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Table CT8. Electric Power Sector Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, Arkansas

Table CT8. Electric Power Sector Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, Arkansas






Year



Coal


Natural
Gas a
Petroleum
Nuclear
Electric
Power


Hydroelectric
Power d
Biomass


Geothermal f



Solar f,g



Wind f

Electricity
Net
Imports h






Total f,i
Distillate
Fuel Oil b
Petroleum
Coke
Residual
Fuel Oil c

Total


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

Thousand Barrels

Million Kilowatthours

Million Kilowatthours
1960 0 47 1 0 118 119 0 992 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1961 0 43 1 0 61 62 0 1,395 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1962 0 52 1 0 89 90 0 1,061 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1963 0 58 2 0 161 162 0 493 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1964 0 65 1 0 59 60 0 561 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1965 0 68 (s) 0 38 38 0 1,080 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1966 0 67 1 0 51 52 0 1,587 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1967 0 54 1 0 51 52 0 1,228 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1968 0 73 2 0 156 158 0 3,005 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1969 0 84 4 0 327 331 0 2,883 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1970 0 107 8 0 698 705 0 2,160 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1971 0 86 28 0 2,717 2,745 0 1,804 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1972 0 72 35 0 4,552 4,587 0 1,644 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1973 0 49 16 0 7,120 7,136 0 4,252 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1974 0 40 26 0 6,747 6,773 361 4,271 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1975 0 32 62 0 4,365 4,427 4,874 3,433 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1976 0 16 49 0 8,582 8,632 3,858 2,022 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1977 0 7 162 0 13,782 13,944 5,085 1,791 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1978 960 7 271 0 13,495 13,766 5,220 2,421 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1979 1,451 30 86 0 7,709 7,794 3,873 3,375 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1980 1,774 59 180 0 3,106 3,285 7,833 1,695 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1981 5,555 55 33 0 721 754 9,075 1,235 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1982 6,902 33 31 0 116 146 7,482 2,106 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1983 9,628 33 47 0 50 97 7,646 3,315 – – 0 NA 0 0 – –
1984 9,036 25 15 0 3 18 10,808 2,723 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1985 12,302 11 12 0 8 21 9,889 4,434 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1986 12,505 28 13 0 48 61 8,876 2,813 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1987 11,764 32 10 0 (s) 10 11,369 2,407 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1988 12,295 22 130 0 136 265 8,895 2,785 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1989 11,278 29 143 0 135 278 8,844 3,084 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1990 11,836 32 140 0 15 155 11,282 3,655 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1991 11,978 28 127 0 1 129 12,662 3,547 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1992 12,241 27 95 0 (s) 95 11,326 3,377 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1993 11,116 21 126 0 5 131 13,522 4,509 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1994 12,250 25 122 0 54 176 13,924 3,463 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1995 13,216 33 94 0 15 109 11,658 3,218 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1996 14,467 34 97 0 81 179 13,357 2,797 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1997 13,772 25 100 0 27 127 14,208 3,516 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1998 14,276 41 179 0 100 279 13,097 3,117 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1999 14,974 40 167 0 92 260 12,920 2,694 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2000 14,866 35 67 0 293 360 11,652 2,370 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2001 15,110 26 82 0 1,340 1,421 14,781 2,548 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2002 14,165 42 69 0 180 249 14,559 3,436 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2003 14,310 56 71 0 382 453 14,689 2,655 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2004 15,318 40 62 0 742 805 15,450 3,643 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2005 14,031 49 72 0 230 302 13,690 3,083 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2006 14,614 71 48 0 219 267 15,233 1,551 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2007 15,629 64 63 0 70 133 15,486 3,237 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2008 15,678 64 44 0 54 98 14,168 4,660 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2009 14,994 83 64 0 77 142 15,170 4,193 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2010 16,537 97 55 0 20 75 15,023 3,659 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2011 17,465 107 81 0 12 94 14,194 2,958 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2012 17,023 129 53 0 2 55 15,493 2,198 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2013 18,766 94 65 0 7 72 11,945 2,655 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2014 19,281 72 45 0 (s) 45 14,478 2,640 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2015 12,815 110 98 0 1 98 13,838 3,569 – – 0 1 0 0 – –
2016 14,066 135 72 0 0 72 13,421 3,570 – – 0 26 0 0 – –
2017 15,193 127 83 0 0 83 12,691 2,943 – – 0 31 0 0 – –
2018 17,452 153 56 0 0 56 12,721 3,009 – – 0 203 0 0 – –
2019 13,763 160 78 0 0 78 13,575 4,135 – – 0 201 0 0 – –
2020 9,201 135 88 0 3 91 15,063 4,531 – – 0 253 0 0 – –
2021 12,277 149 95 0 0 95 13,556 4,029 – – 0 440 0 0 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 0.0 48.4 (s) 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.8
1961 0.0 44.1 (s) 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 14.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 59.3
1962 0.0 54.2 (s) 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 11.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 66.0
1963 0.0 58.3 (s) 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 64.5
1964 0.0 65.3 (s) 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 71.6
1965 0.0 67.6 (s) 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 11.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 79.1
1966 0.0 66.8 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 16.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 83.6
1967 0.0 53.8 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 12.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 66.9
1968 0.0 72.6 (s) 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 31.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 104.9
1969 0.0 84.4 (s) 0.0 2.1 2.1 0.0 30.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 116.6
1970 0.0 107.9 (s) 0.0 4.4 4.4 0.0 22.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 135.0
1971 0.0 86.8 0.2 0.0 17.1 17.2 0.0 18.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 122.9
