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Last Update: April 15, 2021 | Next Update: May 20, 2021 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 | $ 47.83 /barrel | $ 49.76 /barrel | Jan-21 | ||
| Natural Gas | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 3.06 /thousand cu ft | $ 3.45 /thousand cu ft | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 6.74 /thousand cu ft | $ 9.74 /thousand cu ft | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | $ 44.21 /short ton | $ 36.07 /short ton | 2019 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | $ 1.68 /million Btu | $ 1.90 /million Btu | Jan-21 | ||
| Electricity | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 12.14 cents/kWh | 12.69 cents/kWh | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Commercial | 9.71 cents/kWh | 10.31 cents/kWh | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Industrial | 7.43 cents/kWh | 6.35 cents/kWh | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Reserves | |||||
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| Reserves | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31) | 1,414 million barrels | 3.2% | 2019 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31) | 22,332 billion cu ft | 4.8% | 2019 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids | 1,281 million barrels | 5.9% | 2019 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | 237 million short tons | 1.7% | 2019 | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs & Wells | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Natural Gas Producing Wells | 37,390 wells | 7.6% | 2019 | 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 | 17,644 MW | 1.6% | Jan-21 | ||
| Supply & Distribution | |||||
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| Production | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 3,662 trillion Btu | 3.8% | 2018 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 373 thousand barrels per day | 3.4% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | 1,988,714 million cu ft | 5.4% | 2019 | find more | |
| Coal | 12,868 thousand short tons | 1.8% | 2019 | find more | |
| Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 4,863 thousand MWh | 1.4% | Jan-21 | ||
| Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | NM | 0.3 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 27.4 % | 35.7 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 40.4 % | 23.3 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 0 % | 20.5 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Renewables | 32.4 % | 19.6 % | Jan-21 | ||
| Stocks | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 246 thousand barrels | 1.5% | Jan-21 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 613 thousand barrels | 0.5% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | 100,318 million cu ft | 1.4% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 128 thousand barrels | 0.5% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 3,563 thousand tons | 2.8% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Fueling Stations | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 1,555 stations | 1.4% | 2018 | ||
| Propane | 46 stations | 1.7% | 2021 | ||
| Electricity | 1,277 stations | 3.1% | 2021 | ||
| E85 | 82 stations | 2.2% | 2021 | ||
| Compressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative Fuels | 23 stations | 1.8% | 2021 | ||
| Consumption & Expenditures | |||||
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| Summary | Colorado | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Consumption | 1,513 trillion Btu | 25 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Consumption per Capita | 266 million Btu | 34 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures | $ 18,431 million | 26 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures per Capita | $ 3,239 | 47 | 2018 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Residential | 360 trillion Btu | 1.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Commercial | 293 trillion Btu | 1.6% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Industrial | 425 trillion Btu | 1.3% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Transportation | 436 trillion Btu | 1.5% | 2018 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Residential | $ 3,672 million | 1.4% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Commercial | $ 2,776 million | 1.4% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Industrial | $ 2,790 million | 1.3% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Transportation | $ 9,193 million | 1.5% | 2018 | find more | |
| by Source | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Petroleum | 99 million barrels | 1.3% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | 521 billion cu ft | 1.7% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Coal | 15 million short tons | 2.5% | 2019 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Petroleum | $ 10,899 million | 1.5% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | $ 2,455 million | 1.6% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Coal | $ 480 million | 1.9% | 2019 | find more | |
| Consumption for Electricity Generation | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | NM | NM | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 10,107 million cu ft | 1.1% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal | 1,123 thousand short tons | 2.5% | Jan-21 | 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 | 6,113 MW | 2.3% | Jan-21 | ||
| Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity | 140 million gal/year | 0.8% | 2020 | ||
| Renewable Energy Production | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation | 204 thousand MWh | 0.8% | Jan-21 | ||
| Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation | 1,359 thousand MWh | 3.6% | Jan-21 | ||
| Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation | 15 thousand MWh | 0.3% | Jan-21 | ||
| Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation | 51 thousand MWh | 1.9% | Jan-21 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Production | 3,056 thousand barrels | 0.8% | 2018 | ||
| Renewable Energy Consumption | Colorado | U.S. Rank | Period | find more | |
| Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total | 11.0 % | 22 | 2018 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Consumption | 6,011 thousand barrels | 24 | 2019 | ||
| Total Emissions | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 87.0 million metric tons | 1.7% | 2017 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 33,912 thousand metric tons | 2.0% | 2019 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 10 thousand metric tons | 0.8% | 2019 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 20 thousand metric tons | 1.5% | 2019 | ||
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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.