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Table ET4. Commercial sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, Massachusetts
Table ET4. Commercial sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, Massachusetts







Year
Primary energy




Electricity j




Total
energy g,h,i



Coal


Natural
gas a
Petroleum Biomass


Total g,h,i
Distillate
fuel oil b

HGL c

Kerosene
Motor
gasoline d
Residual
fuel oil

Total e
Wood and
waste f,g
Prices in dollars per million Btu
1970 0.89 1.40 1.10 1.52 0.81 2.86 0.37 0.72 0.56 0.84 8.05 1.64
1971 0.62 1.58 1.17 1.38 0.85 2.93 0.64 0.90 0.59 1.02 8.61 1.94
1972 1.04 1.69 1.17 1.41 0.85 2.87 0.66 0.92 0.60 1.06 8.83 2.07
1973 1.26 1.79 1.41 1.37 1.10 3.12 0.71 1.06 0.69 1.20 9.15 2.32
1974 1.73 2.12 2.27 2.29 2.43 4.38 1.91 2.11 1.06 2.11 13.23 3.81
1975 2.62 2.64 2.44 2.74 2.62 4.73 1.89 2.23 1.11 2.32 14.39 4.50
1976 1.83 3.06 2.62 3.36 2.68 4.88 1.76 2.28 1.19 2.43 15.10 4.73
1977 2.04 3.41 2.98 3.43 2.98 5.21 2.11 2.65 1.35 2.81 16.12 5.34
1978 1.80 3.51 3.09 3.71 3.14 5.15 1.86 2.66 1.43 2.87 16.48 5.57
1979 1.56 3.80 4.56 4.43 4.26 6.98 2.84 4.07 2.05 3.95 18.06 7.58
1980 1.67 4.65 6.36 5.28 6.12 9.69 3.81 5.37 2.85 5.01 22.08 9.30
1981 1.89 5.63 8.03 5.55 7.31 10.86 4.72 6.86 3.51 6.16 26.61 12.19
1982 2.01 6.28 7.76 6.61 7.73 10.07 4.16 6.22 3.40 6.14 25.61 11.37
1983 1.97 7.27 7.17 7.04 7.64 9.28 4.21 6.29 3.30 6.57 25.60 13.14
1984 2.38 7.01 7.04 6.84 8.02 8.85 4.88 6.32 3.35 6.42 27.55 13.20
1985 2.39 6.88 6.72 12.09 7.72 9.18 4.31 6.09 3.22 6.31 25.20 12.65
1986 2.55 6.49 4.57 11.19 5.65 7.25 2.46 4.11 2.58 5.01 23.40 11.05
1987 2.35 5.75 4.72 11.25 5.80 7.56 2.93 4.44 2.46 4.98 23.49 11.51
1988 2.50 5.93 4.51 11.08 5.23 7.90 2.36 4.04 2.49 4.82 22.72 11.08
1989 2.57 5.67 5.38 10.51 5.22 8.50 2.69 4.72 2.75 5.07 24.05 11.37
1990 2.62 6.14 6.38 10.70 6.28 9.53 3.05 5.24 2.83 5.55 25.43 12.32
1991 2.68 5.94 5.73 11.80 5.53 10.01 2.28 4.71 2.66 5.17 27.36 12.27
1992 2.64 5.64 5.33 9.87 4.78 9.83 2.27 4.49 2.44 5.00 27.56 12.26
1993 2.32 5.81 5.16 9.88 4.97 9.54 2.46 4.57 2.38 5.18 28.64 13.22
1994 2.23 6.66 5.21 9.77 5.05 9.62 2.51 4.49 2.31 5.75 28.89 13.15
1995 2.26 6.42 4.90 9.99 4.68 10.28 2.86 4.43 2.30 5.55 29.34 13.17
1996 2.30 6.57 5.83 11.03 6.17 10.64 3.41 5.37 2.64 6.10 29.36 13.48
1997 2.53 7.20 5.46 10.87 5.72 10.74 3.01 5.02 2.63 6.46 30.38 13.92
1998 2.29 7.21 4.27 9.70 4.50 9.10 2.22 4.13 2.26 6.17 27.64 13.74