1972 0.0 73.6 0.2 0.0 28.6 28.8 0.0 17.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 119.4
1973 0.0 49.3 0.1 0.0 44.8 44.9 0.0 44.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 138.3
1974 0.0 40.1 0.1 0.0 42.4 42.6 4.0 44.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 131.3
1975 0.0 32.2 0.4 0.0 27.4 27.8 53.7 35.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 149.4
1976 0.0 16.2 0.3 0.0 54.0 54.2 42.6 21.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 134.0
1977 0.0 7.3 0.9 0.0 86.6 87.6 54.8 18.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 168.3
1978 16.1 7.4 1.6 0.0 84.8 86.4 57.1 25.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 192.1
1979 24.4 31.0 0.5 0.0 48.5 49.0 42.1 34.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 181.5
1980 30.2 60.4 1.0 0.0 19.5 20.6 85.4 17.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 214.2
1981 94.2 56.2 0.2 0.0 4.5 4.7 100.1 12.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 268.1
1982 117.6 34.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.9 82.9 22.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 257.9
1983 168.1 34.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 83.4 34.9 0.0 0.0 NA 0.0 0.0 321.4
1984 155.3 25.9 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 117.2 28.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 326.9
1985 211.7 12.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 105.0 46.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 375.2
1986 216.8 29.9 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4 93.9 29.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 370.4
1987 204.3 33.1 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 118.7 25.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 381.2
1988 213.0 22.7 0.8 0.0 0.9 1.6 94.3 28.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 360.4
1989 197.3 30.1 0.8 0.0 0.8 1.7 93.6 32.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 354.8
1990 206.9 32.7 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.9 119.4 38.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 397.8
1991 209.1 28.5 0.7 0.0 (s) 0.7 132.7 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 408.1
1992 213.6 27.7 0.6 0.0 (s) 0.6 118.6 34.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 395.3
1993 192.7 21.8 0.7 0.0 (s) 0.8 142.0 46.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 403.8
1994 213.6 25.6 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.0 145.5 35.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 421.4
1995 229.5 33.4 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.6 122.5 33.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 419.2
1996 251.7 34.8 0.6 0.0 0.5 1.1 140.3 28.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 456.8
1997 239.8 25.4 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.8 149.1 35.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 451.0
1998 247.7 41.4 1.0 0.0 0.6 1.7 137.4 31.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 459.9
1999 259.1 41.1 1.0 0.0 0.6 1.6 135.0 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 464.3
2000 258.0 35.3 0.4 0.0 1.8 2.2 121.5 24.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 441.2
2001 263.1 27.1 0.5 0.0 8.4 8.9 154.4 26.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 479.7
2002 244.8 43.1 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.5 152.0 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 476.4
2003 243.5 58.2 0.4 0.0 2.4 2.8 153.1 26.9 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 491.6
2004 260.1 41.3 0.4 0.0 4.7 5.0 161.1 36.5 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 506.5
2005 237.9 50.4 0.4 0.0 1.4 1.9 142.9 30.8 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 466.0
2006 247.8 73.0 0.3 0.0 1.4 1.7 159.0 15.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 497.7
2007 265.2 65.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.8 162.4 32.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 527.4
2008 269.3 66.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 148.1 45.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 532.0
2009 256.7 85.3 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.9 158.7 40.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 543.0
2010 286.4 98.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 157.0 35.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 579.2
2011 300.5 109.2 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.5 148.5 28.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 588.9
2012 291.6 131.8 0.3 0.0 (s) 0.3 162.4 20.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 608.3
2013 322.0 95.8 0.4 0.0 (s) 0.4 124.8 25.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 569.8
2014 333.8 74.1 0.3 0.0 (s) 0.3 151.4 25.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 587.3
2015 222.2 113.1 0.6 0.0 (s) 0.6 144.7 33.2 [R ] 2.7 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 516.5
2016 241.6 139.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 140.4 32.9 [R ] 4.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 558.6
2017 262.9 130.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 132.7 27.1 3.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 557.0 [R ]
2018 300.1 155.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 133.0 27.4 2.9 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 621.4
2019 235.8 163.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 141.7 36.8 2.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 582.6
2020 158.6 138.7 0.5 0.0 (s) 0.5 157.3 39.7 2.4 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 499.5
2021 212.7 153.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 141.6 35.6 0.7 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.0 548.6
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. hElectricity traded with Canada and Mexico. Btu value calculated by converting net imports in kilowatthours by
3,412 Btu per kilowatthour.
bPrior to 1980, based on oil used in internal combustion and gas turbine engine plants. For 1980 through 2000,
distillate fuel oil includes fuel oil Nos. 1 and 2, and small amounts of kerosene and jet fuel.
i Beginning 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 the total.
cPrior to 1980, based on oil used in steam plants. For 1980 through 2000, residual fuel oil includes fuel oil Nos. 4,
5, and 6.
– – = Not applicable. NA = Not available.
dConventional hydroelectric power. For 1960 through 1989, includes pumped-storage hydroelectricity, which
cannot be separately identified.
Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than +0.5 and greater than -0.5 or Btu value less
than +0.05 and greater than -0.05.
eWood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Notes: 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. · The continuity of these data series estimates may be affected
by the changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the Technical Notes for each type of energy.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of renewable
energy sources beginning in 1989.
Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
gSolar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
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