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

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






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 1,014 (s) 4 0 15 20 0 1,060 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1961 1,131 (s) 4 0 15 20 0 1,407 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1962 1,102 (s) 3 0 11 14 0 1,293 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1963 956 (s) 2 0 8 10 0 1,483 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1964 1,065 (s) 1 0 4 4 0 1,878 – – 0 NA NA -1 – –
1965 964 (s) 1 0 2 3 0 2,497 – – 0 NA NA -1 – –
1966 1,730 (s) (s) 0 2 2 0 1,929 – – 0 NA NA -1 – –
1967 2,415 (s) 3 0 11 15 0 2,771 – – 0 NA NA -1 – –
1968 2,878 (s) 6 0 21 27 0 2,499 – – 0 NA NA -1 – –
1969 2,900 (s) 3 0 10 12 0 2,939 – – 0 NA NA -1 – –
1970 3,519 (s) 7 0 25 32 0 2,815 – – 0 NA NA 293 – –
1971 4,486 (s) 5 0 213 219 0 3,235 – – 0 NA NA 684 – –
1972 4,896 (s) 8 0 29 38 0 3,095 – – 0 NA NA 844 – –
1973 4,830 (s) 4 0 10 14 0 2,382 – – 0 NA NA 985 – –
1974 5,200 (s) 2 0 19 21 0 2,729 – – 0 NA NA 1,355 – –
1975 4,377 (s) 2 0 18 20 0 3,345 – – 0 NA NA 1,166 – –
1976 6,423 (s) 18 0 30 47 0 3,272 – – 0 NA NA 449 – –
1977 7,404 (s) 21 0 75 96 0 1,994 – – 0 NA NA -426 – –
1978 8,746 (s) 26 0 47 74 0 3,034 – – 0 NA NA 2,180 – –
1979 10,138 (s) 145 0 61 207 0 2,736 – – 0 NA NA 3,273 – –
1980 11,618 (s) 68 0 0 68 0 2,513 – – 0 NA NA 2,850 – –
1981 12,358 (s) 91 0 0 91 0 2,250 – – 0 NA NA 3,015 – –
1982 14,100 (s) 88 0 0 88 0 2,553 – – 0 NA NA 4,602 – –
1983 15,386 (s) 98 0 0 98 0 2,377 – – 0 NA 0 5,651 – –
1984 16,953 (s) 163 0 0 163 0 2,362 – – 0 0 0 4,743 – –
1985 17,354 (s) 74 0 0 74 0 2,173 – – 0 0 (s) 2,645 – –
1986 17,291 (s) 57 0 0 57 0 2,326 – – 0 0 (s) 977 – –
1987 17,434 (s) 50 0 0 50 0 1,982 – – 0 0 (s) 1,383 – –
1988 21,686 (s) 46 0 0 46 0 1,884 – – 0 0 0 390 – –
1989 20,538 (s) 72 0 0 72 0 1,893 – – 0 0 0 55 – –
1990 21,579 (s) 57 0 0 57 0 1,711 – – 0 0 0 20 – –
1991 22,174 (s) 69 0 0 69 0 1,757 – – 0 0 0 163 – –
1992 23,192 (s) 58 0 0 58 0 1,699 – – 0 0 0 675 – –
1993 23,290 (s) 69 0 0 69 0 1,415 – – 0 0 0 1,067 – –
1994 23,248 (s) 112 0 0 112 0 1,856 – – 0 0 0 972 – –
1995 22,680 (s) 99 0 0 99 0 2,457 – – 0 0 0 731 – –
1996 23,640 (s) 155 0 0 155 0 3,151 – – 0 0 0 868 – –
1997 22,754 (s) 153 0 0 153 0 3,320 – – 0 0 0 118 – –
1998 24,278 0 89 0 0 89 0 2,296 – – 0 0 0 -200 – –
1999 24,540 0 81 0 0 81 0 2,609 – – 0 0 0 -160 – –
2000 25,048 0 95 0 0 95 0 2,123 – – 0 0 0 647 – –
2001 24,795 (s) 64 0 0 64 0 1,332 – – 0 0 0 570 – –
2002 25,247 (s) 65 0 3 68 0 1,593 – – 0 0 0 175 – –
2003 25,173 (s) 95 0 0 95 0 1,724 – – 0 0 59 -414 – –
2004 23,915 (s) 74 0 0 74 0 1,546 – – 0 0 215 104 – –
2005 25,317 (s) 70 0 0 70 0 1,342 – – 0 0 220 1,702 – –
2006 24,298 (s) 78 0 0 78 0 1,521 – – 0 0 369 756 – –
2007 24,639 (s) 96 0 0 96 0 1,305 – – 0 0 621 1,332 – –
2008 24,893 (s) 81 0 0 81 0 1,253 – – 0 0 1,693 808 – –
2009 24,593 (s) 80 0 0 80 0 1,475 – – 0 0 2,998 740 – –
2010 23,113 (s) 69 0 0 69 0 2,042 – – 0 0 4,096 1,120 – –
2011 22,056 (s) 81 0 0 81 0 2,580 – – 0 0 5,236 1,292 – –
2012 22,795 (s) 64 0 0 64 0 2,477 – – 0 0 5,275 1,341 – –
2013 22,289 (s) 64 0 0 64 0 1,852 – – 0 0 5,519 1,833 – –
2014 22,289 2 52 0 0 52 0 2,531 – – 0 0 6,202 1,711 – –
2015 22,786 7 49 0 0 49 0 2,094 – – 0 0 6,506 1,982 – –
2016 21,807 11 59 0 0 59 0 1,912 – – 0 0 8,172 2,066 – –
2017 22,210 7 69 0 0 69 0 2,582 – – 0 0 11,359 2,135 – –
2018 23,102 10 74 0 0 74 0 3,180 – – 0 0 10,730 1,014 – –
2019 21,329 15 68 0 0 68 0 3,179 – – 0 0 11,213 360 – –
2020 20,480 16 62 0 0 62 0 2,450 – – 0 0 13,633 7,976 – –
2021 20,470 16 68 0 0 68 0 1,989 – – 0 0 14,935 1,131 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 14.0 0.1 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.7
1961 15.5 (s) (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 30.7
1962 15.2 0.3 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 13.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 29.2
1963 13.2 0.1 (s) 0.0 (s) 0.1 0.0 15.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 28.8
1964 14.9 (s) (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 0.0 19.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 34.6
1965 13.4 (s) (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 0.0 26.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 39.6
1966 24.2 (s) (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 0.0 20.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 44.4
1967 33.1 (s) (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 28.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 62.2
1968 39.8 (s) (s) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 66.0
1969 39.9 0.1 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 30.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 70.7
1970 48.1 0.4 (s) 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 29.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 1.0 79.2
1971 59.9 0.4 (s) 0.0 1.3 1.4 0.0 33.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 2.3 97.8
1972 65.4 0.3 (s) 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 32.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 2.9 101.0
1973 65.0 0.4 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 24.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 3.4 93.5
1974 69.6 0.1 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 28.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 4.6 102.9
