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Last Update: May 19, 2022 | Next Update: June 16, 2022 See full record of updates
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+ EXPAND ALL| Prices | |||||
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| Petroleum | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase | $ 88.26 /barrel | $ 89.41 /barrel | Feb-22 | ||
| Natural Gas | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 5.27 /thousand cu ft | $ 5.78 /thousand cu ft | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 9.94 /thousand cu ft | $ 12.17 /thousand cu ft | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Coal | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | $ 41.45 /short ton | $ 31.41 /short ton | 2020 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | $ 1.63 /million Btu | $ 2.17 /million Btu | Feb-22 | ||
| Electricity | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 13.63 cents/kWh | 13.83 cents/kWh | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Commercial | 10.41 cents/kWh | 11.78 cents/kWh | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Industrial | 7.85 cents/kWh | 7.46 cents/kWh | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Reserves | |||||
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| Reserves | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31) | 1,061 million barrels | 3.0% | 2020 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31) | 18,653 billion cu ft | 4.2% | 2020 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids | 1,362 million barrels | 6.6% | 2020 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | 193 million short tons | 1.5% | 2020 | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs & Wells | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Natural Gas Producing Wells | 31,939 wells | 6.6% | 2020 | find more | |
| Capacity | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1) | 103,000 barrels/calendar day | 0.5% | 2020 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity | 18,320 MW | 1.6% | Feb-22 | ||
| Supply & Distribution | |||||
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| Production | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 3,904 trillion Btu | 3.8% | 2019 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 421 thousand barrels per day | 3.7% | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | 1,990,462 million cu ft | 5.5% | 2020 | find more | |
| Coal | 10,056 thousand short tons | 1.9% | 2020 | find more | |
| Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 4,399 thousand MWh | 1.3% | Feb-22 | ||
| Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | NM | 0.3 % | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 25.9 % | 35.3 % | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 36.7 % | 21.6 % | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 0 % | 18.9 % | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Renewables | 35.7 % | 20.9 % | Jan-22 | ||
| Stocks | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 325 thousand barrels | 2.5% | Feb-22 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 751 thousand barrels | 0.8% | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | 90,690 million cu ft | 1.5% | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 126 thousand barrels | 0.6% | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 2,625 thousand tons | 3.1% | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Fueling Stations | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 1,552 stations | 1.4% | 2019 | ||
| Propane | 43 stations | 1.7% | 2022 | ||
| Electricity | 1,512 stations | 3.3% | 2022 | ||
| E85 | 93 stations | 2.3% | 2022 | ||
| Compressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative Fuels | 20 stations | 1.5% | 2022 | ||
| Consumption & Expenditures | |||||
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| Summary | Colorado | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Consumption | 1,576 trillion Btu | 25 | 2019 | find more | |
| Total Consumption per Capita | 274 million Btu | 33 | 2019 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures | $ 18,746 million | 26 | 2019 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures per Capita | $ 3,255 | 44 | 2019 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Residential | 379 trillion Btu | 1.8% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Commercial | 301 trillion Btu | 1.7% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Industrial | 434 trillion Btu | 1.3% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Transportation | 462 trillion Btu | 1.6% | 2019 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Residential | $ 3,815 million | 1.4% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Commercial | $ 2,941 million | 1.6% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Industrial | $ 2,751 million | 1.4% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Transportation | $ 9,239 million | 1.6% | 2019 | find more | |
| by Source | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Petroleum | 87 million barrels | 1.3% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | 518 billion cu ft | 1.7% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Coal | 12 million short tons | 2.4% | 2020 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Petroleum | $ 7,917 million | 1.6% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | $ 2,181 million | 1.6% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Coal | $ 371 million | 1.9% | 2020 | find more | |
| Consumption for Electricity Generation | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | NM | NM | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 9,294 million cu ft | 1.1% | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Coal | 916 thousand short tons | 2.3% | Feb-22 | find more | |
| Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households) | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Natural Gas | 68.4 % | 47.8 % | 2019 | ||
| Fuel Oil | 0.1 % | 4.4 % | 2019 | ||
| Electricity | 23.6 % | 39.5 % | 2019 | ||
| Propane | 4.8 % | 4.8 % | 2019 | ||
| Other/None | 3.1 % | 3.5 % | 2019 | ||
| Environment | |||||
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| Renewable Energy Capacity | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity | 6,800 MW | 2.3% | Feb-22 | ||
| Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity | 140 million gal/year | 0.8% | 2021 | ||
| Renewable Energy Production | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation | 153 thousand MWh | 0.6% | Feb-22 | ||
| Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation | 1,473 thousand MWh | 3.0% | Feb-22 | ||
| Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation | 14 thousand MWh | 0.3% | Feb-22 | ||
| Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation | 84 thousand MWh | 2.3% | Feb-22 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Production | 3,287 thousand barrels | 0.9% | 2019 | ||
| Renewable Energy Consumption | Colorado | U.S. Rank | Period | find more | |
| Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total | 11.3 % | 21 | 2019 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Consumption | 5,178 thousand barrels | 24 | 2020 | ||
| Total Emissions | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 91.7 million metric tons | 1.8% | 2019 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 29,071 thousand metric tons | 1.9% | 2020 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 8 thousand metric tons | 0.8% | 2020 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 17 thousand metric tons | 1.4% | 2020 | ||
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* = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure (e.g., for values with no decimals, the smallest unit is 1 then values less than 0.5 are shown as *.)
NA = Not available.
NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Note: Small differences between source data and values displayed here may be due to independent rounding.
Note: Components of "Utility-scale net electricity generation (share of total)" may not add to 100% because "Total utility-scale net electricity generation" includes net generation from petroleum coke, pumped storage hydroelectric, other gases, and other energy sources, which are not shown separately.