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Table ET3. Residential sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, California
Table ET3. Residential sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, California







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 1.31 0.93 1.27 2.62 2.57 2.43 0.82 0.99 6.53 1.91
1971 0.85 0.98 1.34 2.56 2.75 2.38 0.86 1.03 6.78 1.95
1972 0.90 1.03 1.35 2.73 3.03 2.50 0.87 1.07 7.22 2.10
1973 1.11 1.57 3.73 3.55 3.23 1.00 1.17 7.72 2.35
1974 1.52 1.31 2.49 4.39 5.34 4.12 1.54 1.39 9.89 2.97
1975 1.49 2.80 4.45 5.08 4.15 1.62 1.54 10.68 3.19
1976 1.68 3.11 4.62 5.19 4.25 1.74 1.74 11.19 3.56
1977 1.80 3.21 5.46 5.74 4.80 1.96 1.87 12.41 4.10
1978 3.42 1.89 3.27 5.07 6.05 4.74 2.08 1.98 13.13 4.44
1979 4.87 2.36 4.48 6.73 8.64 6.16 2.98 2.51 13.10 4.78
1980 5.13 3.37 6.92 8.15 13.04 8.14 4.15 3.53 17.18 6.70
1981 5.43 3.58 7.90 7.53 15.34 7.74 5.10 3.75 19.09 7.56
1982 5.68 4.24 7.85 10.00 15.22 9.97 4.95 4.41 22.47 8.54
1983 4.62 5.20 7.91 11.00 8.39 10.83 4.79 5.37 20.88 9.20
1984 4.63 5.62 7.67 9.64 8.29 9.49 4.88 5.70 20.73 9.69
1985 4.54 5.51 5.25 8.66 11.15 8.57 4.69 5.57 22.80 9.83
1986 4.95 7.58 10.95 4.97 10.27 3.76 5.06 23.26 10.02
1987 3.76 5.13 6.05 12.37 4.69 11.73 3.58 5.26 23.55 10.11
1988 3.37 5.48 5.84 11.39 5.07 10.90 3.62 5.56 25.02 10.99
1989 3.66 5.37 7.63 11.65 5.37 11.23 3.99 5.51 27.69 11.49
1990 3.77 5.60 5.70 12.45 7.44 11.95 4.75 5.78 29.26 12.36
1991 5.21 6.11 5.60 12.75 5.88 12.30 4.55 6.29 31.61 13.38
1992 3.76 5.81 7.04 13.39 5.28 12.83 4.16 5.94 32.46 13.88
1993 3.77 6.01 7.40 14.24 5.78 13.57 4.06 6.17 33.13 13.97
1994 3.74 6.26 6.95 12.21 5.05 11.67 3.94 6.34 33.49 14.23
1995 3.77 6.35 6.93 11.79 5.10 11.34 3.86 6.41 34.02 14.94
1996 4.03 6.23 7.64 12.38 5.32 11.84 4.43 6.30 33.20 14.77
1997 3.71 6.70 8.11 12.92 4.95 12.17 4.41 6.77 33.71 15.53
1998 3.66 6.55 6.99 11.75 6.63 11.25 3.82 6.66 31.04 13.81
1999 3.69 6.52 7.69 12.02 6.58 11.55 3.92 6.64 31.31 13.93
2000 3.72 8.58 10.78 15.29 9.87 14.58 5.88 8.74 31.92 16.56
2001 3.48 10.27 10.10 17.27 8.99 15.47 5.62 10.30 35.43 18.38
2002 3.87 6.98 8.76 15.02 9.19 14.26 5.09 7.14 37.05 16.80
2003 3.77 8.95 10.55 17.38 9.10 16.75 6.11 9.19 35.84 18.28
2004 3.61 9.67 12.84 19.68 11.61 19.01 6.95 10.04 35.75 18.64
2005 3.56 11.58 16.92 22.74 13.76 22.07 9.20 12.14 36.66 20.78
2006 3.73 11.53 19.39 25.86 22.13 25.42 10.60 12.21 42.01 23.00
