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Table CT5. Commercial sector energy consumption estimates, 1960-2022, Rhode Island

Table CT5. Commercial sector energy consumption estimates, 1960-2022, Rhode Island






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 8 2 1,381 58 17 26 1,237 2,720 NA – – – – NA 376 – – – – – –
1961 8 2 1,336 58 16 28 940 2,378 NA – – – – NA 428 – – – – – –
1962 7 2 1,297 75 15 30 1,168 2,585 NA – – – – NA 453 – – – – – –
1963 7 2 1,294 79 14 30 1,054 2,472 NA – – – – NA 479 – – – – – –
1964 6 2 1,085 70 8 31 1,258 2,451 NA – – – – NA 513 – – – – – –
1965 6 3 1,211 52 12 32 634 1,942 NA – – – – NA 546 – – – – – –
1966 5 2 1,112 50 13 33 608 1,815 NA – – – – NA 589 – – – – – –
1967 4 3 1,223 52 10 34 745 2,065 NA – – – – NA 992 – – – – – –
1968 4 3 1,301 49 9 35 790 2,183 NA – – – – NA 1,069 – – – – – –
1969 4 4 1,437 69 8 35 920 2,469 NA – – – – NA 1,172 – – – – – –
1970 3 5 1,464 62 7 36 971 2,540 NA – – – – NA 1,285 – – – – – –
1971 4 5 1,538 57 7 37 1,102 2,741 NA – – – – NA 1,428 – – – – – –
1972 3 5 1,599 65 7 39 1,148 2,857 NA – – – – NA 1,528 – – – – – –
1973 4 5 1,515 53 4 39 1,109 2,720 NA – – – – NA 1,646 – – – – – –
1974 3 4 1,370 52 3 39 839 2,303 NA – – – – NA 1,482 – – – – – –
1975 3 4 1,353 58 2 41 602 2,056 NA – – – – NA 1,576 – – – – – –
1976 3 3 1,470 64 3 41 790 2,368 NA – – – – NA 1,693 – – – – – –
1977 3 3 1,447 65 2 43 833 2,390 NA – – – – NA 1,733 – – – – – –
1978 2 5 1,364 57 1 43 586 2,052 NA – – – – NA 1,802 – – – – – –
1979 2 6 1,243 43 1 43 268 1,598 NA – – – – NA 1,875 – – – – – –
1980 2 7 617 45 0 49 180 891 NA – – – – NA 1,892 – – – – – –
1981 5 7 381 48 1 52 190 671 NA – – – – NA 1,878 – – – – – –
1982 7 7 433 47 2 56 225 762 NA – – – – NA 1,884 – – – – – –
1983 6 7 577 56 3 41 300 977 NA – – – – NA 1,978 – – – – – –
1984 6 7 679 64 11 29 410 1,193 NA – – – – NA 2,075 – – – – – –
1985 4 8 493 109 4 32 552 1,190 NA – – – – NA 2,159 – – – – – –
1986 4 7 899 100 4 35 1,141 2,179 NA – – – – NA 2,268 – – – – – –
1987 3 9 1,017 119 5 36 509 1,687 NA – – – – NA 2,396 – – – – – –
1988 2 8 925 103 3 35 620 1,686 NA – – – – NA 2,539 – – – – – –
1989 2 9 866 107 5 38 453 1,468 0 – – – – (s) 2,630 – – – – – –
1990 4 8 799 108 2 39 597 1,545 0 – – – – (s) 2,688 – – – – – –
1991 3 8 898 110 1 36 585 1,630 0 – – – – (s) 2,671 – – – – – –
1992 4 9 701 105 3 32 518 1,358 0 – – – – (s) 2,670 – – – – – –
1993 2 9 682 125 2 10 634 1,453 0 – – – – (s) 2,718 – – – – – –
1994 3 12 900 122 5 10 624 1,660 0 – – – – (s) 2,737 – – – – – –
1995 3 12 741 111 30 10 499 1,391 0 – – – – (s) 2,790 – – – – – –
1996 3 12 808 139 2 10 667 1,626 0 – – – – (s) 2,773 – – – – – –
1997 3 12 742 125 55 11 608 1,541 0 – – – – (s) 2,872 – – – – – –
1998 2 11 620 146 67 10 388 1,231 0 – – – – (s) 2,908 – – – – – –
1999 1 12 509 102 40 10 371 1,032 0 – – – – (s) 3,324 – – – – – –
