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Table CT1. Energy Consumption Estimates for Selected Energy Sources in Physical Units, 1960-2021, California

Table CT1. Energy Consumption Estimates for Selected Energy Sources in Physical Units, 1960-2021, California







Year




Coal



Natural
Gas a
Petroleum


Nuclear
Electric Power


Hydro-
electric
Power g



Fuel
Ethanol h




Biodiesel

Distillate
Fuel Oil b


HGL c

Jet
Fuel d

Motor
Gasoline e

Residual
Fuel Oil


Other f


Total
Thousand
Short Tons
Billion
Cubic Feet

Thousand Barrels

Million Kilowatthours

Thousand Barrels
1960 1,342 1,258 26,683 8,888 25,818 137,025 80,575 46,536 325,526 (s) 17,445 NA NA
1961 2,208 1,353 27,612 9,012 28,078 142,537 83,184 44,833 335,255 5 15,368 NA NA
1962 1,483 1,433 29,861 10,179 31,849 148,237 68,409 46,836 335,371 7 22,835 NA NA
1963 1,723 1,519 32,208 10,987 33,606 158,010 63,757 44,664 343,232 193 25,334 NA NA
1964 2,007 1,697 35,128 10,939 36,368 163,505 69,410 47,418 362,769 367 22,098 NA NA
1965 2,379 1,690 35,105 11,029 40,150 169,900 69,745 48,063 373,992 270 30,523 NA NA
1966 1,926 1,849 37,557 9,957 44,127 178,764 76,760 49,137 396,301 163 26,236 NA NA
1967 2,016 1,911 38,088 11,349 52,666 183,733 72,190 45,521 403,547 563 35,277 NA NA
1968 2,130 2,046 38,591 12,343 60,607 195,729 73,903 50,057 431,229 1,505 27,175 NA NA
1969 2,257 2,049 38,892 14,973 61,225 204,354 70,617 52,221 442,283 2,458 40,418 NA NA
1970 2,327 2,126 39,221 15,532 59,614 214,064 70,324 52,329 451,084 3,132 38,082 NA NA
1971 1,906 2,149 47,387 16,151 62,721 219,227 80,069 51,881 477,436 3,519 39,018 NA NA
1972 1,773 2,186 46,087 17,505 63,646 232,758 78,082 54,904 492,983 3,175 31,755 NA NA
1973 2,500 2,046 51,869 18,926 62,947 240,789 112,710 57,976 545,217 2,631 38,754 NA NA
1974 2,268 1,834 43,775 20,312 60,344 235,468 99,002 57,443 516,345 3,698 46,422 NA NA
1975 2,151 1,833 42,335 19,264 62,607 241,508 111,086 56,592 533,392 6,071 40,103 NA NA
1976 2,612 1,757 45,810 19,100 61,059 252,646 138,117 61,366 578,098 4,807 23,193 NA NA
1977 2,984 1,772 51,755 17,300 63,229 266,288 172,411 67,974 638,956 8,115 14,251 NA NA
1978 2,732 1,563 60,214 19,594 64,648 278,182 155,636 71,427 649,701 7,659 37,206 NA NA
1979 2,734 1,810 66,872 23,149 65,874 269,423 156,981 80,247 662,545 8,762 33,920 NA NA
1980 2,669 1,808 62,277 19,197 63,201 253,593 148,701 69,430 616,400 4,920 40,780 NA NA
1981 3,231 1,858 67,523 17,123 59,089 252,914 130,662 44,225 571,534 3,206 29,764 410 NA
1982 2,864 1,683 67,264 16,270 56,541 249,912 81,658 45,449 517,093 3,735 50,226 1,103 NA
1983 1,456 1,535 68,093 16,259 57,359 256,139 68,521 70,521 536,893 5,613 56,885 1,118 NA
1984 1,669 1,670 75,417 20,667 66,640 265,187 76,540 74,846 579,297 14,144 43,159 901 NA
1985 1,942 1,846 71,538 20,497 67,028 267,368 66,724 71,541 564,695 19,729 31,717 429 NA
1986 1,865 1,531 74,668 20,119 75,176 279,569 58,047 68,833 576,411 26,215 41,459 411 NA
1987 1,934 1,935 68,393 22,328 79,857 292,909 66,638 70,846 600,970 30,387 24,564 616 NA
1988 2,209 1,804 81,954 22,798 82,620 303,621 68,917 76,108 636,017 30,863 23,474 1,189 NA
1989 3,052 1,975 80,510 24,697 90,291 310,918 67,223 73,292 646,932 32,519 30,801 1,067 NA
1990 3,809 2,036 77,233 19,992 94,907 305,983 64,095 72,164 634,373 32,693 23,793 1,133 NA
1991 4,002 2,150 74,857 18,596 90,064 298,698 45,310 63,611 591,136 31,542 21,957 1,424 NA
1992 4,062 2,229 69,190 21,088 86,688 315,643 34,315 66,499 593,423 35,244 20,167 158 NA
1993 3,816 2,136 64,985 16,655 89,244 308,726 37,167 60,664 577,441 31,581 40,493 575 NA
1994 3,703 2,282 72,385 18,099 98,793 307,653 41,932 64,474 603,337 33,752 23,013 810 NA
1995 3,675 2,077 73,050 14,798 95,304 313,464 46,248 62,354 605,219 30,246 48,033 2,523 NA
