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Last Update: March 18, 2021 | Next Update: April 15, 2021 See full record of updates
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+ EXPAND ALL| Prices | |||||
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| Petroleum | North Carolina | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase | -- | $ 43.96 /barrel | Dec-20 | ||
| Natural Gas | North Carolina | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 3.07 /thousand cu ft | $ 3.55 /thousand cu ft | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 11.27 /thousand cu ft | $ 9.73 /thousand cu ft | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Coal | North Carolina | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | -- | $ 36.07 /short ton | 2019 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | W | $ 1.91 /million Btu | Dec-20 | ||
| Electricity | North Carolina | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 10.60 cents/kWh | 12.80 cents/kWh | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Commercial | 9.21 cents/kWh | 10.48 cents/kWh | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Industrial | 6.63 cents/kWh | 6.40 cents/kWh | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Reserves | |||||
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| Reserves | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31) | -- | -- | 2019 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31) | -- | -- | 2019 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids | -- | -- | 2019 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | -- | -- | 2019 | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs & Wells | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Natural Gas Producing Wells | -- | -- | 2019 | find more | |
| Capacity | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1) | 0 barrels/calendar day | 0.0% | 2020 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity | 35,271 MW | 3.2% | Dec-20 | ||
| Supply & Distribution | |||||
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| Production | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 692 trillion Btu | 0.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | -- | -- | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | -- | -- | 2019 | find more | |
| Coal | -- | -- | 2019 | find more | |
| Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 11,379 thousand MWh | 3.3% | Dec-20 | ||
| Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) | North Carolina | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | 0.1 % | 0.3 % | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 34.4 % | 36.4 % | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 20.9 % | 22.8 % | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 33.0 % | 20.3 % | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Renewables | 11.3 % | 19.5 % | Dec-20 | ||
| Stocks | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 282 thousand barrels | 1.5% | Dec-20 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 1,569 thousand barrels | 1.2% | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | -- | -- | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 1,255 thousand barrels | 4.9% | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | W | W | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Fueling Stations | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 4,491 stations | 4.0% | 2018 | ||
| Propane | 63 stations | 2.3% | 2021 | ||
| Electricity | 838 stations | 2.1% | 2021 | ||
| E85 | 85 stations | 2.3% | 2021 | ||
| Compressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative Fuels | 29 stations | 2.3% | 2021 | ||
| Consumption & Expenditures | |||||
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| Summary | North Carolina | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Consumption | 2,616 trillion Btu | 12 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Consumption per Capita | 252 million Btu | 37 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures | $ 34,156 million | 11 | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures per Capita | $ 3,290 | 45 | 2018 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Residential | 725 trillion Btu | 3.4% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Commercial | 585 trillion Btu | 3.2% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Industrial | 566 trillion Btu | 1.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Transportation | 740 trillion Btu | 2.6% | 2018 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Residential | $ 8,436 million | 3.2% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Commercial | $ 5,262 million | 2.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Industrial | $ 4,275 million | 2.0% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Transportation | $ 16,182 million | 2.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| by Source | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Petroleum | 169 million barrels | 2.3% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | 552 billion cu ft | 1.8% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Coal | 13 million short tons | 2.2% | 2019 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Petroleum | $ 19,104 million | 2.6% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | $ 3,259 million | 2.2% | 2019 | find more | |
| » Coal | $ 906 million | 3.6% | 2019 | find more | |
| Consumption for Electricity Generation | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | 25 thousand barrels | 1.6% | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 28,288 million cu ft | 3.1% | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Coal | 1,022 thousand short tons | 2.3% | Dec-20 | find more | |
| Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households) | North Carolina | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Natural Gas | 24.4 % | 47.8 % | 2019 | ||
| Fuel Oil | 2.6 % | 4.4 % | 2019 | ||
| Electricity | 64.3 % | 39.5 % | 2019 | ||
| Propane | 6.6 % | 4.8 % | 2019 | ||
| Other/None | 2.1 % | 3.5 % | 2019 | ||
| Environment | |||||
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| Renewable Energy Capacity | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity | 7,779 MW | 3.0% | Dec-20 | ||
| Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity | 57 million gal/year | 0.3% | 2020 | ||
| Renewable Energy Production | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation | 512 thousand MWh | 2.2% | Dec-20 | ||
| Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation | 558 thousand MWh | 1.4% | Dec-20 | ||
| Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation | 218 thousand MWh | 4.5% | Dec-20 | ||
| Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation | 25 thousand MWh | 1.0% | Dec-20 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Production | 0 thousand barrels | 0.0% | 2018 | ||
| Renewable Energy Consumption | North Carolina | U.S. Rank | Period | find more | |
| Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total | 10.4 % | 26 | 2018 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Consumption | 11,357 thousand barrels | 8 | 2019 | ||
| Total Emissions | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 115.0 million metric tons | 2.2% | 2017 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | North Carolina | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 47,372 thousand metric tons | 2.7% | 2019 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 37 thousand metric tons | 2.9% | 2019 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 46 thousand metric tons | 3.4% | 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.