2000 2 13 629 109 19 10 419 1,185 0 – – – – (s) 3,243 – – – – – –
2001 2 13 630 95 98 43 429 1,296 0 – – – – (s) 3,308 – – – – – –
2002 3 11 662 117 55 59 360 1,254 0 – – – – (s) 3,401 – – – – – –
2003 3 11 1,010 133 5 59 373 1,580 0 – – – – (s) 3,490 – – – – – –
2004 3 11 859 105 7 12 395 1,378 0 – – – – (s) 3,542 – – – – – –
2005 3 11 686 105 9 12 437 1,249 0 – – – – (s) 3,628 – – – – – –
2006 2 10 609 75 10 10 256 961 0 – – – – 2 3,599 – – – – – –
2007 1 11 688 89 1 10 234 1,021 0 – – – – 2 3,710 – – – – – –
2008 0 11 577 92 1 10 162 843 0 – – – – 2 3,700 – – – – – –
2009 0 11 853 90 (s) 10 150 1,104 0 – – – – 2 3,691 – – – – – –
2010 0 10 692 84 (s) 10 63 850 0 – – – – 2 3,693 – – – – – –
2011 0 11 528 98 1 10 44 680 0 – – – – 5 3,660 – – – – – –
2012 0 10 470 83 (s) 10 25 587 0 – – – – 10 3,640 – – – – – –
2013 0 12 545 101 (s) 10 25 682 0 – – – – 10 3,667 – – – – – –
2014 0 13 849 114 (s) 10 33 1,006 0 – – – – 10 3,658 – – – – – –
2015 0 12 542 109 (s) 200 30 881 0 – – – – 11 3,705 – – – – – –
2016 0 11 381 111 1 201 24 717 0 – – – – 16 3,651 – – – – – –
2017 0 11 356 105 (s) 204 1 667 0 – – – – 27 3,603 – – – – – –
2018 0 13 381 200 1 208 0 790 0 – – – – 51 3,698 – – – – – –
2019 0 12 300 233 1 209 (s) 744 0 – – – – 122 3,644 – – – – – –
2020 0 11 204 219 1 211 1 637 0 – – – – 220 3,551 – – – – – –
2021 0 11 477 200 1 213 (s) 891 0 – – – – 286 3,605 – – – – – –
2022 0 11 467 178 (s) 216 (s) 861 0 – – – – 393 3,746 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 0.2 1.8 8.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 7.8 16.3 NA (s) NA NA 1.3 19.5 2.6 [R ] 22.1 [R ]
1961 0.2 2.1 7.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 5.9 14.2 NA (s) NA NA 1.5 17.9 2.9 [R ] 20.8 [R ]
1962 0.2 2.3 7.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 7.3 15.4 NA (s) NA NA 1.5 19.5 3.0 [R ] 22.5 [R ]
1963 0.2 2.4 7.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 6.6 14.7 NA (s) NA NA 1.6 19.0 3.2 [R ] 22.2 [R ]
1964 0.2 2.2 6.3 0.3 (s) 0.2 7.9 14.7 NA (s) NA NA 1.8 18.8 3.4 [R ] 22.3 [R ]
1965 0.1 2.7 7.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 4.0 11.5 NA (s) NA NA 1.9 16.2 3.7 [R ] 19.8 [R ]
1966 0.1 2.6 6.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 3.8 10.7 NA (s) NA NA 2.0 15.5 4.0 [R ] 19.5 [R ]
1967 0.1 3.3 7.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 4.7 12.2 NA (s) NA NA 3.4 19.0 6.7 [R ] 25.7 [R ]
1968 0.1 3.6 7.6 0.2 (s) 0.2 5.0 13.0 NA (s) NA NA 3.6 20.3 7.3 [R ] 27.6 [R ]
1969 0.1 4.0 8.4 0.3 (s) 0.2 5.8 14.7 NA (s) NA NA 4.0 22.8 8.0 [R ] 30.7 [R ]
1970 0.1 5.2 8.5 0.2 (s) 0.2 6.1 15.1 NA (s) NA NA 4.4 24.8 9.0 [R ] 33.7 [R ]
1971 0.1 4.6 9.0 0.2 (s) 0.2 6.9 16.3 NA (s) NA NA 4.9 26.0 9.9 [R ] 35.9 [R ]
1972 0.1 4.8 9.3 0.2 (s) 0.2 7.2 17.0 NA (s) NA NA 5.2 27.2 10.6 [R ] 37.8 [R ]
1973 0.1 4.7 8.8 0.2 (s) 0.2 7.0 16.2 NA (s) NA NA 5.6 26.7 11.5 [R ] 38.2 [R ]
