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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 | Kentucky | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase | $ 47.06 /barrel | $ 49.76 /barrel | Jan-21 | ||
| Natural Gas | Kentucky | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 2.94 /thousand cu ft | $ 3.45 /thousand cu ft | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 8.97 /thousand cu ft | $ 9.74 /thousand cu ft | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal | Kentucky | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | $ 51.89 /short ton | $ 36.07 /short ton | 2019 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | $ 1.78 /million Btu | $ 1.90 /million Btu | Jan-21 | ||
| Electricity | Kentucky | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 10.46 cents/kWh | 12.69 cents/kWh | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Commercial | 10.11 cents/kWh | 10.31 cents/kWh | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Industrial | 5.30 cents/kWh | 6.35 cents/kWh | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Reserves | |||||
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| Reserves | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31) | 8 million barrels | * | 2019 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31) | 1,275 billion cu ft | 0.3% | 2019 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids | 78 million barrels | 0.4% | 2019 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | 699 million short tons | 4.9% | 2019 | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs & Wells | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Natural Gas Producing Wells | NA | NA | 2019 | find more | |
| Capacity | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1) | 291,000 barrels/calendar day | 1.5% | 2020 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity | 17,611 MW | 1.6% | Jan-21 | ||
| Supply & Distribution | |||||
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| Production | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 1,153 trillion Btu | 1.2% | 2018 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 5 thousand barrels per day | * | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | 77,882 million cu ft | 0.2% | 2019 | find more | |
| Coal | 36,006 thousand short tons | 5.1% | 2019 | find more | |
| Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 6,375 thousand MWh | 1.8% | Jan-21 | ||
| Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) | Kentucky | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | 0.1 % | 0.3 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 21.0 % | 35.7 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 71.6 % | 23.3 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 0 % | 20.5 % | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Renewables | 7.2 % | 19.6 % | Jan-21 | ||
| Stocks | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 185 thousand barrels | 1.1% | Jan-21 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 1,043 thousand barrels | 0.8% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | 173,445 million cu ft | 2.5% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 220 thousand barrels | 0.9% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 5,414 thousand tons | 4.3% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Fueling Stations | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 2,024 stations | 1.8% | 2018 | ||
| Propane | 23 stations | 0.8% | 2021 | ||
| Electricity | 160 stations | 0.4% | 2021 | ||
| E85 | 68 stations | 1.8% | 2021 | ||
| Compressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative Fuels | 8 stations | 0.6% | 2021 | ||
| Consumption & Expenditures | |||||
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| Summary | Kentucky | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Consumption | 1,744 trillion Btu | 21 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Consumption per Capita | 391 million Btu | 15 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures | $ 19,720 million | 25 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures per Capita | $ 4,420 | 17 | 2018 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Residential | 369 trillion Btu | 1.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Commercial | 268 trillion Btu | 1.5% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Industrial | 611 trillion Btu | 1.9% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Transportation | 497 trillion Btu | 1.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Residential | $ 3,665 million | 1.4% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Commercial | $ 2,465 million | 1.3% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Industrial | $ 3,422 million | 1.6% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Transportation | $ 10,168 million | 1.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| by Source | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Petroleum | 120 million barrels | 1.6% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | 339 billion cu ft | 1.1% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Coal | 26 million short tons | 4.4% | 2019 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Petroleum | $ 11,768 million | 1.6% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | $ 1,681 million | 1.1% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Coal | $ 1,136 million | 4.5% | 2019 | find more | |
| Consumption for Electricity Generation | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | 12 thousand barrels | 0.7% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 9,331 million cu ft | 1.0% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Coal | 2,164 thousand short tons | 4.8% | Jan-21 | find more | |
| Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households) | Kentucky | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Natural Gas | 36.9 % | 47.8 % | 2019 | ||
| Fuel Oil | 0.7 % | 4.4 % | 2019 | ||
| Electricity | 52.7 % | 39.5 % | 2019 | ||
| Propane | 6.2 % | 4.8 % | 2019 | ||
| Other/None | 3.5 % | 3.5 % | 2019 | ||
| Environment | |||||
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| Renewable Energy Capacity | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity | 1,248 MW | 0.5% | Jan-21 | ||
| Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity | 50 million gal/year | 0.3% | 2020 | ||
| Renewable Energy Production | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation | 423 thousand MWh | 1.6% | Jan-21 | ||
| Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation | 2 thousand MWh | * | Jan-21 | ||
| Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation | 33 thousand MWh | 0.7% | Jan-21 | ||
| Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation | 3 thousand MWh | 0.1% | Jan-21 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Production | 866 thousand barrels | 0.2% | 2018 | ||
| Renewable Energy Consumption | Kentucky | U.S. Rank | Period | find more | |
| Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total | 5.9 % | 44 | 2018 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Consumption | 5,183 thousand barrels | 25 | 2019 | ||
| Total Emissions | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 114.0 million metric tons | 2.2% | 2017 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | Kentucky | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 58,805 thousand metric tons | 3.4% | 2019 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 48 thousand metric tons | 3.8% | 2019 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 40 thousand metric tons | 3.0% | 2019 | ||
-- = No data reported.
* = 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.