1996 3,444 1,955 73,677 10,914 103,773 318,257 40,283 68,815 615,718 34,097 44,751 2,128 NA
1997 3,628 2,146 79,624 8,854 103,188 322,871 21,420 66,286 602,242 30,512 41,055 2,134 NA
1998 2,903 2,310 78,526 10,936 105,482 329,943 17,194 65,189 607,270 34,594 49,548 1,610 NA
1999 3,005 2,340 82,748 12,171 98,673 337,791 23,794 70,775 625,953 33,372 40,737 1,395 NA
2000 2,954 2,509 93,456 12,558 103,001 342,890 33,734 65,890 651,530 35,176 38,334 1,589 NA
2001 2,834 2,465 97,376 11,060 97,216 351,981 25,470 72,395 655,498 33,220 25,542 2,205 3
2002 2,943 2,273 89,580 14,696 102,756 369,567 30,768 72,040 679,406 34,352 31,141 2,587 6
2003 2,866 2,269 82,540 14,689 99,721 367,675 23,421 67,577 655,623 35,594 36,371 14,411 5
2004 2,847 2,407 94,023 14,831 105,408 376,075 27,786 67,499 685,622 30,268 34,141 20,813 9
2005 2,849 2,248 96,902 12,375 104,612 381,301 33,939 69,209 698,338 36,155 39,632 22,935 31
2006 2,771 2,316 99,305 12,090 106,403 383,178 37,731 68,041 706,748 31,959 48,047 22,660 88
2007 2,779 2,396 99,024 11,505 110,794 380,780 39,680 69,299 711,081 35,792 27,328 23,783 119
2008 2,681 2,405 90,395 16,341 100,836 364,468 40,614 59,587 672,240 32,482 24,128 24,254 102
2009 2,209 2,329 87,734 16,682 97,985 356,713 38,535 50,878 648,527 31,764 27,888 23,928 108
2010 2,311 2,273 91,523 16,507 76,755 355,172 39,920 49,456 629,334 32,201 33,431 36,730 88
2011 2,347 2,153 93,626 16,505 76,404 345,678 29,732 54,218 616,164 36,663 42,557 35,717 299
2012 1,863 2,403 89,815 14,441 76,770 342,083 26,576 48,842 598,528 18,507 26,837 34,588 476
2013 1,643 2,416 92,440 14,303 78,696 346,483 19,753 52,880 604,556 17,912 23,755 35,688 1,426
2014 1,677 2,339 97,156 13,959 80,424 347,508 13,448 50,859 603,356 16,986 16,531 36,100 1,590
2015 1,334 2,301 98,250 13,951 86,709 358,108 18,556 50,228 625,803 18,505 13,808 37,313 3,011
2016 1,389 2,173 97,173 15,053 93,873 364,832 23,198 52,435 646,563 18,908 28,942 37,803 3,889
2017 1,464 2,117 100,277 14,508 99,777 366,820 26,237 52,553 [R ] 660,173 [R ] 17,901 42,363 38,179 4,042
2018 1,438 2,139 99,970 15,198 101,663 [R ] 365,610 26,865 53,101 [R ] 662,408 [R ] 18,214 26,331 37,736 4,391
2019 1,323 2,146 98,407 16,026 103,769 [R ] 360,243 29,330 51,815 [R ] 659,589 [R ] 16,165 38,355 37,856 5,037
2020 1,211 2,082 [R ] 91,727 15,152 59,550 [R ] 289,918 20,054 47,849 [R ] 524,251 [R ] 16,259 21,377 30,752 6,344
2021 1,223 2,101 95,444 15,791 70,561 319,514 28,262 75,427 605,000 16,477 14,678 34,113 6,906
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. hIncludes denaturant. Because of differences in data sources and estimation methods, the ratio of fuel ethanol
consumption and motor gasoline consumption should not be interpreted as the average ethanol blend rate.
bBeginning in 2009, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. Beginning in 2011, includes renewable diesel
blended into distillate fuel oil. Excludes biofuels product supplied.
NA = Not available.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, include natural gas liquids and refinery olefins. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.5.
dThrough 2004, includes kerosene-type and naphtha-type jet fuel. Beginning in 2005, includes kerosene-type jet fuel only;
naphtha-type jet fuel is included in "Other Petroleum."
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · 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.
eBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
fIncludes asphalt and road oil, aviation gasoline, kerosene, lubricants, petroleum coke, and the “other petroleum products”
category. See Technical Notes, Section 4.
Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/
gConventional hydroelectric power. For 1960 through 1989, includes hydroelectric pumped-storage, which cannot be
separately identified.