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







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 1.05 1.90 1.49 2.99 1.62 1.52 0.56 1.60 8.59 2.22
1971 1.56 2.09 1.57 2.98 1.66 1.59 0.59 1.71 9.16 2.41
1972 1.58 2.26 1.58 3.06 1.69 1.60 0.60 1.76 9.52 2.52
1973 1.83 2.37 1.81 4.47 1.94 1.84 0.69 1.96 10.03 2.81
1974 2.19 2.68 2.67 4.64 3.01 2.70 1.06 2.67 13.95 3.88
1975 2.62 3.14 2.85 4.92 3.16 2.89 1.11 2.93 15.30 4.19
1976 2.64 3.62 3.04 5.22 3.35 3.07 1.19 3.20 15.70 4.44
1977 3.12 3.92 3.41 5.47 3.75 3.45 1.35 3.55 16.51 4.85
1978 3.68 4.13 3.52 5.81 4.01 3.56 1.43 3.68 16.67 5.06
1979 3.64 4.51 5.11 8.34 5.33 5.16 2.05 4.86 18.14 6.68
1980 4.47 5.33 7.05 8.99 8.15 7.10 2.85 6.13 22.18 8.32
1981 5.40 6.27 8.75 9.85 10.54 8.78 3.51 7.33 26.93 10.26
1982 5.46 7.38 8.48 10.76 10.79 8.59 3.40 7.72 26.29 10.58
1983 5.02 8.16 8.26 11.45 7.64 8.34 3.30 7.86 27.00 10.98
1984 4.76 7.65 8.45 11.36 8.02 8.50 3.35 7.88 27.82 10.95
1985 4.39 7.65 8.10 11.43 7.72 8.18 3.22 7.70 26.16 10.60
1986 4.19 7.23 6.22 9.01 5.65 6.28 2.58 6.53 24.38 9.39
1987 3.85 6.45 6.10 10.88 5.80 6.26 2.46 6.22 25.52 9.44
1988 3.99 6.28 6.22 10.95 5.23 6.36 2.49 6.20 24.88 9.46
1989 3.96 6.91 7.01 12.96 5.22 7.21 2.75 6.94 26.70 10.28
1990 4.21 7.55 8.21 13.36 6.28 8.37 2.83 7.75 28.31 11.40
1991 4.07 7.80 7.80 14.73 5.53 8.02 2.71 7.66 30.47 11.81
1992 3.94 7.62 7.00 12.29 4.78 7.13 2.48 7.15 31.11 11.09
1993 3.96 8.00 6.79 12.32 4.97 6.95 2.42 7.23 32.25 11.36
1994 4.07 8.73 6.59 13.47 5.05 6.81 2.35 7.49 32.49 11.73
1995 4.01 8.82 6.40 13.53 4.68 6.66 2.30 7.41 32.99 12.11
1996 4.19 8.65 7.40 14.50 6.17 7.73 2.64 7.92 32.97 12.57
1997 4.14 9.25 7.27 15.13 5.72 7.62 2.63 8.22 33.97 13.12
1998 4.10 9.28 6.20 14.15 4.50 6.54 2.27 7.70 31.06 12.50
1999 4.06 8.72 6.34 14.33 4.42 6.68 2.33 7.52 29.57 12.05
2000 4.12 9.49 9.65 17.21 10.34 10.02 3.50 9.55 30.87 13.62
2001 4.05 12.24 9.25 18.47 10.10 9.63 3.34 10.60 36.55 15.64
2002 4.60 9.71 8.65 16.99 9.66 8.93 3.03 9.11 32.03 13.71
2003 4.35 12.18 10.50 19.16 9.28 10.92 3.64 11.32 33.99 15.88
2004 5.07 14.01 11.82 21.07 11.13 12.22 4.14 12.82 34.45 17.52
2005 6.49 15.21 15.64 24.40 15.00 16.13 5.48 15.56 39.39 20.98
2006 6.37 17.49 17.90 27.30 17.83 18.53 6.31 17.88 48.65 25.44
