Profile DataPrint State Energy Profile
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Last Update: May 18, 2023 | Next Update: June 15, 2023 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 | $ 73.72 /barrel | $ 74.32 /barrel | Feb-23 | ||
| Natural Gas | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 6.57 /thousand cu ft | $ 6.20 /thousand cu ft | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 12.08 /thousand cu ft | $ 15.20 /thousand cu ft | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Coal | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | $ 46.02 /short ton | $ 36.50 /short ton | 2021 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | $ 1.83 /million Btu | $ 2.58 /million Btu | Feb-23 | ||
| Electricity | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 14.34 cents/kWh | 15.96 cents/kWh | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Commercial | 11.39 cents/kWh | 12.77 cents/kWh | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Industrial | 7.89 cents/kWh | 8.15 cents/kWh | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Reserves | |||||
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| Reserves | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31) | 1,469 million barrels | 3.6% | 2021 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31) | 19,824 billion cu ft | 3.4% | 2021 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids | 1,667 million barrels | 6.4% | 2021 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | 284 million short tons | 2.3% | 2021 | 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 | 0.6% | 2022 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity | 18,089 MW | 1.6% | Feb-23 | ||
| Supply & Distribution | |||||
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| Production | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 3,775 trillion Btu | 3.9% | 2020 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 407 thousand barrels per day | 3.3% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | 1,879,457 million cu ft | 5.0% | 2021 | find more | |
| Coal | 11,875 thousand short tons | 2.1% | 2021 | find more | |
| Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 4,407 thousand MWh | 1.4% | Feb-23 | ||
| Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | 0.1 % | 0.4 % | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 29.3 % | 40.1 % | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 30.3 % | 14.9 % | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 0 % | 19.6 % | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Renewables | 40.4 % | 24.5 % | Feb-23 | ||
| Stocks | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 273 thousand barrels | 2.1% | Feb-23 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 785 thousand barrels | 0.8% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | 93,501 million cu ft | 1.4% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 101 thousand barrels | 0.4% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 1,651 thousand tons | 1.6% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Fueling Stations | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 1,554 stations | 1.4% | 2020 | ||
| Propane | 49 stations | 1.8% | 2022 | ||
| Electricity | 1,788 stations | 3.3% | 2022 | ||
| E85 | 95 stations | 2.1% | 2022 | ||
| Compressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative Fuels | 34 stations | 1.0% | 2022 | ||
| Consumption & Expenditures | |||||
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| Summary | Colorado | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Consumption | 1,451 trillion Btu | 26 | 2020 | find more | |
| Total Consumption per Capita | 251 million Btu | 34 | 2020 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures | $ 15,449 million | 26 | 2020 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures per Capita | $ 2,671 | 44 | 2020 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Residential | 377 trillion Btu | 1.8% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Commercial | 281 trillion Btu | 1.7% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Industrial | 415 trillion Btu | 1.3% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Transportation | 378 trillion Btu | 1.6% | 2020 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Residential | $ 3,782 million | 1.4% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Commercial | $ 2,655 million | 1.5% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Industrial | $ 2,433 million | 1.5% | 2020 | find more | |
| » Transportation | $ 6,579 million | 1.6% | 2020 | find more | |
| by Source | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Petroleum | 96 million barrels | 1.3% | 2021 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | 499 billion cu ft | 1.6% | 2021 | find more | |
| » Coal | 14 million short tons | 2.5% | 2021 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Petroleum | $ 11,983 million | 1.6% | 2021 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | $ 3,259 million | 1.7% | 2021 | find more | |
| » Coal | $ 408 million | 1.7% | 2021 | find more | |
| Consumption for Electricity Generation | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | 6 thousand barrels | 0.3% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 10,252 million cu ft | 1.1% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Coal | 787 thousand short tons | 2.9% | Feb-23 | find more | |
| Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households) | Colorado | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Natural Gas | 66.0 % | 46.5 % | 2021 | ||
| Fuel Oil | 0.1 % | 4.1 % | 2021 | ||
| Electricity | 26.1 % | 41.0 % | 2021 | ||
| Propane | 4.9 % | 5.0 % | 2021 | ||
| Other/None | 2.9 % | 3.5 % | 2021 | ||
| Environment | |||||
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| Renewable Energy Capacity | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity | 7,154 MW | 2.3% | Feb-23 | ||
| Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity | 140 million gal/year | 0.8% | 2022 | ||
| Renewable Energy Production | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation | 116 thousand MWh | 0.6% | Feb-23 | ||
| Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation | 1,421 thousand MWh | 2.9% | Jan-23 | ||
| Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation | 12 thousand MWh | 0.3% | Feb-23 | ||
| Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation | 102 thousand MWh | 2.3% | Feb-23 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Production | 3,212 thousand barrels | 1.0% | 2020 | ||
| Renewable Energy Consumption | Colorado | U.S. Rank | Period | find more | |
| Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total | 13.4 % | 22 | 2020 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Consumption | 5,443 thousand barrels | 24 | 2021 | ||
| Total Emissions | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 79.9 million metric tons | 1.7% | 2020 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | Colorado | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 31,128 thousand metric tons | 1.9% | 2021 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 9 thousand metric tons | 0.8% | 2021 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 18 thousand metric tons | 1.4% | 2021 | ||
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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.
Note: Territory data may be estimates based on EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook.