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Table ET3. Residential sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2024, Alabama
Table ET3. Residential sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2024, Alabama







Year
Primary energy




Electricity g




Total
energy f



Coal a


Natural
gas b
Petroleum Biomass


Total f
Distillate
fuel oil c

HGL d

Kerosene

Total

Wood e
Prices in dollars per million Btu
1970 0.81 1.10 1.24 2.19 1.62 2.13 0.85 1.32 4.62 2.42
1971 0.94 1.15 1.36 2.22 1.67 2.19 0.90 1.39 4.89 2.61
1972 1.01 1.23 1.37 2.19 1.69 2.16 0.90 1.46 5.14 2.82
1973 1.17 1.33 1.51 4.07 1.94 3.86 1.04 1.93 5.73 3.41
1974 1.86 1.51 2.26 4.01 2.95 3.90 1.61 2.00 6.71 3.91
1975 1.82 1.52 2.53 4.32 3.31 4.21 1.69 2.07 8.05 4.44
1976 1.90 1.94 2.79 4.17 3.55 4.09 1.81 2.38 8.71 4.82
1977 2.01 2.24 3.28 4.77 3.84 4.67 2.04 2.77 10.42 5.84
1978 2.91 2.63 3.45 5.01 4.25 4.89 2.16 3.05 10.77 6.24
1979 2.76 3.56 4.57 7.64 6.78 7.39 3.10 4.06 12.33 7.68
1980 2.97 3.91 6.83 7.75 9.13 7.91 4.31 4.48 14.44 8.99
1981 3.71 4.61 8.55 8.02 11.14 8.36 5.31 5.21 16.17 10.17
1982 3.30 5.31 8.16 9.01 10.98 9.53 5.15 5.99 18.60 11.69
1983 3.56 6.00 4.93 9.26 7.83 8.78 4.99 6.45 19.40 12.23
1984 3.27 6.06 7.89 8.90 7.60 8.79 5.07 6.26 20.32 12.89
1985 3.19 6.18 7.68 8.49 6.93 8.38 4.88 6.30 18.74 12.52
1986 2.89 6.30 5.33 8.08 4.74 7.88 3.91 6.29 18.95 12.73
1987 2.88 6.43 5.13 8.68 5.95 8.54 3.73 6.54 18.92 12.77
1988 2.62 6.33 4.93 8.21 8.55 8.19 3.77 6.40 19.06 12.81
1989 2.64 6.09 5.52 9.25 7.26 9.11 4.16 6.44 19.31 13.02
1990 2.70 6.38 6.70 11.05 8.97 10.95 3.53 6.75 19.32 13.44
1991 2.81 6.86 6.16 12.45 6.35 12.12 3.38 7.19 19.61 13.91
1992 2.69 6.56 5.52 11.08 9.12 11.00 3.09 6.70 19.60 13.46
1993 2.73 6.89 5.38 10.18 5.72 10.04 3.02 7.04 20.00 13.95
1994 2.83 7.19 5.36 10.49 7.40 10.39 2.93 7.34 19.61 14.06
1995 2.61 6.67 4.83 10.42 10.22 10.37 2.87 6.94 19.66 14.05
1996 2.62 6.99 5.81 11.91 4.47 11.60 3.29 7.36 19.44 13.93
1997 2.72 8.02 5.54 11.84 6.15 11.52 3.28 8.38 19.77 14.89
1998 2.81 7.90 4.44 10.80 9.38 10.74 2.84 8.12 20.34 15.58
1999 2.77 8.05 4.86 10.93 8.35 10.87 2.91 8.56 20.60 15.76
2000 2.87 8.80 8.36 14.47 10.38 14.37 4.37 9.96 20.67 16.26
2001 3.31 11.68 7.08 15.84 6.98 15.55 4.17 12.22 20.56 17.13
2002 2.72 10.23 6.37 13.27 5.50 13.06 3.78 10.53 20.88 17.00
2003 3.17 11.48 7.12 15.50 7.78 15.21 4.54 11.77 21.67 18.01
2004 3.26 13.01 9.41 16.74 9.76 16.40 5.16 13.27 22.34 19.11
2005 4.61 15.36 13.84 19.42 13.28 18.97 6.83 15.53 23.44 20.85
