 8.27 7.50 3.70 5.60 13.69 9.57
1981 3.88 4.79 8.66 9.07 10.41 9.12 4.56 6.57 15.73 11.46
1982 3.69 5.35 8.37 9.57 10.39 9.16 4.42 6.63 17.61 12.75
1983 3.67 6.21 7.54 10.02 8.12 8.46 4.28 6.87 18.97 13.61
1984 3.68 6.46 7.81 10.43 8.44 8.67 4.36 7.21 19.20 13.56
1985 3.48 6.44 7.19 9.72 7.93 8.16 4.19 7.01 20.54 14.40
1986 3.31 6.35 6.66 10.26 7.01 7.76 3.36 6.60 20.89 14.75
1987 3.20 6.41 5.29 7.93 7.82 6.77 3.20 6.32 21.03 14.47
1988 3.26 6.55 6.01 10.62 7.26 7.78 3.23 6.82 20.89 14.70
1989 3.34 6.56 5.90 10.02 7.11 7.50 3.57 6.77 21.08 14.86
1990 3.34 6.97 7.57 10.57 8.62 8.79 3.53 7.51 20.95 15.99
1991 3.15 6.79 7.06 11.00 9.85 9.14 3.38 7.58 21.16 15.97
1992 3.11 6.84 5.87 8.87 8.64 7.80 3.09 6.92 21.07 15.72
1993 3.26 6.94 5.90 8.70 6.99 7.35 3.02 6.71 21.48 15.77
1994 3.23 7.42 6.13 11.46 7.63 9.08 2.93 7.54 21.97 16.54
1995 3.10 7.34 6.67 11.67 7.30 9.24 2.87 7.55 22.07 16.73
1996 3.06 7.20 5.47 12.70 7.80 9.26 3.29 7.47 21.98 16.46
1997 3.12 8.12 7.13 13.10 8.27 10.30 3.28 8.44 22.01 17.09
1998 3.15 8.03 6.32 12.14 7.12 9.11 2.84 8.01 21.98 17.29
1999 3.05 8.22 6.78 12.82 6.53 9.73 2.91 8.23 22.14 17.40
2000 8.90 9.83 15.40 9.71 12.85 4.37 9.72 22.22 17.92
2001 11.65 9.09 17.39 7.83 12.58 4.17 11.53 22.53 18.99
2002 3.38 9.42 7.87 14.39 7.84 11.77 3.78 9.72 22.64 18.70
2003 10.63 9.55 16.89 10.34 13.85 4.54 11.16 23.48 19.50
2004 11.59 11.09 18.57 10.61 15.25 5.16 12.23 23.80 20.17
2005 14.30 15.55 21.22 14.70 18.79 6.83 15.16 25.42 22.36
2006 4.88 16.73 17.17 23.56 18.46 21.38 7.87 17.43 26.46 24.03
2007 4.55 16.55 18.52 25.90 20.91 24.13 8.70 17.79 26.92 24.58
2008 16.30 24.52 30.82 23.27 29.55 10.72 18.61 28.98 26.22
2009 14.46 17.37 26.51 21.85 24.98 8.05 16.16 30.61 26.78
2010 12.72 20.48 30.38 24.28 28.73 9.50 15.52 30.77 26.58
2011 12.66 27.36 33.72 27.64 32.71 11.42 15.99 32.40 28.31
2012 13.00 27.27 31.88 29.69 31.17 12.71 15.73 34.49 30.17
2013 12.39 28.29 31.77 29.52 31.37 12.45 14.88 35.15 29.77
2014 12.36 27.34 36.17 29.88 35.50 12.14 15.43 36.49 30.71
2015 12.25 17.90 31.31 16.97 29.33 8.37 14.46 36.84 31.19
2016 12.23 15.49 31.14 13.53 28.67 7.15 14.34 37.08 31.56
2017 14.02 17.64 34.31 16.92 32.30 8.00 16.60 38.15 32.98
2018 13.12 19.24 35.40 24.44 33.68 8.85 15.75 36.46 31.04
2019 12.72 18.78 31.59 22.82 30.12 8.51 14.79 38.08 32.15
2020 13.08 16.38 28.73 14.82 27.29 7.04 14.87 37.47 31.80
2021 13.86 19.57 34.76 23.41 32.97 8.45 16.19 37.70 31.88
Expenditures in Million Dollars
1970 3.9 25.6 18.2 13.1 18.0 49.2 2.1 80.8 141.3 222.2
1971 2.6 28.8 17.6 12.4 22.6 52.6 2.1 86.1 162.6 248.7
1972 2.5 33.3 19.8 14.8 17.4 51.9 1.9 89.7 182.7 272.4
1973 2.5 37.6 22.0 21.0 17.6 60.6 2.1 102.8 212.1 314.9
1974 3.7 40.2 29.3 19.6 17.3 66.2 3.4 113.5 264.9 378.4
1975 4.2 38.8 26.6 22.7 15.4 64.7 4.2 111.9 322.3 434.2
