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

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






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 574 (s) 13 0 714 727 0 8 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1961 516 (s) 13 0 710 723 0 7 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1962 516 (s) 13 0 702 714 0 5 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1963 462 (s) 15 0 802 816 0 3 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1964 382 (s) 15 0 799 813 0 4 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1965 403 (s) 16 0 870 886 0 1 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1966 375 (s) 19 0 1,037 1,056 0 2 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1967 229 (s) 37 0 2,037 2,075 0 5 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1968 111 1 44 0 2,423 2,467 0 4 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1969 0 1 57 0 3,131 3,188 0 3 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1970 0 2 56 0 2,990 3,047 0 3 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1971 0 3 51 0 2,508 2,559 0 1 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1972 0 (s) 41 0 2,660 2,702 0 6 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1973 0 (s) 44 0 2,482 2,526 0 5 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1974 34 2 49 0 2,023 2,072 0 4 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1975 0 (s) 26 0 1,542 1,568 0 3 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1976 0 1 9 0 936 945 0 3 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1977 0 0 8 0 1,142 1,150 0 4 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1978 0 0 15 0 1,156 1,171 0 4 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1979 0 2 21 0 901 923 0 3 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1980 0 2 28 0 1,634 1,662 0 1 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1981 0 3 19 0 1,228 1,246 0 (s) – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1982 0 1 18 0 786 804 0 3 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1983 0 3 19 0 694 713 0 3 – – 0 NA 0 0 – –
1984 0 4 26 0 637 663 0 2 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1985 0 3 20 0 708 728 0 0 – – 0 0 0 421 – –
1986 0 0 28 0 1,459 1,487 0 0 – – 0 0 0 6 – –
1987 0 5 27 0 805 832 0 0 – – 0 0 0 9 – –
1988 0 (s) 42 0 1,496 1,538 0 0 – – 0 0 0 678 – –
1989 0 2 35 0 679 713 0 5 – – 0 0 0 96 – –
1990 0 9 19 0 340 358 0 10 – – 0 0 0 37 – –
1991 0 23 58 0 123 180 0 10 – – 0 0 0 537 – –
1992 0 38 17 0 162 178 0 10 – – 0 0 0 902 – –
1993 0 36 24 0 55 79 0 9 – – 0 0 0 1,076 – –
1994 0 38 48 0 65 113 0 9 – – 0 0 0 1,179 – –
1995 0 36 24 0 63 87 0 9 – – 0 0 0 1,276 – –
1996 0 62 137 0 0 137 0 10 – – 0 0 0 1,325 – –
1997 0 62 72 0 0 72 0 8 – – 0 0 0 1,699 – –
1998 0 60 47 0 0 47 0 9 – – 0 0 0 1,759 – –
1999 0 55 43 0 0 43 0 6 – – 0 0 0 1,934 – –
2000 0 48 39 0 0 39 0 5 – – 0 0 0 1,585 – –
2001 0 58 43 0 0 43 0 3 – – 0 0 0 766 – –
2002 0 54 31 0 0 31 0 4 – – 0 0 0 326 – –
2003 0 42 29 0 0 29 0 6 – – 0 0 0 106 – –
2004 0 36 22 0 0 22 0 5 – – 0 0 0 302 – –
2005 0 44 27 0 0 27 0 7 – – 0 0 0 354 – –
2006 0 43 25 0 0 25 0 6 – – 0 0 0 320 – –
2007 0 51 35 0 0 35 0 4 – – 0 0 0 415 – –
2008 0 53 38 0 0 38 0 5 – – 0 0 0 602 – –
2009 0 55 23 0 0 23 0 5 – – 0 0 0 736 – –
2010 0 57 23 0 0 23 0 4 – – 0 0 3 457 – –
2011 0 64 23 0 0 23 0 7 – – 0 0 3 607 – –
2012 0 61 29 0 0 29 0 4 – – 0 0 1 0 – –
2013 0 46 61 0 0 61 0 4 – – 0 2 3 152 – –
2014 0 45 104 0 0 104 0 4 – – 0 10 2 175 – –
2015 0 50 143 0 0 143 0 3 – – 0 14 3 163 – –
2016 0 47 43 0 0 43 0 2 – – 0 15 20 142 – –
2017 0 51 79 0 0 79 0 2 – – 0 14 142 196 – –
2018 0 57 113 0 0 113 0 4 – – 0 29 151 139 – –
2019 0 52 13 0 0 13 0 4 – – 0 55 199 0 – –
2020 0 58 5 0 0 5 0 4 – – 0 195 207 0 – –
2021 0 62 16 0 0 16 0 4 – – 0 284 165 0 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 16.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 4.5 4.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.2
1961 14.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 19.6
1962 14.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 4.4 4.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 19.4
1963 12.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 5.0 5.1 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 18.3
1964 10.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 5.0 5.1 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 16.2
1965 11.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 5.5 5.6 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 17.1
1966 10.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 6.5 6.6 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 17.1
1967 6.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 12.8 13.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 19.6
1968 3.0 1.6 0.3 0.0 15.2 15.5 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 20.1