2007 5.69 16.73 19.64 29.13 22.35 20.32 6.97 18.27 47.57 25.27
2008 16.96 24.39 34.25 27.72 25.14 8.59 20.31 51.47 27.20
2009 14.41 18.09 30.40 23.35 19.07 6.45 15.99 49.46 23.42
2010 14.06 22.02 34.49 25.21 22.93 7.61 17.43 42.77 23.58
2011 13.42 25.43 39.66 28.89 26.65 9.15 18.49 43.00 24.21
2012 12.79 28.89 38.68 31.43 29.68 10.19 19.06 43.71 25.41
2013 13.06 28.18 37.90 31.38 29.04 9.98 19.19 [R ] 46.41 26.06
2014 14.16 27.47 41.17 31.77 28.68 [R ] 9.73 19.88 50.97 27.02
2015 12.65 18.85 34.92 17.01 20.18 6.71 15.50 58.11 25.38
2016 12.09 16.04 34.14 13.56 17.91 5.73 14.11 55.69 24.84 [R ]
2017 12.93 17.97 35.90 16.96 19.81 6.41 15.38 58.79 25.80
2018 15.01 19.90 37.52 24.50 21.69 [R ] 7.09 17.38 63.33 28.19
2019 14.27 18.97 34.79 22.88 20.88 6.82 16.54 64.23 27.09
2020 14.28 15.26 32.50 14.86 17.19 [R ] 5.64 15.13 [R ] 64.38 27.51 [R ]
2021 15.55 18.45 39.37 23.47 20.58 6.77 17.20 [R ] 67.09 29.47 [R ]
2022 19.85 28.82 42.78 38.94 30.25 10.47 [R ] 23.23 [R ] 76.12 35.68 [R ]
2023 20.82 26.36 40.94 34.20 27.80 9.58 23.24 86.78 39.11
Expenditures in million dollars
1970 2.6 158.6 334.9 9.0 13.2 357.2 2.1 520.4 273.7 794.1
1971 3.0 176.8 366.7 9.1 13.5 389.2 2.2 571.2 318.8 890.0
1972 2.1 197.3 380.2 10.3 14.5 405.1 2.2 606.7 356.2 962.9
1973 2.2 201.7 438.5 13.9 11.5 463.9 2.4 670.2 400.9 1,071.1
1974 2.1 231.7 607.1 14.2 10.9 632.2 3.8 869.8 544.7 1,414.4
1975 1.8 284.4 628.7 16.0 10.6 655.3 4.4 945.8 555.7 1,501.6
1976 1.7 346.4 725.5 17.9 12.2 755.6 5.2 1,108.9 601.2 1,710.1
1977 1.9 368.2 792.8 20.8 14.3 827.9 6.5 1,204.5 624.8 1,829.3
1978 1.3 361.5 781.1 21.2 10.4 812.6 8.2 1,183.7 639.4 1,823.1
1979 0.9 368.1 782.3 17.4 13.1 812.8 13.2 1,195.1 706.8 1,901.9
1980 2.2 511.9 932.9 19.6 14.9 967.4 47.8 1,529.3 875.7 2,405.0
1981 3.0 616.0 952.8 22.6 10.8 986.3 53.7 1,659.1 1,073.7 2,732.8
1982 3.5 736.3 893.3 24.8 31.2 949.2 47.3 1,736.4 1,075.4 2,811.7
1983 2.7 764.3 845.0 31.3 7.1 883.4 56.1 1,706.6 1,145.6 2,852.2
1984 4.9 758.4 1,016.6 31.5 31.1 1,079.2 38.2 1,880.8 1,205.5 3,086.3
1985 3.1 765.7 946.8 37.7 25.3 1,009.7 37.9 1,816.4 1,151.9 2,968.4
1986 1.8 758.4 746.4 33.0 16.0 795.5 27.6 1,583.4 1,131.8 2,715.1
1987 1.3 696.2 754.2 47.7 17.4 819.3 18.8 1,535.5 1,260.4 2,795.9