1999 2.31 7.20 4.64 9.74 4.42 10.06 2.46 4.50 2.08 6.22 26.08 14.46
2000 2.00 8.24 7.82 12.43 10.34 12.65 4.43 7.60 3.06 7.89 27.06 15.87
2001 2.06 10.91 6.91 12.88 10.10 11.98 4.33 7.22 2.86 9.56 34.28 20.96
2002 2.41 8.51 6.60 11.36 9.66 11.12 4.26 6.70 2.45 7.75 29.53 17.71
2003 2.30 10.66 7.87 13.42 9.28 12.83 5.30 7.66 3.15 9.20 30.70 18.45
2004 2.41 12.14 9.38 14.80 11.13 15.01 5.24 8.06 2.91 10.12 32.20 20.12
2005 3.12 14.08 13.61 16.72 15.00 18.13 7.79 11.81 3.29 12.87 36.41 23.61
2006 3.48 15.59 15.98 18.58 17.83 20.70 8.54 14.46 3.02 14.97 45.55 30.75
2007 3.54 14.85 17.57 20.61 22.35 22.55 9.32 16.35 3.51 15.08 44.55 29.93
2008 15.06 24.19 24.05 27.72 26.45 13.78 21.57 8.58 16.61 47.09 31.33
2009 12.47 15.86 19.49 23.35 19.51 10.43 15.36 6.45 13.16 45.03 25.17
2010 11.61 19.79 22.66 25.21 22.83 14.22 19.50 7.61 14.21 42.59 24.29
2011 11.35 25.30 26.11 28.89 29.29 18.23 24.92 9.14 14.55 42.01 24.29
2012 10.33 26.43 21.83 31.43 30.31 19.97 25.34 10.18 13.06 40.57 23.88
2013 10.89 25.10 21.15 31.38 29.51 21.00 24.23 9.97 12.85 41.72 22.42
2014 12.19 24.91 22.77 31.77 28.40 18.68 24.37 9.65 14.02 [R ] 43.01 25.87
2015 10.50 14.79 14.73 17.01 20.10 10.32 16.18 6.70 11.56 46.26 25.39
2016 9.20 12.55 13.63 13.56 18.14 7.59 14.83 3.00 [R ] 9.91 [R ] 45.72 24.56 [R ]
2017 9.87 13.66 17.76 16.96 20.51 10.34 16.65 3.17 [R ] 10.75 46.70 25.07 [R ]
2018 12.46 19.33 19.25 24.50 23.06 13.35 20.64 3.18 [R ] 13.48 [R ] 50.33 27.51 [R ]
2019 10.98 18.00 15.56 22.88 21.78 12.73 18.96 3.57 [R ] 11.98 49.22 25.75 [R ]
2020 10.88 12.46 14.78 14.86 18.25 10.01 15.16 [R ] 3.50 [R ] 11.36 [R ] 46.99 24.59 [R ]
2021 11.70 19.23 22.20 23.47 24.63 14.97 21.27 4.03 [R ] 13.37 [R ] 49.79 27.16 [R ]
2022 15.11 31.31 23.56 38.94 33.51 24.66 30.82 2.02 [R ] 16.89 [R ] 54.70 30.12 [R ]
2023 15.24 24.37 19.33 34.20 29.38 22.44 25.27 2.05 16.09 57.51 31.22
Expenditures in million dollars
1970 1.7 50.1 86.4 1.8 0.5 1.5 35.0 125.3 (s) 177.2 213.6 390.8
1971 1.3 59.1 95.0 1.7 0.6 1.6 55.7 154.5 (s) 214.9 251.5 466.3
1972 1.8 63.0 98.2 1.9 0.6 1.6 57.8 160.0 (s) 224.9 282.5 507.3
1973 2.6 71.1 119.4 1.7 0.5 1.7 62.7 186.0 (s) 259.7 324.1 583.8
1974 3.5 80.2 180.3 2.8 0.7 2.4 133.8 320.0 0.1 403.8 457.9 861.7
1975 4.2 100.1 187.9 3.6 0.7 2.7 108.6 303.5 0.1 407.9 559.7 967.5
1976 2.8 116.2 218.3 4.6 0.8 2.9 107.9 334.6 0.1 453.7 623.5 1,077.2
1977 3.2 139.2 241.2 5.2 0.9 3.1 114.5 365.0 0.1 507.5 679.4 1,187.0
1978 2.2 161.5 238.9 5.4 0.7 5.1 88.2 338.2 0.2 502.1 713.2 1,215.2