1974 0.1 4.4 8.0 0.2 (s) 0.2 5.3 13.7 NA (s) NA NA 5.1 23.3 10.4 [R ] 33.6 [R ]
1975 0.1 4.3 7.9 0.2 (s) 0.2 3.8 12.1 NA (s) NA NA 5.4 21.9 11.0 [R ] 32.9 [R ]
1976 0.1 2.9 8.6 0.2 (s) 0.2 5.0 14.0 NA (s) NA NA 5.8 22.8 12.0 [R ] 34.8 [R ]
1977 0.1 3.1 8.4 0.3 (s) 0.2 5.2 14.2 NA (s) NA NA 5.9 23.2 12.7 [R ] 36.0 [R ]
1978 0.1 4.8 7.9 0.2 (s) 0.2 3.7 12.1 NA (s) NA NA 6.1 23.2 13.1 [R ] 36.3 [R ]
1979 (s) 6.2 7.2 0.2 (s) 0.2 1.7 9.3 NA (s) NA NA 6.4 22.0 13.5 [R ] 35.5 [R ]
1980 0.1 6.9 3.6 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.1 5.2 NA 0.2 NA NA 6.5 18.7 13.7 [R ] 32.4 [R ]
1981 0.1 7.0 2.2 0.2 (s) 0.3 1.2 3.9 NA 0.2 NA NA 6.4 17.3 13.4 [R ] 30.7 [R ]
1982 0.2 7.4 2.5 0.2 (s) 0.3 1.4 4.4 NA 0.1 NA NA 6.4 18.4 13.2 [R ] 31.6 [R ]
1983 0.1 7.2 3.4 0.2 (s) 0.2 1.9 5.7 NA 0.2 NA NA 6.7 19.8 13.7 [R ] 33.5 [R ]
1984 0.1 7.7 4.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.6 7.0 NA 0.1 NA NA 7.1 22.0 14.0 [R ] 36.0 [R ]
1985 0.1 7.8 2.9 0.4 (s) 0.2 3.5 7.0 NA 0.1 NA NA 7.4 22.3 15.0 [R ] 37.3 [R ]
1986 0.1 6.9 5.2 0.4 (s) 0.2 7.2 13.0 NA 0.1 NA NA 7.7 27.8 15.3 [R ] 43.2 [R ]
1987 0.1 9.7 5.9 0.5 (s) 0.2 3.2 9.8 NA 0.1 NA NA 8.2 27.8 16.3 [R ] 44.1 [R ]
1988 0.1 8.6 5.4 0.4 (s) 0.2 3.9 9.9 NA 0.1 NA NA 8.7 27.2 17.6 [R ] 44.8 [R ]
1989 0.1 9.0 5.0 0.4 (s) 0.2 2.9 8.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 (s) 9.0 26.8 18.7 [R ] 45.5 [R ]
1990 0.1 8.3 4.7 0.4 (s) 0.2 3.8 9.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 (s) 9.2 26.9 22.4 [R ] 49.3 [R ]
1991 0.1 8.5 5.2 0.4 (s) 0.2 3.7 9.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 (s) 9.1 27.5 18.5 [R ] 46.0 [R ]
1992 0.1 9.2 4.1 0.4 (s) 0.2 3.3 7.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 9.1 26.7 16.0 [R ] 42.7 [R ]
1993 0.1 9.5 4.0 0.5 (s) (s) 4.0 8.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 (s) 9.3 27.8 15.4 [R ] 43.1 [R ]
1994 0.1 12.5 5.2 0.5 (s) (s) 3.9 9.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 9.3 32.0 15.6 [R ] 47.6 [R ]
1995 0.1 12.4 4.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 3.1 8.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 (s) 9.5 30.5 15.9 [R ] 46.4 [R ]
1996 0.1 13.5 4.7 0.5 (s) 0.1 4.2 9.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 (s) 9.5 33.0 14.2 [R ] 47.3
1997 0.1 12.7 4.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 3.8 9.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 9.8 32.0 13.6 45.6
1998 0.1 11.8 3.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 2.4 7.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 9.9 29.2 13.4 42.5 [R ]
1999 (s) 12.2 3.0 0.4 0.2 (s) 2.3 6.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 11.3 29.9 17.3 47.2
2000 (s) 13.6 3.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.6 6.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 11.1 32.0 17.2 [R ] 49.2 [R ]