2006 5.63 18.30 15.99 22.37 16.91 22.09 7.87 18.47 25.65 23.48
2007 4.51 17.68 17.50 24.21 15.36 23.94 8.70 18.31 27.33 24.73
2008 17.89 24.36 28.53 19.04 28.45 10.72 19.27 30.48 27.06
2009 17.65 14.23 23.67 19.42 23.00 8.05 18.06 31.24 27.16
2010 15.55 17.28 26.60 20.58 25.84 9.50 16.98 31.27 26.81
2011 14.84 24.87 29.06 25.42 28.98 11.42 16.49 32.52 27.87
2012 15.94 24.79 26.73 26.61 26.68 12.71 17.08 33.40 29.34
2013 15.22 25.78 26.47 26.12 26.46 12.45 16.28 33.00 28.17
2014 14.31 24.85 31.01 25.33 30.87 12.14 15.93 33.66 28.36
2015 13.75 15.59 23.55 16.65 23.36 8.37 14.97 34.28 29.09
2016 13.70 13.23 22.52 13.27 22.33 7.15 14.84 35.14 30.22
2017 15.68 15.34 26.08 16.60 25.88 8.00 17.06 36.77 32.04
2018 14.82 16.91 27.06 23.98 26.93 8.85 16.37 35.68 30.42
2019 15.21 16.29 23.81 22.39 23.78 8.51 16.43 36.72 31.50
2020 15.54 13.37 21.00 14.54 20.98 7.04 16.09 36.86 31.60
2021 15.25 15.98 27.11 22.97 26.76 8.45 16.37 37.97 32.20
2022 16.86 24.68 29.99 36.32 29.83 13.07 18.30 41.76 35.84
2023 19.54 22.59 27.86 33.39 27.72 11.95 20.23 42.86 37.41
2024 18.09 19.81 27.31 27.51 27.04 10.46 18.72 44.48 38.28
Expenditures in million dollars
1970 1.4 63.0 0.3 35.2 2.2 37.6 1.6 103.6 181.7 285.3
1971 1.2 65.1 0.3 38.3 1.5 40.0 1.5 107.8 204.2 312.0
1972 1.2 67.6 0.4 41.3 1.0 42.8 1.4 113.0 234.3 347.3
1973 1.0 76.2 0.6 70.1 2.7 73.4 1.5 152.1 287.3 439.4
1974 0.5 85.4 1.0 55.9 2.3 59.3 2.6 147.8 336.1 484.0
1975 0.3 82.0 1.1 55.3 2.5 58.9 3.2 144.3 368.5 512.8
1976 0.2 113.1 2.0 60.9 2.4 65.3 3.8 182.3 418.6 601.0
1977 0.4 130.5 2.1 74.3 3.4 79.8 4.7 215.4 542.3 757.6
1978 2.9 154.1 2.0 63.5 4.7 70.2 4.5 231.7 578.3 810.1
1979 2.0 191.8 2.4 59.4 5.2 67.0 6.6 267.4 632.5 899.9
1980 3.4 211.7 0.5 65.6 10.2 76.3 12.6 304.1 811.2 1,115.3
1981 1.4 239.6 0.8 70.3 11.7 82.8 17.6 341.5 877.8 1,219.4
1982 1.7 262.4 2.6 67.5 33.3 103.3 23.7 391.1 1,001.7 1,392.8
1983 1.8 300.4 1.3 82.5 26.7 110.5 18.4 431.1 1,046.7 1,477.8
1984 2.2 316.5 1.6 58.6 3.5 63.6 25.6 407.9 1,179.7 1,587.6
1985 2.1 280.1 1.1 57.9 2.9 61.8 25.4 369.4 1,098.4 1,467.8
1986 2.1 291.3 0.9 63.1 1.7 65.7 18.5 377.7 1,180.4 1,558.1
1987 2.2 325.9 0.6 80.4 2.0 82.9 14.4 425.4 1,245.2 1,670.6
1988 2.2 318.4 0.8 74.4 6.3 81.5 15.5 417.6 1,277.0 1,694.6
1989 1.0 301.7 0.8 91.8 3.3 95.9 17.3 415.9 1,307.0 1,722.9
1990 1.4 298.3 0.7 97.0 1.9 99.6 20.9 420.2 1,366.1 1,786.3
1991 0.2 325.2 0.5 94.0 2.2 96.7 21.0 443.1 1,424.7 1,867.8
1992 1.0 334.6 0.3 80.1 1.6 82.0 20.1 437.8 1,413.4 1,851.2
1993 0.5 364.6 0.4 95.2 1.4 97.0 15.0 477.0 1,544.2 2,021.2
