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Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, Pennsylvania

Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, Pennsylvania






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 3,639 56 4,363 364 241 2,084 5,514 12,566 NA – – – – NA 7,125 – – – – – –
1961 3,291 59 4,288 372 242 2,190 4,980 12,072 NA – – – – NA 7,467 – – – – – –
1962 2,894 62 4,848 407 253 2,211 5,118 12,837 NA – – – – NA 7,867 – – – – – –
1963 2,767 64 4,891 442 249 2,329 5,256 13,167 NA – – – – NA 8,223 – – – – – –
1964 2,595 65 4,700 496 235 2,494 5,481 13,405 NA – – – – NA 8,783 – – – – – –
1965 2,403 68 4,935 436 240 2,585 5,899 14,096 NA – – – – NA 9,417 – – – – – –
1966 2,100 74 4,783 501 254 2,706 6,167 14,411 NA – – – – NA 10,093 – – – – – –
1967 1,881 83 5,106 468 309 2,473 4,913 13,269 NA – – – – NA 10,653 – – – – – –
1968 1,789 88 5,342 474 291 2,412 4,875 13,394 NA – – – – NA 11,601 – – – – – –
1969 1,602 96 5,259 573 301 2,449 4,879 13,461 NA – – – – NA 12,473 – – – – – –
1970 1,594 99 5,431 612 294 2,455 5,254 14,045 NA – – – – NA 13,435 – – – – – –
1971 1,765 110 5,455 603 318 2,109 5,239 13,726 NA – – – – NA 14,265 – – – – – –
1972 1,464 123 5,895 655 374 2,414 5,057 14,395 NA – – – – NA 15,193 – – – – – –
1973 1,771 116 5,966 652 282 1,874 5,388 14,162 NA – – – – NA 16,219 – – – – – –
1974 1,529 102 5,551 629 221 1,316 4,828 12,545 NA – – – – NA 16,026 – – – – – –
1975 1,308 99 5,491 682 177 1,310 3,630 11,290 NA – – – – NA 18,608 – – – – – –
1976 1,270 125 6,050 717 190 961 4,122 12,039 NA – – – – NA 19,482 – – – – – –
1977 1,211 112 6,119 745 160 1,205 4,420 12,649 NA – – – – NA 20,317 – – – – – –
1978 1,474 111 5,754 685 145 1,564 3,989 12,137 NA – – – – NA 20,656 – – – – – –
1979 1,048 111 5,631 446 178 975 3,165 10,394 NA – – – – NA 21,042 – – – – – –
1980 1,239 118 5,858 514 193 313 1,521 8,399 NA – – – – NA 21,746 – – – – – –
1981 1,480 129 5,160 591 183 669 1,590 8,193 NA – – – – NA 22,379 – – – – – –
1982 1,419 126 4,721 575 236 490 1,106 7,128 NA – – – – NA 22,649 – – – – – –
1983 1,244 115 5,708 684 365 667 1,529 8,953 NA – – – – NA 22,991 – – – – – –
1984 1,238 126 6,714 739 489 393 2,087 10,422 NA – – – – NA 23,907 – – – – – –
1985 993 115 5,508 744 359 448 1,414 8,472 NA – – – – NA 24,580 – – – – – –
1986 1,104 114 6,693 640 394 459 946 9,133 NA – – – – NA 25,875 – – – – – –
1987 1,200 115 6,452 726 328 486 1,202 9,194 NA – – – – NA 26,997 – – – – – –
1988 1,097 127 6,394 764 421 472 1,147 9,198 NA – – – – NA 28,369 – – – – – –
1989 1,130 132 8,110 817 284 452 905 10,569 0 – – – – (s) 29,430 – – – – – –
