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Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, New Jersey

Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, New Jersey






Year



Coal


Natural
Gas a
Petroleum
Hydro-
electric
Power e,f
Biomass





Geothermal f



Solar f,h



Electricity i





End
Use f,j



Electrical
System
Energy
Losses k






Total f,j
Distillate
Fuel Oil

HGL b

Kerosene
Motor
Gasoline c
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total d


Wood
and
Waste f,g
Thousand
Short Tons
Billion
Cubic Feet

Thousand Barrels
Million
Kilowatthours
Million
Kilowatthours
1960 185 10 8,640 208 466 308 7,117 16,739 NA – – – – NA 4,391 – – – – – –
1961 170 12 8,864 187 517 336 9,251 19,155 NA – – – – NA 4,921 – – – – – –
1962 145 14 9,202 210 431 333 10,213 20,389 NA – – – – NA 5,326 – – – – – –
1963 144 16 9,693 238 423 388 9,114 19,856 NA – – – – NA 5,756 – – – – – –
1964 126 21 9,605 315 347 383 8,549 19,199 NA – – – – NA 6,354 – – – – – –
1965 120 20 9,805 190 377 420 7,473 18,265 NA – – – – NA 6,945 – – – – – –
1966 95 23 9,816 224 365 487 9,864 20,756 NA – – – – NA 7,605 – – – – – –
1967 85 29 10,217 212 363 530 12,082 23,402 NA – – – – NA 8,163 – – – – – –
1968 79 33 10,645 210 282 556 11,444 23,138 NA – – – – NA 8,973 – – – – – –
1969 74 35 10,881 229 288 599 11,209 23,207 NA – – – – NA 9,793 – – – – – –
1970 66 56 11,121 236 299 613 11,415 23,683 NA – – – – NA 10,799 – – – – – –
1971 73 60 11,016 229 335 752 9,796 22,127 NA – – – – NA 11,700 – – – – – –
1972 63 63 11,859 261 372 570 9,508 22,570 NA – – – – NA 12,772 – – – – – –
1973 81 62 12,003 249 309 621 9,740 22,922 NA – – – – NA 13,889 – – – – – –
1974 71 58 10,503 256 234 596 8,290 19,878 NA – – – – NA 13,570 – – – – – –
1975 56 53 10,351 272 168 634 6,484 17,909 NA – – – – NA 13,849 – – – – – –
1976 52 90 10,600 326 275 615 9,225 21,041 NA – – – – NA 14,649 – – – – – –
1977 51 54 10,042 334 399 512 8,354 19,641 NA – – – – NA 15,157 – – – – – –
1978 45 48 9,495 320 368 727 7,502 18,411 NA – – – – NA 15,853 – – – – – –
1979 37 52 7,255 225 96 1,061 10,472 19,110 NA – – – – NA 16,142 – – – – – –
1980 44 60 9,167 219 39 297 10,950 20,672 NA – – – – NA 16,878 – – – – – –
1981 81 75 7,662 267 57 308 6,404 14,697 NA – – – – NA 17,263 – – – – – –
1982 78 79 7,030 238 96 323 4,623 12,310 NA – – – – NA 17,724 – – – – – –
1983 71 80 7,166 282 51 729 2,662 10,891 NA – – – – NA 18,642 – – – – – –
1984 28 84 8,429 260 89 647 3,634 13,059 NA – – – – NA 19,680 – – – – – –
1985 84 83 6,296 259 77 660 3,128 10,420 NA – – – – NA 20,903 – – – – – –
1986 47 86 9,909 289 108 652 2,717 13,676 NA – – – – NA 22,169 – – – – – –
1987 22 94 8,894 313 109 666 2,390 12,373 NA – – – – NA 23,659 – – – – – –
1988 19 101 9,044 381 116 647 2,854 13,042 NA – – – – NA 25,512 – – – – – –
1989 12 117 9,078 368 264 670 1,780 12,159 0 – – – – 1 [R ] 26,830 – – – – – –
1990 10 116 8,217 254 178 754 1,460 10,863 0 – – – – 2 27,201 – – – – – –
1991 9 121 7,592 313 192 692 1,597 10,385 0 – – – – 2 27,992 – – – – – –
1992 12 131 7,399 372 389 613 1,356 10,130 0 – – – – 2 27,764 – – – – – –
1993 7 129 5,978 393 160 77 1,971 8,578 0 – – – – 2 [R ] 28,862 – – – – – –
1994 9 132 5,543 368 615 84 2,078 8,689 0 – – – – 3 29,727 – – – – – –