2007 11.24 20.88 27.70 24.26 27.46 11.71 12.07 42.27 22.89
2008 12.41 25.91 31.77 30.07 31.60 14.42 13.62 40.46 23.34
2009 9.18 18.29 25.93 25.27 25.40 10.83 10.23 43.21 22.13
2010 9.71 23.26 30.42 27.17 30.14 12.78 11.03 43.24 22.27
2011 9.74 28.64 33.04 32.46 32.94 15.36 11.18 43.30 22.29
2012 8.96 29.84 30.23 33.86 30.26 17.11 10.12 44.95 22.99
2013 9.67 29.57 30.00 33.54 30.03 16.76 10.80 47.56 24.12
2014 11.19 28.90 35.20 33.37 34.99 16.34 12.45 47.61 26.72
2015 10.99 20.26 26.66 17.21 26.42 11.26 11.74 49.80 27.18
2016 11.44 16.89 25.48 13.72 25.09 9.62 12.11 50.98 27.51
2017 12.06 19.24 29.48 17.12 29.14 10.76 12.85 53.66 28.84
2018 11.90 22.44 30.60 24.73 30.38 11.90 12.87 55.20 29.45
2019 12.52 21.61 26.89 23.09 26.74 11.46 13.24 56.14 28.91
2020 13.68 17.75 23.69 15.00 23.44 9.47 14.09 59.93 31.98 [R ]
2021 15.80 21.20 30.66 23.69 30.36 11.37 16.46 [R ] 66.89 35.74 [R ]
2022 19.47 32.74 33.94 39.11 33.98 17.58 [R ] 20.12 [R ] 75.73 41.73 [R ]
2023 21.14 29.98 31.52 33.40 31.53 16.07 21.57 86.49 44.64
Expenditures in million dollars
1970 1.8 544.3 3.7 45.5 2.4 51.6 6.2 603.8 797.6 1,401.4
1971 (s) 652.4 4.6 46.4 2.7 53.8 6.7 712.9 903.8 1,616.7
1972 (s) 687.6 5.1 42.4 3.5 51.0 6.6 745.2 1,017.2 1,762.4
1973 714.8 7.0 54.0 2.7 63.6 7.1 785.6 1,146.2 1,931.7
1974 (s) 800.4 7.9 59.1 6.6 73.7 11.3 885.4 1,435.0 2,320.4
1975 993.8 8.0 40.4 6.1 54.6 13.9 1,062.3 1,612.8 2,675.0
1976 1,061.9 11.4 39.1 6.0 56.5 15.8 1,134.2 1,746.2 2,880.4
1977 1,022.2 13.8 42.3 10.0 66.2 20.1 1,108.5 1,971.3 3,079.9
1978 0.1 1,066.8 15.0 65.6 11.7 92.2 23.2 1,182.3 2,208.9 3,391.2
1979 0.1 1,458.5 28.1 112.9 3.9 144.9 39.3 1,642.8 2,343.0 3,985.8
1980 0.1 1,861.6 3.8 134.6 1.3 139.7 68.6 2,069.9 3,049.5 5,119.4
1981 (s) 1,824.2 3.3 111.0 6.2 120.5 104.1 2,048.8 3,438.3 5,487.1
1982 (s) 2,384.7 3.3 148.9 1.6 153.8 91.8 2,630.4 3,976.6 6,607.0
1983 (s) 2,698.7 5.9 193.6 2.6 202.1 108.6 3,009.4 3,838.9 6,848.3
1984 0.7 2,755.4 6.7 142.8 4.2 153.7 135.2 3,045.1 3,998.6 7,043.7
1985 1.2 3,016.1 4.4 155.6 4.6 164.6 133.9 3,315.9 4,472.8 7,788.7
1986 2,384.7 10.7 151.3 5.2 167.2 97.8 2,649.7 4,565.8 7,215.4
1987 (s) 2,648.3 8.5 218.1 2.2 228.8 123.8 3,000.9 4,850.8 7,851.7
1988 0.1 2,803.9 7.2 221.8 2.9 231.9 133.5 3,169.4 5,518.0 8,687.4
1989 0.2 2,873.3 10.8 245.1 3.3 259.2 149.0 3,281.7 6,080.0 9,361.7
1990 0.4 2,971.3 6.7 240.3 3.7 250.7 146.2 3,368.6 6,646.5 10,015.1