1979 1.6 179.3 243.1 3.7 0.9 7.0 67.5 322.2 0.3 503.4 798.8 1,302.2
1980 3.1 252.5 278.0 4.6 1.0 9.7 116.3 409.7 1.2 666.5 983.0 1,649.4
1981 4.8 287.0 269.3 5.1 0.4 11.8 93.5 380.0 1.3 673.2 1,215.7 1,888.9
1982 6.3 393.2 249.2 6.1 1.2 11.3 110.5 378.3 1.1 778.8 1,196.3 1,975.1
1983 5.5 294.2 227.4 7.7 1.6 9.4 64.6 310.6 1.3 611.6 1,255.0 1,866.6
1984 10.4 296.2 262.6 7.6 2.7 7.8 102.2 382.9 0.9 690.4 1,398.9 2,089.3
1985 6.1 291.5 249.4 16.0 4.7 9.1 85.6 364.7 0.9 663.2 1,338.2 2,001.4
1986 3.7 290.4 197.9 16.4 9.3 7.2 53.0 283.9 0.8 578.8 1,322.1 1,900.9
1987 2.6 275.4 190.9 19.8 1.6 7.7 52.4 272.4 0.6 551.0 1,415.8 1,966.8
1988 3.2 298.9 191.5 19.1 2.1 7.6 50.8 271.0 0.7 573.8 1,452.2 2,026.0
1989 2.9 302.5 269.7 21.5 1.9 8.4 64.8 366.4 1.8 673.6 1,585.9 2,259.5
1990 3.3 321.5 275.5 18.8 4.5 3.4 85.8 388.0 3.4 716.2 1,693.8 2,410.0
1991 1.5 328.3 294.1 18.7 6.3 9.6 65.0 393.7 3.4 726.9 1,812.9 2,539.8
1992 3.1 377.0 241.3 15.5 2.0 8.5 52.3 319.6 3.3 703.0 1,839.8 2,542.9
1993 2.0 395.3 202.9 17.2 3.2 2.6 39.6 265.5 4.1 666.9 1,922.1 2,589.0
1994 1.0 576.9 187.0 17.5 2.9 2.8 46.6 256.9 3.8 838.6 1,981.6 2,820.2
1995 1.3 541.8 184.8 18.7 2.9 3.5 55.2 265.2 3.7 812.1 2,027.6 2,839.7
1996 1.7 648.1 191.4 24.5 1.6 3.6 52.1 273.3 4.4 927.5 2,075.1 3,002.6
1997 1.6 776.7 180.3 22.7 1.5 2.7 42.4 249.5 3.9 1,031.7 2,198.0 3,229.7
1998 1.5 659.5 134.4 18.5 1.8 3.1 19.8 177.7 2.9 841.5 2,053.4 2,895.0
1999 2.1 497.0 103.4 19.2 5.6 3.3 18.3 149.7 3.3 652.1 1,940.9 2,593.0
2000 0.8 549.3 236.9 30.3 6.3 18.4 38.7 330.5 5.3 885.8 2,164.0 3,049.8
2001 0.7 703.7 169.6 28.4 9.0 5.2 14.2 226.5 4.7 935.6 2,866.9 3,802.5
2002 4.6 570.6 147.3 20.3 3.2 6.7 17.2 194.8 4.8 774.7 2,487.5 3,262.2
2003 2.5 686.0 262.9 37.9 3.8 6.9 60.3 371.8 5.9 1,066.3 2,686.8 3,753.0
2004 1.9 709.9 235.2 26.8 5.7 5.4 91.3 364.4 7.8 1,083.9 2,858.3 3,942.3
2005 3.1 809.7 373.2 49.2 6.7 5.5 130.5 565.0 3.4 1,381.2 3,281.9 4,663.1
2006 1.3 822.9 302.8 51.8 3.9 7.8 62.8 429.1 3.3 1,256.6 4,077.7 5,334.3
2007 1.8 927.5 330.7 51.2 3.2 9.3 48.9 443.2 4.1 1,376.7 4,127.0 5,503.6
2008 1,102.6 340.4 69.3 3.2 10.7 82.5 506.1 3.1 1,611.8 4,271.2 5,883.0
2009 919.4 290.1 48.4 2.3 8.0 46.1 395.0 5.6 1,320.0 2,731.2 4,051.2
2010 864.6 621.4 50.6 6.7 5.5 49.4 733.7 6.6 1,604.9 2,651.0 4,255.9
2011 946.9 524.5 64.7 1.0 21.7 39.0 650.9 7.6 1,605.4 2,546.8 4,152.2
2012 780.1 345.4 49.4 0.3 6.6 27.6 429.3 7.4 1,216.8 2,453.1 3,669.9
2013 1,122.5 338.6 [R ] 59.2 0.4 7.0 29.3 434.6 [R ] 8.4 1,565.5 [R ] 2,521.4 4,086.9 [R ]