1995 6 139 3,467 437 566 78 1,238 5,786 0 – – – – 3 30,170 – – – – – –
1996 7 150 4,944 476 243 77 1,281 7,021 0 – – – – 3 [R ] 30,520 – – – – – –
1997 5 169 3,406 393 750 79 794 5,422 0 – – – – 4 30,127 – – – – – –
1998 4 147 3,061 496 1,084 76 489 5,207 0 – – – – 4 [R ] 31,489 – – – – – –
1999 4 164 4,121 530 1,244 75 591 6,561 0 – – – – 5 [R ] 32,897 – – – – – –
2000 4 159 3,340 557 1,189 74 479 5,639 0 – – – – 6 [R ] 33,474 – – – – – –
2001 4 131 3,394 563 1,248 77 385 5,666 0 – – – – 7 [R ] 34,743 – – – – – –
2002 4 146 2,414 447 452 73 279 3,664 0 – – – – 8 [R ] 35,727 – – – – – –
2003 3 160 3,145 643 247 74 442 4,550 0 – – – – 9 [R ] 36,616 – – – – – –
2004 5 169 2,680 549 276 72 347 3,923 0 – – – – 12 [R ] 38,074 – – – – – –
2005 3 170 3,498 393 351 71 281 4,594 0 – – – – 17 [R ] 39,762 – – – – – –
2006 2 153 2,092 327 140 70 217 2,846 0 – – – – 33 [R ] 39,437 – – – – – –
2007 2 169 3,349 430 108 76 233 4,196 0 – – – – 48 [R ] 40,876 – – – – – –
2008 0 169 2,448 391 57 74 474 3,444 0 – – – – 70 [R ] 40,570 – – – – – –
2009 0 180 2,219 369 37 68 415 3,108 0 – – – – 125 [R ] 39,377 – – – – – –
2010 0 181 1,944 468 10 69 141 2,632 0 – – – – 231 [R ] 40,123 – – – – – –
2011 0 192 2,467 436 14 65 125 3,107 0 – – – – 416 [R ] 39,118 – – – – – –
2012 0 175 1,891 355 3 65 43 2,357 0 – – – – 769 [R ] 38,340 – – – – – –
2013 0 172 2,018 413 2 72 35 2,540 0 – – – – 979 [R ] 38,231 – – – – – –
2014 0 202 2,184 381 3 148 7 2,722 0 – – – – 1,125 38,154 – – – – – –
2015 0 163 1,906 315 1 2,153 10 4,385 0 – – – – 1,150 38,723 – – – – – –
2016 0 153 1,622 342 6 2,178 17 4,165 0 – – – – 954 38,672 – – – – – –
2017 0 149 1,511 289 3 2,164 0 3,968 0 – – – – 1,011 37,971 – – – – – –
2018 0 167 1,448 349 6 2,178 3 3,984 0 – – – – 1,083 38,807 – – – – – –
2019 0 156 1,647 288 9 2,194 0 4,138 0 – – – – 1,163 38,013 – – – – – –
2020 0 138 1,150 429 6 2,212 0 3,798 0 – – – – 1,301 35,316 – – – – – –
2021 0 150 1,778 424 5 2,236 1 4,443 0 – – – – 1,373 36,137 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 4.6 10.7 50.3 0.8 2.6 1.6 44.7 100.1 NA 0.1 NA NA 15.0 130.5 37.0 167.6
1961 4.2 12.7 51.6 0.7 2.9 1.8 58.2 115.2 NA 0.1 NA NA 16.8 149.0 40.8 189.8
1962 3.6 14.2 53.6 0.8 2.4 1.8 64.2 122.8 NA 0.1 NA NA 18.2 158.9 43.7 202.6
1963 3.5 16.5 56.5 0.9 2.4 2.0 57.3 119.1 NA 0.1 NA NA 19.6 158.9 47.0 205.9
1964 3.0 22.4 55.9 1.2 2.0 2.0 53.8 114.9 NA 0.1 NA NA 21.7 162.1 51.5 213.7
1965 2.9 21.1 57.1 0.7 2.1 2.2 47.0 109.2 NA 0.1 NA NA 23.7 157.0 56.6 213.6
1966 2.3 23.5 57.2 0.9 2.1 2.6 62.0 124.7 NA 0.1 NA NA 25.9 176.6 62.2 238.8
1967 2.0 29.8 59.5 0.8 2.1 2.8 76.0 141.1 NA 0.2 NA NA 27.9 200.9 66.5 267.5
1968 1.9 33.8 62.0 0.8 1.6 2.9 71.9 139.3 NA 0.2 NA NA 30.6 205.7 73.0 278.7
1969 1.7 35.8 63.4 0.9 1.6 3.1 70.5 139.5 NA 0.2 NA NA 33.4 210.6 79.7 290.3
1970 1.6 57.4 64.8 0.9 1.7 3.2 71.8 142.4 NA 0.2 NA NA 36.8 238.4 89.1 327.5
1971 1.7 61.8 64.2 0.9 1.9 3.9 61.6 132.5 NA 0.2 NA NA 39.9 236.1 96.3 332.4
1972 1.5 64.5 69.1 1.0 2.1 3.0 59.8 135.0 NA 0.2 NA NA 43.6 244.7 104.3 349.1
1973 1.9 63.5 69.9 1.0 1.8 3.3 61.2 137.1 NA 0.2 NA NA 47.4 250.1 112.5 362.5
1974 1.6 59.7 61.2 1.0 1.3 3.1 52.1 118.7 NA 0.2 NA NA 46.3 226.5 112.0 338.5