1994 0.1 368.5 0.4 95.9 1.2 97.4 13.8 479.9 1,549.9 2,029.7
1995 0.1 340.1 0.3 97.0 3.8 101.1 13.5 454.8 1,630.9 2,085.7
1996 0.3 408.1 0.3 113.7 1.6 115.6 16.1 540.1 1,700.4 2,240.5
1997 0.5 404.9 1.3 116.4 2.0 119.6 8.4 533.5 1,678.8 2,212.4
1998 0.1 382.1 0.2 91.5 2.1 93.8 6.5 482.4 1,896.8 2,379.2
1999 0.2 355.7 0.2 166.7 2.1 169.0 6.8 531.7 1,901.4 2,433.0
2000 0.4 436.0 0.6 232.7 2.7 236.1 11.0 683.5 2,027.8 2,711.3
2001 0.1 593.9 1.6 205.5 1.5 208.6 8.7 811.2 1,950.1 2,761.3
2002 (s) 489.5 1.4 146.2 0.7 148.2 8.0 645.7 2,138.4 2,784.1
2003 (s) 550.5 0.3 129.7 2.2 132.2 10.1 692.8 2,175.0 2,867.8
2004 (s) 585.1 0.7 151.8 3.7 156.2 11.8 753.1 2,295.2 3,048.2
2005 (s) 665.3 1.1 120.5 5.7 127.3 12.3 804.9 2,504.0 3,308.9
2006 0.3 716.9 0.9 143.0 4.8 148.6 12.5 878.4 2,824.7 3,703.0
2007 (s) 643.6 0.8 165.7 2.8 169.4 15.3 828.3 3,056.8 3,885.1
2008 691.6 1.3 215.9 0.9 218.1 21.1 930.8 3,347.6 4,278.4
2009 653.4 8.0 184.6 1.3 193.8 21.0 868.2 3,356.0 4,224.3
2010 666.6 12.1 226.2 1.8 240.1 26.5 933.2 3,790.7 4,723.9
2011 551.7 1.5 170.8 1.8 174.1 31.0 756.7 3,661.5 4,418.2
2012 446.8 2.6 112.5 0.4 115.4 28.8 591.0 3,491.4 4,082.4
2013 542.4 2.3 124.1 0.4 126.8 36.8 705.9 3,532.6 4,238.5
2014 570.3 2.5 153.3 0.6 156.4 36.3 762.9 3,781.9 4,544.9
2015 462.8 1.9 127.1 0.3 129.2 7.0 598.9 3,731.8 4,330.8
2016 399.4 1.2 113.5 0.2 114.9 4.9 519.2 3,843.4 4,362.6
2017 424.6 1.3 124.1 0.1 125.5 4.7 554.7 3,786.7 4,341.4
2018 528.5 1.2 155.4 0.3 156.8 7.1 692.5 4,027.6 4,720.1
2019 478.5 0.4 143.7 0.3 144.3 6.6 629.5 4,061.2 4,690.7
2020 451.1 0.2 121.9 0.1 122.1 9.8 583.0 3,939.9 4,522.9
2021 506.6 2.3 122.3 0.3 124.9 12.1 643.6 4,092.4 4,735.9
2022 528.1 3.7 137.8 0.4 141.9 23.6 693.6 4,690.8 5,384.4
2023 551.0 [R ] 3.0 115.4 0.6 119.0 18.4 688.4 [R ] 4,593.8 5,282.2 [R ]
2024 549.5 2.7 98.4 0.4 101.5 15.1 666.0 4,993.1 5,659.1

Footnotes:

a Beginning in 2008, consumption data are no longer collected and are assumed to be zero.

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

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

d Hydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only.

e Wood and wood-derived fuels.

f There are no direct fuel costs for geothermal or solar energy.

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

Where shown, R = Revised data, — = No consumption, and (s) = Value less than 0.05 million dollars.

Note: Expenditure totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

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/

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