1991 1.0 3,190.0 6.5 297.7 2.7 306.8 146.9 3,644.7 7,120.4 10,765.1
1992 (s) 2,861.9 9.4 216.0 1.0 226.3 140.9 3,229.1 7,543.7 10,772.8
1993 2.2 3,123.0 9.9 240.6 2.2 252.7 101.9 3,480.0 7,613.1 11,093.0
1994 2.2 3,326.3 9.3 203.0 1.9 214.2 94.0 3,636.7 7,868.9 11,505.6
1995 1.5 3,067.4 7.1 193.3 2.3 202.7 92.2 3,363.8 7,983.3 11,347.1
1996 2.0 3,048.6 6.6 169.5 3.1 179.2 109.6 3,339.4 8,088.0 11,427.5
1997 1.0 3,261.3 7.5 159.9 3.8 171.2 70.0 3,503.6 8,405.4 11,908.9
1998 1.1 3,805.5 6.9 240.4 8.9 256.2 53.8 4,116.6 7,964.1 12,080.7
1999 0.3 3,763.4 7.7 230.5 7.0 245.1 56.6 4,065.5 8,044.9 12,110.4
2000 0.2 4,242.4 15.1 273.6 15.7 304.4 91.6 4,638.6 8,629.0 13,267.5
2001 (s) 5,347.4 17.3 212.1 17.8 247.1 84.0 5,678.6 9,269.0 14,947.6
2002 (s) 3,633.2 7.5 214.7 11.3 233.4 77.4 3,944.0 9,758.5 13,702.5
2003 (s) 4,546.3 7.4 356.1 10.1 373.6 97.8 5,017.7 10,141.6 15,159.2
2004 0.1 5,048.8 10.6 489.6 18.2 518.4 113.8 5,681.1 10,168.5 15,849.5
2005 0.1 5,731.8 15.3 643.3 23.7 682.3 100.2 6,514.4 10,707.6 17,222.0
2006 (s) 5,798.0 17.3 638.6 36.0 691.8 102.4 6,592.3 12,875.5 19,467.8
2007 5,696.8 11.6 725.5 21.0 758.0 125.0 6,579.8 12,859.8 19,439.7
2008 6,238.6 21.8 1,021.6 13.8 1,057.1 172.3 7,468.1 12,594.7 20,062.8
2009 4,533.2 41.1 782.8 24.6 848.5 170.1 5,551.8 13,238.6 18,790.4
2010 4,909.3 21.7 965.1 22.2 1,009.0 215.2 6,133.4 12,873.6 19,007.0
2011 5,089.8 18.0 993.4 20.3 1,031.7 250.9 6,372.3 13,060.9 19,433.3
2012 4,368.3 11.0 687.0 9.1 707.1 233.4 5,308.9 13,821.6 19,130.4
2013 4,779.2 16.3 684.6 8.6 709.6 [R ] 298.3 5,787.1 [R ] 14,481.1 20,268.1
2014 4,575.1 15.7 661.9 11.1 688.7 294.4 5,558.2 14,517.4 20,075.6
2015 4,569.4 9.0 563.2 4.3 576.4 104.7 5,250.4 15,187.8 20,438.3 [R ]
2016 4,876.0 7.4 586.2 6.5 600.2 [R ] 83.7 5,559.9 [R ] 15,359.8 20,919.7 [R ]
2017 5,383.3 7.9 651.4 4.9 664.2 91.3 [R ] 6,138.8 [R ] 16,500.8 22,639.6 [R ]
2018 5,214.2 10.4 736.8 7.1 754.4 111.9 [R ] 6,080.5 [R ] 16,782.2 22,862.7 [R ]
2019 6,017.5 10.4 697.8 9.7 717.9 131.4 [R ] 6,866.8 [R ] 16,763.8 23,630.6 [R ]
2020 6,483.2 7.6 561.8 6.2 575.6 72.9 [R ] 7,131.7 [R ] 19,413.3 26,545.0 [R ]
2021 7,341.7 11.4 743.4 8.4 763.2 90.5 [R ] 8,195.4 [R ] 20,604.4 28,799.8 [R ]
2022 8,717.6 16.6 744.4 11.5 772.5 176.4 [R ] 9,666.5 [R ] 23,136.7 32,803.2 [R ]
2023 10,120.7 19.3 749.3 23.0 791.6 137.1 11,049.4 24,439.8 35,489.2

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/