1969 0.0 1.2 0.3 0.0 19.7 20.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 21.2
1970 0.0 2.4 0.3 0.0 18.8 19.1 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 21.5
1971 0.0 2.8 0.3 0.0 15.8 16.1 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 18.9
1972 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 16.7 17.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 17.2
1973 0.0 (s) 0.3 0.0 15.6 15.9 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 15.9
1974 0.8 2.0 0.3 0.0 12.7 13.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 15.9
1975 0.0 (s) 0.2 0.0 9.7 9.8 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 9.9
1976 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 5.9 5.9 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 6.6
1977 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 7.2 7.2 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 7.3
1978 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 7.3 7.4 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 7.4
1979 0.0 1.8 0.1 0.0 5.7 5.8 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 7.7
1980 0.0 1.7 0.2 0.0 10.3 10.4 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 12.2
1981 0.0 2.7 0.1 0.0 7.7 7.8 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 10.4
1982 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 4.9 5.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 5.9
1983 0.0 3.2 0.1 0.0 4.4 4.5 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 NA 0.0 0.0 7.6
1984 0.0 3.8 0.2 0.0 4.0 4.2 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9
1985 0.0 2.6 0.1 0.0 4.4 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 8.6
1986 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 9.2 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 9.4
1987 0.0 5.5 0.2 0.0 5.1 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 10.7
1988 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 9.4 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 12.2
1989 0.0 2.2 0.2 0.0 4.3 4.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 7.0
1990 0.0 9.3 0.1 0.0 2.1 2.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 12.8
1991 0.0 24.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 27.9
1992 0.0 39.3 0.1 0.0 1.0 1.1 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 44.5
1993 0.0 36.9 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 42.2
1994 0.0 39.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 44.8
1995 0.0 36.6 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.4 42.6
1996 0.0 63.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 70.4
1997 0.0 62.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.8 70.2
1998 0.0 61.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 69.2
1999 0.0 55.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 64.0
2000 0.0 49.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 57.0
2001 0.0 60.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 64.5
2002 0.0 55.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 57.5
2003 0.0 42.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 44.7
2004 0.0 36.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 39.2
2005 0.0 44.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 46.3
2006 0.0 43.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 46.9
2007 0.0 52.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 56.3
2008 0.0 54.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 58.4
2009 0.0 56.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 61.1
2010 0.0 57.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 1.8 0.0 0.0 (s) 1.6 61.4
2011 0.0 65.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 (s) 2.1 69.2
2012 0.0 62.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 1.2 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 63.9
2013 0.0 47.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 (s) 0.5 0.0 (s) (s) 0.5 49.3
2014 0.0 46.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 (s) 2.0 0.0 0.1 (s) 0.6 49.5
2015 0.0 51.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 (s) 2.1 0.0 0.1 (s) 0.6 55.1
2016 0.0 48.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 2.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 51.3
2017 0.0 52.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 (s) 1.9 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.7 56.8
2018 0.0 58.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 (s) 2.0 0.0 0.3 1.4 0.5 63.7
2019 0.0 53.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 2.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 0.0 57.4
2020 0.0 60.1 (s) 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) 2.8 0.0 1.7 1.8 0.0 66.5
2021 0.0 63.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 2.1 0.0 2.5 1.5 0.0 69.9
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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