2001 (s) 13.2 3.7 0.4 0.6 0.2 2.7 7.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 (s) 11.3 32.4 17.2 [R ] 49.6
2002 0.1 11.8 3.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.3 7.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 (s) 11.6 31.0 19.0 [R ] 50.0 [R ]
2003 0.1 11.7 5.9 0.5 (s) 0.3 2.3 9.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 11.9 33.1 21.6 [R ] 54.7 [R ]
2004 0.1 11.6 5.0 0.4 (s) 0.1 2.5 8.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 12.1 32.1 22.1 [R ] 54.2 [R ]
2005 0.1 11.3 4.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.7 7.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 12.4 31.1 20.3 [R ] 51.4 [R ]
2006 (s) 10.1 3.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.6 5.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 12.3 28.1 20.6 [R ] 48.7 [R ]
2007 (s) 11.5 4.0 0.3 (s) 0.1 1.5 5.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 12.7 30.2 19.2 [R ] 49.4 [R ]
2008 0.0 11.1 3.3 0.4 (s) 0.1 1.0 4.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 12.6 28.6 17.3 [R ] 45.9 [R ]
2009 0.0 11.0 4.9 0.3 (s) 0.1 0.9 6.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 12.6 30.0 [R ] 16.2 46.3
2010 0.0 10.7 4.0 0.3 (s) 0.1 0.4 4.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 12.6 28.3 17.4 [R ] 45.7 [R ]
2011 0.0 11.1 3.0 0.4 (s) 0.1 0.3 3.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s)R 12.5 27.5 [R ] 16.3 43.9
2012 0.0 10.4 2.7 0.3 (s) (s) 0.2 3.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s)R 12.4 26.2 [R ] 17.7 [R ] 44.0 [R ]
2013 0.0 12.0 3.1 0.4 (s) 0.1 0.2 3.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s)R 12.5 28.5 19.4 [R ] 47.9 [R ]
2014 0.0 13.6 4.9 0.4 (s) (s) 0.2 5.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s)R 12.5 31.9 [R ] 19.0 [R ] 50.8 [R ]
2015 0.0 12.4 3.1 0.4 (s) 1.0 0.2 4.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 (s)R 12.6 30.1 [R ] 18.9 [R ] 49.0 [R ]
2016 0.0 11.1 2.2 0.4 (s) 1.0 0.2 3.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 12.5 27.6 [R ] 18.4 [R ] 46.1 [R ]
2017 0.0 11.7 2.0 0.4 (s) 1.0 (s) 3.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 [R ] 12.3 27.8 [R ] 16.0 [R ] 43.8 [R ]
2018 0.0 13.1 2.2 0.8 (s) 1.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 [R ] 12.6 30.1 [R ] 16.9 [R ] 47.0 [R ]
2019 0.0 12.8 1.7 0.9 (s) 1.1 (s) 3.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 [R ] 12.4 29.6 [R ] 16.9 [R ] 46.5 [R ]
2020 0.0 11.1 1.2 0.8 (s) 1.1 (s) 3.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.8 [R ] 12.1 27.4 [R ] 15.5 [R ] 42.8 [R ]
2021 0.0 11.6 2.7 0.8 (s) 1.1 (s) 4.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 [R ] 12.3 29.7 [R ] 15.5 [R ] 45.2 [R ]
2022 0.0 11.5 2.7 0.7 (s) 1.1 (s) 4.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.3 12.8 30.3 16.5 46.9
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.
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