1976 2.9 76.1 39.7 31.0 18.0 88.7 5.0 172.7 369.0 541.8
1977 2.4 91.6 45.3 30.9 17.9 94.0 6.1 194.1 440.8 634.9
1978 0.7 84.8 41.2 29.0 16.9 87.1 5.7 178.3 473.7 652.0
1979 0.7 61.9 53.5 31.3 30.0 114.8 8.3 185.7 493.6 679.2
1980 3.2 79.1 64.0 34.2 56.3 154.5 12.8 249.6 587.6 837.2
1981 1.8 93.0 72.1 42.9 32.6 147.7 12.8 255.3 701.2 956.5
1982 1.8 96.8 55.2 37.8 31.0 124.0 19.7 242.3 811.0 1,053.3
1983 2.5 119.6 51.6 47.1 23.3 122.0 13.4 257.5 894.5 1,152.0
1984 2.0 127.5 62.8 49.8 57.1 169.8 18.2 317.5 954.3 1,271.8
1985 1.2 108.7 53.9 54.8 54.5 163.2 18.1 291.2 1,027.5 1,318.7
1986 4.2 114.1 50.8 52.2 39.4 142.4 13.2 273.9 1,149.0 1,422.9
1987 2.2 133.1 49.3 47.3 51.2 147.8 9.9 293.1 1,213.8 1,506.8
1988 2.3 139.9 44.9 63.4 52.7 161.1 10.7 314.0 1,224.0 1,537.9
1989 0.3 137.7 49.0 63.4 47.8 160.2 12.0 310.2 1,256.0 1,566.2
1990 0.1 131.8 52.9 53.9 26.9 133.7 8.2 273.8 1,305.1 1,578.9
1991 0.3 136.9 47.5 65.7 40.8 154.0 8.2 299.4 1,350.5 1,649.9
1992 0.4 157.4 27.4 56.9 21.6 105.9 7.9 271.6 1,361.4 1,633.0
1993 1.6 173.8 30.5 56.5 25.6 112.6 11.1 299.0 1,516.5 1,815.5
1994 0.7 179.8 26.5 75.9 16.1 118.5 10.2 309.2 1,491.7 1,800.9
1995 0.2 189.6 26.9 74.5 19.5 120.8 10.0 320.6 1,610.5 1,931.1
1996 0.2 218.0 22.7 75.1 24.8 122.6 11.9 352.7 1,688.3 2,041.1
1997 (s) 215.5 22.2 79.0 28.6 129.8 9.3 354.6 1,622.8 1,977.4
1998 0.2 211.1 17.5 61.9 27.4 106.8 7.2 325.3 1,766.7 2,092.0
1999 2.3 217.2 19.8 77.0 20.5 117.3 7.5 344.3 1,790.3 2,134.6
2000 265.9 27.6 106.3 28.3 162.2 12.2 440.2 1,916.2 2,356.4
2001 332.3 22.2 79.2 22.1 123.5 7.8 463.6 1,912.0 2,375.6
2002 (s) 268.8 17.7 83.8 12.9 114.5 7.2 390.4 2,069.0 2,459.5
2003 321.3 24.7 103.4 22.1 150.2 9.1 480.6 2,117.2 2,597.7
2004 351.8 18.6 119.3 32.7 170.6 10.6 533.0 2,266.6 2,799.5
2005 423.5 21.8 135.8 39.7 197.3 10.3 631.0 2,487.1 3,118.1
2006 0.9 432.7 21.0 120.5 37.8 179.4 10.5 623.6 2,576.3 3,199.8
2007 (s) 431.5 18.4 133.0 22.7 174.1 12.8 618.3 2,716.4 3,334.7
2008 456.4 21.7 177.8 10.5 210.0 17.6 684.0 2,939.0 3,623.0
2009 405.0 15.8 145.1 9.8 170.7 12.3 588.0 3,086.9 3,674.9
2010 421.9 17.6 188.5 17.0 223.0 15.6 660.5 3,449.6 4,110.1
2011 347.2 17.5 166.8 8.6 192.8 18.2 558.2 3,404.9 3,963.1
2012 302.6 17.0 116.3 3.4 136.7 16.9 456.2 3,338.1 3,794.3
2013 361.2 12.6 129.6 3.9 146.1 21.6 528.9 3,455.7 3,984.6
2014 403.6 6.5 174.2 6.7 187.5 21.3 612.4 3,824.3 4,436.7
2015 358.6 9.2 124.3 2.7 136.3 6.1 500.9 3,778.5 4,279.3
2016 347.8 7.6 118.5 2.6 128.7 4.5 481.0 3,873.8 4,354.8
2017 369.5 8.2 139.5 1.5 149.2 4.1 522.8 3,804.3 4,327.1
2018 430.6 8.4 158.8 3.7 170.9 6.0 607.6 3,962.9 4,570.4
2019 396.2 8.0 123.8 3.0 134.7 5.5 536.4 4,048.1 4,584.5
2020 392.7 6.7 118.8 1.8 127.3 3.9 523.9 3,940.9 4,464.7 [R ]
2021 474.5 9.4 151.7 3.4 164.4 4.1 643.1 4,037.5 4,680.5
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/