1975 1.2 55.0 60.3 1.0 1.0 3.3 40.8 106.4 NA 0.2 NA NA 47.3 210.1 113.3 323.4
1976 1.2 93.6 61.7 1.3 1.6 3.2 58.0 125.8 NA 0.2 NA NA 50.0 270.7 119.6 390.3
1977 1.2 55.7 58.5 1.3 2.3 2.7 52.5 117.3 NA 0.2 NA NA 51.7 226.2 123.6 349.8
1978 1.1 49.7 55.3 1.2 2.1 3.8 47.2 109.6 NA 0.3 NA NA 54.1 214.8 131.0 345.8
1979 0.9 54.2 42.3 0.9 0.5 5.6 65.8 115.1 NA 0.3 NA NA 55.1 225.5 131.5 357.0
1980 1.0 62.5 53.4 0.8 0.2 1.6 68.8 124.9 NA 0.8 NA NA 57.6 245.0 138.3 383.3
1981 1.9 77.1 44.6 1.0 0.3 1.6 40.3 87.9 NA 0.9 NA NA 58.9 224.4 137.9 362.3
1982 1.9 81.2 41.0 0.9 0.5 1.7 29.1 73.2 NA 0.7 NA NA 60.5 215.3 143.0 358.3
1983 1.7 81.9 41.7 1.1 0.3 3.8 16.7 63.7 NA 0.9 NA NA 63.6 209.9 149.6 359.5
1984 0.7 85.6 49.1 1.0 0.5 3.4 22.8 76.8 NA 0.7 NA NA 67.1 229.2 153.1 382.3
1985 2.0 85.3 36.7 1.0 0.4 3.5 19.7 61.2 NA 0.7 NA NA 71.3 217.5 163.3 380.9
1986 1.1 88.0 57.7 1.1 0.6 3.4 17.1 80.0 NA 0.8 NA NA 75.6 242.5 169.7 412.2
1987 0.6 96.8 51.8 1.2 0.6 3.5 15.0 72.2 NA 0.8 NA NA 80.7 247.9 178.7 426.6
1988 0.5 103.9 52.7 1.5 0.7 3.4 17.9 76.1 NA 0.9 NA NA 87.0 264.7 192.7 457.5
1989 0.3 120.3 52.9 1.4 1.5 3.5 11.2 70.5 0.0 2.2 0.0 (s) 91.5 281.2 211.3 492.5
1990 0.3 118.4 47.9 1.0 1.0 4.0 9.2 63.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 (s) 92.8 273.6 230.5 504.1
1991 0.2 124.3 44.2 1.2 1.1 3.6 10.0 60.2 0.0 1.9 0.0 (s) 95.5 278.4 232.5 510.8
1992 0.3 134.3 43.1 1.4 2.2 3.2 8.5 58.5 0.0 2.0 0.0 (s) 94.7 286.7 223.8 510.5
1993 0.2 134.0 34.8 1.5 0.9 0.4 12.4 50.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 (s) 98.5 281.7 233.7 515.3
1994 0.2 137.6 32.3 1.4 3.5 0.4 13.1 50.7 0.0 2.0 0.0 (s) 101.4 290.4 240.4 530.8
1995 0.2 143.8 20.2 1.7 3.2 0.4 7.8 33.3 0.0 2.0 0.0 (s) 102.9 280.7 247.4 528.1
1996 0.2 156.0 28.8 1.8 1.4 0.4 8.1 40.4 0.0 2.1 0.0 (s) 104.1 301.4 243.9 545.3
1997 0.1 174.7 19.8 1.5 4.3 0.4 5.0 31.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 (s) 102.8 308.6 243.1 551.7
1998 0.1 152.1 17.8 1.9 6.1 0.4 3.1 29.3 0.0 1.3 0.0 (s)R 107.4 288.3 252.5 540.7
1999 0.1 170.3 24.0 2.0 7.1 0.4 3.7 37.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.1 112.2 319.8 [R ] 266.3 586.2
2000 0.1 164.3 19.4 2.1 6.7 0.4 3.0 31.7 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.1 114.2 309.5 271.7 581.3
2001 0.1 136.5 19.7 2.2 7.1 0.4 2.4 31.8 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.1 118.5 285.4 271.8 557.2
2002 0.1 151.9 14.0 1.7 2.6 0.4 1.8 20.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.1 121.9 295.0 286.7 581.7
2003 0.1 165.8 18.3 2.5 1.4 0.4 2.8 25.3 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.1 124.9 317.7 292.6 610.2
2004 0.1 175.4 15.6 2.1 1.6 0.4 2.2 21.8 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.1 129.9 328.7 309.4 638.1
2005 0.1 176.7 20.4 1.5 2.0 0.4 1.8 26.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 135.7 338.7 315.6 654.3
2006 (s) 158.0 12.1 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.4 15.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 [R ] 134.6 309.1 312.5 621.6
2007 0.1 174.7 19.4 1.7 0.6 0.4 1.5 23.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 [R ] 139.5 338.3 [R ] 314.2 652.5 [R ]
2008 0.0 174.2 14.1 1.5 0.3 0.4 3.0 19.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 [R ] 138.4 332.8 [R ] 306.9 639.7 [R ]