1990 1,046 126 6,640 819 150 701 794 9,104 0 – – – – (s) 30,198 – – – – – –
1991 1,155 126 6,309 951 131 555 629 8,574 0 – – – – (s) 31,612 – – – – – –
1992 1,333 134 6,289 1,006 102 334 875 8,607 0 – – – – (s) 31,813 – – – – – –
1993 1,031 132 6,400 919 173 87 1,110 8,690 0 – – – – (s) 33,232 – – – – – –
1994 983 138 7,694 935 334 87 1,364 10,414 0 – – – – (s) 34,361 – – – – – –
1995 1,034 144 6,334 999 528 88 1,221 9,170 0 – – – – (s) 35,542 – – – – – –
1996 875 155 6,152 1,088 556 87 1,304 9,186 0 – – – – (s) 36,373 – – – – – –
1997 1,108 144 4,807 1,071 323 284 1,029 7,514 0 – – – – (s) 36,853 – – – – – –
1998 749 131 4,597 1,128 284 929 598 7,535 0 – – – – (s) 38,088 – – – – – –
1999 607 143 4,751 1,208 344 188 540 7,030 0 – – – – (s) 38,306 – – – – – –
2000 660 145 5,495 1,452 407 146 634 8,135 0 – – – – (s) 42,988 – – – – – –
2001 698 136 5,994 1,126 501 127 500 8,248 0 – – – – (s) 41,446 – – – – – –
2002 516 136 7,454 1,299 388 158 376 9,675 0 – – – – (s) 43,598 – – – – – –
2003 609 149 6,459 1,617 394 158 564 9,192 0 – – – – (s) 43,218 – – – – – –
2004 612 143 6,216 1,744 409 111 609 9,088 0 – – – – (s) 44,355 – – – – – –
2005 573 145 6,124 1,427 460 90 626 8,727 0 – – – – (s) 45,782 – – – – – –
2006 568 130 5,703 1,584 420 91 287 8,084 0 – – – – (s) 45,624 – – – – – –
2007 645 146 4,920 1,736 186 91 389 7,322 0 – – – – (s) 47,531 – – – – – –
2008 203 145 6,155 1,681 58 91 241 8,226 0 – – – – (s) 47,347 – – – – – –
2009 194 144 4,160 1,784 90 91 245 6,369 0 – – – – 3 [R ] 46,411 – – – – – –
2010 184 142 4,091 1,784 133 90 91 6,189 0 – – – – 30 [R ] 47,366 – – – – – –
2011 170 141 3,647 2,089 35 90 40 5,900 0 – – – – 74 [R ] 43,536 – – – – – –
2012 131 127 2,962 1,679 12 89 26 4,767 0 – – – – 95 [R ] 42,920 – – – – – –
2013 119 149 3,214 1,980 10 92 11 5,306 0 – – – – 102 [R ] 43,145 – – – – – –
2014 117 160 3,443 2,143 37 88 13 5,723 0 – – – – 113 43,348 – – – – – –
2015 75 152 3,257 2,038 25 2,765 9 8,094 0 – – – – 113 43,745 – – – – – –
2016 39 143 2,653 2,118 39 2,786 20 7,616 0 – – – – 123 43,535 – – – – – –
2017 25 146 3,110 1,881 25 2,831 1 7,848 0 – – – – 144 42,623 – – – – – –
2018 14 165 3,530 2,189 32 2,878 1 8,629 0 – – – – 155 43,222 – – – – – –
2019 12 162 3,463 2,088 38 2,897 0 8,486 0 – – – – 169 40,143 – – – – – –
2020 9 148 2,381 2,074 31 2,919 0 7,405 0 – – – – 195 35,381 – – – – – –
2021 7 154 3,158 2,178 29 2,953 (s) 8,319 0 – – – – 214 36,988 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 90.0 58.1 25.4 1.4 1.4 10.9 34.7 73.8 NA 0.5 NA NA 24.3 246.7 60.1 306.8