2014 1,320.4 379.6 [R ] 70.1 2.4 6.6 15.7 474.5 [R ] 8.2 [R ] 1,803.1 [R ] 3,827.1 5,630.1 [R ]
2015 1,136.9 229.8 [R ] 41.6 1.2 141.1 3.3 417.1 [R ] 5.7 [R ] 1,559.7 [R ] 4,135.8 5,695.5 [R ]
2016 994.0 106.7 [R ] 29.3 1.0 128.3 1.5 266.9 [R ] 5.2 [R ] 1,266.1 [R ] 4,045.7 5,311.8 [R ]
2017 1,112.2 133.1 [R ] 38.4 0.9 146.8 1.6 320.7 [R ] 5.7 [R ] 1,438.7 [R ] 4,138.0 5,576.7 [R ]
2018 1,525.1 178.2 [R ] 66.0 1.2 164.0 1.1 410.5 [R ] 5.4 [R ] 1,941.0 [R ] 4,456.6 6,397.6 [R ]
2020 1,227.8 91.6 [R ] 53.7 1.4 131.8 2.1 280.6 [R ] 7.2 [R ] 1,515.6 [R ] 3,706.9 5,222.6 [R ]
2021 1,244.2 261.4 [R ] 88.8 1.4 179.7 1.8 533.0 [R ] 8.4 [R ] 1,785.6 [R ] 4,048.4 5,834.0 [R ]
2022 1,816.2 414.4 [R ] 90.1 2.0 270.4 3.1 780.0 [R ] 18.8 [R ] 2,615.1 [R ] 4,562.5 7,177.5 [R ]
2023 1,677.7 323.3 65.3 3.3 225.4 2.3 619.5 19.2 2,316.4 4,763.5 7,079.9

Footnotes:

a Includes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas.

b Beginning in 2013, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. Beginning in 2021, includes biodiesel product supplied.

c Hydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only.

d Beginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. There is a discontinuity in the expenditure series between 2014 and 2015 because of changes in consumption estimates from the source. See consumption technical notes, Section 4.

e Includes small amounts of petroleum coke not shown separately.

f Wood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste.

g There is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of the use of wood and biomass waste beginning in 1989.

h There are no direct fuel costs for hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, or wind energy.

i For 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor gasoline column.

j Electricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy service providers.

Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.05 million dollars.

Where shown, — = No consumption, including cases where adjustments were made. See explanation of adjustments in Section 7 of the technical notes.

Notes: Expenditure totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The commercial sector includes commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants.

Web page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See technical notes. https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/