2009 0.0 185.6 12.8 1.4 0.2 0.3 2.6 17.4 0.0 4.5 0.0 1.2 [R ] 134.4 343.0 [R ] 290.6 633.5 [R ]
2010 0.0 186.2 11.2 1.8 0.1 0.3 0.9 14.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 2.3 [R ] 136.9 344.0 [R ] 288.7 632.7 [R ]
2011 0.0 196.8 14.2 1.7 0.1 0.3 0.8 17.1 0.0 5.3 0.0 4.0 [R ] 133.5 356.6 [R ] 278.6 635.2 [R ]
2012 0.0 179.5 10.9 1.4 (s) 0.3 0.3 12.9 0.0 4.0 0.0 7.3 [R ] 130.8 334.5 [R ] 272.0 606.5 [R ]
2013 0.0 180.0 11.6 1.6 (s) 0.4 0.2 13.8 0.0 4.2 0.0 9.3 130.4 337.7 [R ] 270.1 607.8
2014 0.0 211.3 12.6 1.5 (s) 0.7 (s) 14.9 0.0 4.4 0.0 10.7 130.2 371.3 260.1 631.4
2015 0.0 171.0 11.0 1.2 (s) 10.9 0.1 23.2 0.0 3.3 0.0 10.7 132.1 340.2 256.2 [R ] 596.4 [R ]
2016 0.0 159.8 9.3 1.3 (s) 11.0 0.1 21.8 0.0 3.4 0.0 8.8 132.0 325.7 242.6 [R ] 568.3 [R ]
2017 0.0 155.1 8.7 1.1 (s) 10.9 0.0 20.8 0.0 3.3 0.0 9.3 129.6 318.1 241.5 [R ] 559.6 [R ]
2018 0.0 174.1 8.3 1.3 (s) 11.0 (s) 20.7 0.0 3.2 0.0 9.9 132.4 340.3 243.9 [R ] 584.2 [R ]
2019 0.0 161.8 9.5 1.1 (s) 11.1 0.0 21.7 0.0 2.9 0.0 10.4 129.7 326.5 231.3 [R ] 557.8 [R ]
2020 0.0 143.8 6.6 1.6 (s) 11.2 0.0 19.5 0.0 3.0 0.0 11.4 120.5 298.1 222.9 [R ] 521.0 [R ]
2021 0.0 156.0 10.3 1.6 (s) 11.3 (s) 23.2 0.0 3.0 0.0 12.1 123.3 317.7 230.8 548.4
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. iElectricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy service providers.
bHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. jBeginning in 1980, adjusted for the double-counting of supplemental gaseous fuels, which are included in both natural gas and
the other fossil fuels from which they are mostly derived, but should be counted only once in End Use and Total. For 1981 through
1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor gasoline column. Beginning in 2009, includes
a small amount of wind energy consumed by commercial utility-scale facilities.
cBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. There is a discontinuity in this time series between 2014
and 2015 because of coverage. See Technical Notes, Section 4.
kIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical system energy
losses. Pre-1990 estimates are not comparable to those for later years. See Section 6 of Technical Notes for an explanation of
changes in methodology.
dIncludes small amounts of petroleum coke not shown separately. – – = Not applicable. NA = Not available.
eConventional hydroelectric power. For 1960 through 1989, includes hydroelectric pumped-storage, which cannot be separately
identified.
Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of renewable energy sources
beginning in 1989.
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The commercial sector includes commercial
combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants. · The continuity of these data series estimates may be
affected by changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the Technical Notes for each type of energy.
gWood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
hSolar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Excludes a small amount of solar thermal energy consumed as heat that is included in the
residential sector.
Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/