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Annual Energy Review

September 2012  PDF | previous editions
Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 1.12 U.S. Government Energy Consumption by Source, Fiscal Years 1975-2011 (Trillion Btu)
Table 1.12  U.S. Government Energy Consumption by Source, Fiscal Years 1975-2011
                       (Trillion Btu)



Year



Coal


Natural
Gas 1
Petroleum


Electricity

Purchased
Steam
and Other 6



Total
Aviation
Gasoline

Fuel Oil 2

Jet Fuel
LPG 3
and Other 4
Motor
Gasoline 5

Total
1975 77.9 166.2 22.0 376.0 707.4 5.6 63.2 1,174.2 141.5 5.1 1,565.0
1976 71.3 151.8 11.6 329.7 610.0 4.7 60.4 1,016.4 139.3 4.6 1,383.4
1977 68.4 141.2 8.8 348.5 619.2 4.1 61.4 1,042.1 141.1 5.7 1,398.5
1978 66.0 144.7 6.2 332.3 601.1 3.0 60.1 1,002.9 141.0 6.4 1,360.9
1979 65.1 148.9 4.7 327.1 618.6 3.7 59.1 1,013.1 141.2 7.1 1,375.4
1980 63.5 147.3 4.9 307.7 638.7 4.0 56.5 1,011.8 141.9 6.8 1,371.2
1981 65.1 142.2 4.6 351.3 653.3 3.7 53.2 1,066.2 144.5 6.2 1,424.2
1982 68.6 146.2 3.6 349.4 672.7 3.9 53.1 1,082.8 147.5 6.2 1,451.4
1983 62.4 147.8 2.6 329.5 673.4 4.0 51.6 1,061.1 151.5 9.0 1,431.8
1984 65.3 157.4 1.9 342.9 693.7 4.1 51.2 1,093.8 155.9 10.1 1,482.5
1985 64.8 149.9 1.9 292.6 705.7 4.0 50.4 1,054.6 167.2 13.9 1,450.3
1986 63.8 140.9 1.4 271.6 710.2 3.9 45.3 1,032.4 155.8 13.7 1,406.7
1987 67.0 145.6 1.0 319.5 702.3 4.0 43.1 1,069.9 169.9 13.9 1,466.3
1988 60.2 144.6 6.0 284.8 617.2 3.2 41.2 952.4 171.2 32.0 1,360.3
1989 48.7 152.4 .8 245.3 761.7 5.7 41.1 1,054.5 188.6 20.6 1,464.7
1990 44.3 159.4 .5 245.2 732.4 6.4 37.2 1,021.7 193.6 19.1 1,438.0
1991 45.9 154.1 .4 232.6 774.5 9.0 34.1 1,050.7 192.7 18.3 1,461.7
1992 51.7 151.2 1.0 200.6 628.2 11.4 35.6 876.8 192.5 22.5 1,294.8
1993 38.3 152.9 .7 187.0 612.4 9.3 34.5 843.9 193.1 18.6 1,246.8
1994 35.0 143.9 .6 198.5 550.7 10.9 29.5 790.2 190.9 18.2 1,178.2
1995 31.7 149.7 .3 178.5 522.3 11.4 31.9 744.4 185.3 18.2 1,129.3
1996 23.3 147.4 .2 170.6 513.0 21.7 27.6 733.2 184.5 20.1 1,108.5
1997 22.5 154.0 .3 180.1 475.7 17.2 39.0 712.2 184.0 19.2 1,092.0
1998 23.9 140.7 .2 174.6 445.5 9.4 43.1 672.8 181.8 18.8 1,037.9
1999 21.2 137.6 .1 162.2 444.7 2.9 41.1 650.9 180.4 21.5 1,011.6
2000 22.7 134.0 .2 171.4 403.1 4.3 43.9 622.9 194.0 20.2 993.8
2001 18.8 133.9 .2 177.0 415.2 7.9 42.5 642.9 188.8 18.6 1,003.0
2002 16.9 134.1 .2 165.7 472.9 6.0 41.3 686.1 189.1 18.5 1,044.8
2003 17.7 139.7 .3 189.8 517.9 6.6 45.7 760.3 196.1 22.5 1,136.3
2004 17.4 134.8 .2 259.8 508.2 6.0 43.5 817.8 195.4 21.6 1,187.0
2005 17.1 135.1 .4 239.8 492.2 9.0 48.2 789.6 195.9 23.9 1,161.6
2006 23.5 132.0 .6 207.8 442.6 4.7 47.8 703.5 194.9 17.7 1,071.5
2007 20.4 130.8 .4 211.4 461.1 5.6 46.0 724.5 193.2 16.4 1,085.3
2008 20.8 128.9 .4 181.4 524.3 4.6 48.1 758.8 193.6 14.1 1,116.2
2009 20.3 R 131.4 .3 R 164.8 505.6 R 13.3 R 47.7 R 731.7 R 191.5 R 16.1 R 1,090.9
2010 20.1 R 129.3 .4 R 158.4 535.8 4.8 R 51.3 R 750.7 R 195.1 R 16.8 R 1,112.0
2011P 18.6 125.7 .9 167.3 533.6 4.7 52.5 759.0 195.9 17.4 1,116.6
1Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 6"Other" is chilled water, renewable energy, and other fuels reported as used in facilities.
2Distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary. 
3Liquefied petroleum gases. Notes:  ·  For 1975 and 1976, the U.S. Government's fiscal year was July 1 through June 30.  Beginning
in 1977, the U.S. Government's fiscal year is October 1 through September 30 (for example, fiscal year
2011 is October 2010 through September 2011).  ·  Data in this table are developed using the following
conversion factors (which in most cases are different from those in Tables A1–A6)—coal: 24.580 million
Btu/short ton; natural gas: 1,031 Btu/cubic foot; aviation gasoline: 5.250 million Btu/barrel; fuel oil: 5.8254
million Btu/barrel; jet fuel: 5.460 million Btu/barrel; liquefied petroleum gases: 4.011 million Btu/barrel; motor
gasoline: 5.250 million Btu/barrel; electricity: 3,412 Btu/kilowatthour; and purchased steam: 1,000
Btu/pound.  ·  Data include energy consumed at foreign installations and in foreign operations, including
aviation and ocean bunkering, primarily by the U.S. Department of Defense.  U.S. Government energy use
for electricity generation and uranium enrichment is excluded.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components
due to independent rounding.
4Other types of fuel used in vehicles and equipment, primarily alternative fuels like methanol, ethanol,
compressed natural gas, and biodiesel.
Web Page:  See http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/regulations/facility_reporting.html for related
information.
5Includes ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Source:  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Federal Energy
Management Program. 
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