1975 58.4 0.2 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 34.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 4.0 97.5
1976 84.9 (s) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 33.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 1.5 120.7
1977 98.4 (s) 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.0 20.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA -1.5 118.4
1978 117.1 (s) 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 31.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 7.4 156.4
1979 135.3 (s) 0.8 0.0 0.4 1.2 0.0 28.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 11.2 176.1
1980 153.8 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 26.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 9.7 190.0
1981 163.7 (s) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 23.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 10.3 198.1
1982 187.3 (s) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 26.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 15.7 230.2
1983 202.9 (s) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 NA 0.0 19.3 247.8
1984 221.1 (s) 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 24.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.2 262.9
1985 228.2 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 22.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 9.0 260.4
1986 227.5 (s) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 24.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 3.3 255.5
1987 230.2 (s) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 20.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 4.7 255.8
1988 285.6 (s) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 19.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 306.6
1989 272.4 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 19.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 292.8
1990 286.3 (s) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 304.5
1991 292.7 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 18.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 312.0
1992 304.3 (s) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 324.5
1993 306.3 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 324.9
1994 306.5 (s) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 19.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 329.7
1995 298.6 (s) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 25.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 327.0
1996 311.8 (s) 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 32.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 348.2
1997 298.0 (s) 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 33.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 333.2
1998 318.6 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 23.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 341.9
1999 321.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 26.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 347.9
2000 327.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 351.5
2001 324.4 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 340.4
2002 328.3 (s) 0.4 0.0 (s) 0.4 0.0 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 345.5
2003 323.2 (s) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 17.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 -1.4 340.4
2004 309.3 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.4 327.7
2005 334.1 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 5.8 355.9
2006 317.6 (s) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 2.6 339.4
2007 324.5 (s) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 4.5 348.7
2008 331.1 (s) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 2.8 363.4
2009 327.7 (s) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.3 2.5 374.4
2010 312.3 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 19.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 3.8 376.4
2011 300.5 (s) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 25.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.9 4.4 381.3
2012 311.0 (s) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 23.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.2 4.6 389.7
2013 303.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 17.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.7 6.3 380.9
2014 304.6 2.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 24.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.0 5.8 395.7
2015 311.2 7.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 19.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 60.6 6.8 404.8 [R ]
2016 299.5 11.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 17.6 [R ] 0.0 0.0 0.0 75.4 7.0 410.9 [R ]
2017 302.4 7.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 23.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 104.6 [R ] 7.3 445.3 [R ]
2018 311.2 10.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 28.9 [R ] 0.0 0.0 0.0 97.6 [R ] 3.5 451.3 [R ]
2019 287.2 15.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 28.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.8 [R ] 1.2 431.7 [R ]
2020 277.1 16.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 21.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 119.5 [R ] 27.2 461.1 [R ]
2021 276.9 16.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 132.1 3.9 446.1
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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