1961 81.8 60.9 25.0 1.4 1.4 11.5 31.3 70.6 NA 0.5 NA NA 25.5 239.2 61.9 301.1
1962 71.4 64.0 28.2 1.6 1.4 11.6 32.2 75.0 NA 0.5 NA NA 26.8 237.8 64.5 302.2
1963 67.0 66.6 28.5 1.7 1.4 12.2 33.0 76.9 NA 0.5 NA NA 28.1 238.9 67.1 306.0
1964 62.9 67.2 27.4 1.9 1.3 13.1 34.5 78.2 NA 0.4 NA NA 30.0 238.6 71.2 309.9
1965 58.5 70.1 28.7 1.7 1.4 13.6 37.1 82.4 NA 0.4 NA NA 32.1 243.6 76.7 320.3
1966 50.9 76.5 27.9 1.9 1.4 14.2 38.8 84.2 NA 0.4 NA NA 34.4 246.5 82.5 329.1
1967 44.5 85.5 29.7 1.8 1.8 13.0 30.9 77.2 NA 0.4 NA NA 36.3 243.9 86.8 330.8
1968 42.0 90.5 31.1 1.8 1.6 12.7 30.6 77.9 NA 0.4 NA NA 39.6 250.4 94.4 344.8
1969 37.5 98.9 30.6 2.2 1.7 12.9 30.7 78.1 NA 0.4 NA NA 42.6 257.4 101.5 358.9
1970 37.5 102.6 31.6 2.3 1.7 12.9 33.0 81.6 NA 0.4 NA NA 45.8 267.9 110.9 378.8
1971 41.6 113.6 31.8 2.3 1.8 11.1 32.9 79.9 NA 0.4 NA NA 48.7 284.2 117.4 401.6
1972 34.3 126.6 34.3 2.5 2.1 12.7 31.8 83.4 NA 0.4 NA NA 51.8 296.5 124.1 420.6
1973 40.5 120.5 34.8 2.5 1.6 9.8 33.9 82.6 NA 0.3 NA NA 55.3 299.2 131.3 430.6
1974 34.4 104.9 32.3 2.4 1.3 6.9 30.4 73.3 NA 0.3 NA NA 54.7 267.6 132.2 399.8
1975 29.4 101.5 32.0 2.6 1.0 6.9 22.8 65.3 NA 0.4 NA NA 63.5 260.1 152.3 412.4
1976 29.0 127.6 35.2 2.8 1.1 5.0 25.9 70.0 NA 0.5 NA NA 66.5 293.6 159.1 452.7
1977 29.1 114.2 35.6 2.9 0.9 6.3 27.8 73.5 NA 0.5 NA NA 69.3 286.8 165.7 452.5
1978 35.8 113.0 33.5 2.6 0.8 8.2 25.1 70.3 NA 0.7 NA NA 70.5 290.2 170.7 460.9
1979 25.4 113.8 32.8 1.7 1.0 5.1 19.9 60.5 NA 0.8 NA NA 71.8 272.3 171.4 443.7
1980 28.7 121.1 34.1 2.0 1.1 1.6 9.6 48.4 NA 1.3 NA NA 74.2 273.2 178.2 451.4
1981 35.3 131.4 30.1 2.3 1.0 3.5 10.0 46.9 NA 1.5 NA NA 76.4 289.5 178.8 468.3
1982 34.8 129.1 27.5 2.2 1.3 2.6 7.0 40.6 NA 1.2 NA NA 77.3 281.9 182.7 464.6
1983 30.6 118.6 33.3 2.6 2.1 3.5 9.6 51.1 NA 1.5 NA NA 78.4 279.4 184.5 463.9
1984 30.9 130.5 39.1 2.8 2.8 2.1 13.1 59.9 NA 1.1 NA NA 81.6 304.0 186.0 490.0
1985 23.6 119.3 32.1 2.9 2.0 2.4 8.9 48.2 NA 1.2 NA NA 83.9 276.0 192.1 468.1
1986 27.2 118.6 39.0 2.5 2.2 2.4 5.9 52.0 NA 1.3 NA NA 88.3 287.4 198.1 485.4
1987 30.8 118.9 37.6 2.8 1.9 2.6 7.6 52.3 NA 1.4 NA NA 92.1 295.5 203.9 499.4
1988 28.1 132.0 37.2 2.9 2.4 2.5 7.2 52.3 NA 1.5 NA NA 96.8 310.5 214.3 524.9
1989 29.7 137.8 47.2 3.1 1.6 2.4 5.7 60.1 0.0 3.5 (s) (s) 100.4 331.4 231.8 563.3
1990 26.3 130.6 38.7 3.1 0.9 3.7 5.0 51.3 0.0 2.8 (s) (s) 103.0 314.1 229.0 543.1
1991 29.1 129.9 36.7 3.7 0.7 2.9 4.0 48.0 0.0 3.0 (s) (s) 107.9 317.8 239.9 557.7
1992 33.2 139.1 36.6 3.9 0.6 1.8 5.5 48.3 0.0 6.9 0.1 (s) 108.5 336.1 236.5 572.7
1993 25.2 136.7 37.3 3.5 1.0 0.5 7.0 49.2 0.0 7.3 0.1 (s) 113.4 331.8 252.0 583.8
1994 24.6 143.5 44.8 3.6 1.9 0.5 8.6 59.3 0.0 7.0 0.1 (s) 117.2 351.7 263.2 614.9
1995 25.7 148.8 36.9 3.8 3.0 0.5 7.7 51.8 0.0 7.1 0.1 (s) 121.3 354.8 276.1 630.9
1996 21.6 159.9 35.8 4.2 3.1 0.5 8.2 51.8 0.0 7.2 0.1 (s) 124.1 364.7 283.9 648.6
1997 27.3 149.2 28.0 4.1 1.8 1.5 6.5 41.9 0.0 6.1 0.2 (s) 125.7 350.3 281.8 632.1
1998 18.9 135.8 26.8 4.3 1.6 4.8 3.8 41.3 0.0 5.9 0.2 (s) 130.0 332.0 290.4 622.4
1999 15.4 148.4 27.6 4.6 2.0 1.0 3.4 38.6 0.0 5.9 0.2 (s) 130.7 339.3 297.4 636.7
2000 17.4 150.4 32.0 5.6 2.3 0.8 4.0 44.6 0.0 6.1 0.2 (s) 146.7 365.3 340.4 705.7
2001 17.6 143.9 34.9 4.3 2.8 0.7 3.1 45.9 0.0 4.4 0.2 (s) 141.4 353.4 309.4 662.8
2002 13.0 141.3 43.4 5.0 2.2 0.8 2.4 53.7 0.0 4.5 0.3 (s) 148.8 361.5 337.3 698.8
2003 15.3 155.4 37.6 6.2 2.2 0.8 3.5 50.4 0.0 4.7 0.3 (s) 147.5 373.6 328.7 702.3
2004 15.4 148.2 36.2 6.7 2.3 0.6 3.8 49.6 0.0 4.4 0.4 (s) 151.3 369.3 338.6 707.8
2005 14.4 150.8 35.6 5.5 2.6 0.5 3.9 48.1 0.0 4.6 0.5 (s) 156.2 374.7 347.3 722.0
2006 14.3 135.4 33.1 6.1 2.4 0.5 1.8 43.8 0.0 4.4 0.5 (s) 155.7 354.0 340.8 694.8
2007 16.2 151.5 28.5 6.7 1.1 0.5 2.4 39.1 0.0 4.5 0.5 (s) 162.2 374.0 347.0 721.0
2008 5.2 150.2 35.6 6.5 0.3 0.5 1.5 44.3 0.0 4.7 0.6 (s) 161.5 366.5 348.6 715.1
2009 5.0 149.8 24.0 6.9 0.5 0.5 1.5 33.4 0.0 5.5 0.6 (s) 158.4 352.7 330.0 682.7
2010 4.7 146.9 23.6 6.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 32.3 0.0 5.5 0.7 0.3 161.6 352.0 333.0 685.0
2011 4.3 146.8 21.0 8.0 0.2 0.5 0.3 30.0 0.0 5.3 0.9 0.7 [R ] 148.5 336.5 [R ] 302.4 639.0 [R ]
2012 3.3 132.5 17.1 6.4 0.1 0.5 0.2 24.2 0.0 5.0 0.8 0.9 [R ] 146.4 313.2 [R ] 296.8 610.0 [R ]
2013 3.1 156.6 18.5 7.6 0.1 0.5 0.1 26.7 0.0 5.4 0.8 1.0 147.2 340.8 298.1 638.8
2014 3.1 167.7 19.8 8.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 28.8 0.0 5.9 0.8 1.1 147.9 355.3 299.3 [R ] 654.6 [R ]
2015 2.0 159.4 18.8 7.8 0.1 14.0 0.1 40.8 0.0 7.5 0.8 1.0 149.3 360.8 298.4 [R ] 659.2 [R ]
2016 1.0 148.9 15.3 8.1 0.2 14.1 0.1 37.8 0.0 7.3 0.8 1.1 148.5 345.5 295.5 [R ] 641.1 [R ]
2017 0.6 152.2 17.9 7.2 0.1 14.3 (s) 39.6 0.0 7.5 0.8 1.3 145.4 347.5 283.9 [R ] 631.5 [R ]
2018 0.4 171.6 20.3 8.4 0.2 14.5 (s) 43.5 0.0 7.5 0.8 1.4 147.5 372.6 282.7 [R ] 655.4 [R ]
2019 0.3 168.0 19.9 8.0 0.2 14.6 0.0 42.8 0.0 7.0 0.8 1.5 137.0 357.4 244.3 [R ] 601.7 [R ]
2020 0.2 154.0 13.7 8.0 0.2 14.7 0.0 36.6 0.0 7.3 0.8 1.7 120.7 321.4 203.9 [R ] 525.3 [R ]
2021 0.2 160.4 18.2 8.4 0.2 14.9 (s) 41.6 0.0 7.2 0.8 1.9 126.2 338.4 210.8 549.2
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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