1988 1.4 702.8 768.3 47.2 8.9 824.4 20.2 1,548.9 1,317.0 2,865.9
1989 1.2 799.9 932.0 66.3 8.0 1,006.3 22.6 1,830.0 1,437.0 3,267.1
1990 1.3 834.7 981.9 58.6 5.8 1,046.2 31.0 1,913.3 1,504.9 3,418.2
1991 0.5 835.4 874.9 58.4 4.7 938.0 31.1 1,805.0 1,599.2 3,404.2
1992 1.0 948.1 891.3 48.3 7.0 946.7 29.8 1,925.7 1,651.9 3,577.6
1993 0.8 1,009.6 866.0 53.4 7.0 926.5 30.1 1,967.0 1,737.1 3,704.1
1994 0.3 1,069.8 843.5 60.4 6.3 910.1 27.8 2,008.1 1,779.1 3,787.2
1995 0.3 956.7 746.8 63.3 3.5 813.5 27.2 1,797.8 1,800.2 3,598.0
1996 0.4 1,015.3 790.3 80.5 5.2 876.0 32.4 1,924.1 1,828.6 3,752.7
1997 0.3 1,059.1 776.1 78.8 6.1 861.1 23.2 1,943.6 1,886.6 3,830.2
1998 0.3 961.4 612.5 67.5 5.0 685.0 17.8 1,664.5 1,736.8 3,401.3
1999 0.5 977.8 657.2 70.4 4.5 732.0 18.7 1,729.0 1,754.8 3,483.9
2000 0.2 1,130.5 1,147.7 104.6 11.2 1,263.5 30.3 2,424.5 1,850.0 4,274.4
2001 0.2 1,364.9 1,200.4 101.8 11.3 1,313.5 23.3 2,701.9 2,242.6 4,944.6
2002 1.2 1,098.3 1,110.3 75.8 7.0 1,193.1 21.5 2,314.0 2,043.2 4,357.2
2003 0.7 1,576.0 1,272.3 121.0 12.8 1,406.1 27.1 3,009.9 2,271.9 5,281.8
2004 0.4 1,625.2 1,329.4 112.6 17.6 1,459.7 31.6 3,116.8 2,323.4 5,440.2
2005 0.6 1,830.3 1,677.1 159.1 25.4 1,861.6 11.9 3,704.3 2,760.3 6,464.7
2006 0.2 1,834.6 1,624.8 182.0 24.1 1,830.9 12.1 3,677.8 3,257.3 6,935.2
2007 0.3 1,957.2 1,804.2 200.7 20.5 2,025.4 14.8 3,997.8 3,268.7 7,266.5
2008 2,281.8 2,226.6 252.6 9.9 2,489.0 20.4 4,791.2 3,448.7 8,239.9
2009 1,973.3 1,491.9 209.6 13.1 1,714.6 39.9 3,727.9 3,286.2 7,014.0
2010 1,825.0 1,856.0 223.2 14.3 2,093.5 50.5 3,969.0 3,124.5 7,093.5
2011 1,784.5 2,084.9 303.0 10.1 2,398.0 58.9 4,241.3 3,003.3 7,244.6
2012 1,524.4 1,986.6 231.2 5.2 2,223.0 54.8 3,802.2 3,029.3 6,831.4
2013 1,576.5 2,091.6 [R ] 271.4 5.3 2,368.2 [R ] 70.0 4,014.8 [R ] 3,282.1 7,296.9 [R ]
2014 1,840.1 2,312.6 [R ] 334.7 9.4 2,656.7 [R ] 69.1 4,565.9 [R ] 3,490.6 8,056.5 [R ]
2015 1,649.1 1,573.9 [R ] 265.4 4.3 1,843.6 [R ] 42.8 3,535.5 [R ] 4,000.0 7,535.5 [R ]
2016 1,396.5 1,039.9 [R ] 257.8 4.0 1,301.7 [R ] 29.2 [R ] 2,727.4 [R ] 3,741.9 6,469.3 [R ]
2017 1,614.1 1,273.7 [R ] 292.1 3.5 1,569.2 [R ] 32.3 3,215.7 [R ] 3,879.1 7,094.8 [R ]
2018 2,015.7 1,529.8 [R ] 324.3 4.9 1,858.9 [R ] 35.8 [R ] 3,910.4 [R ] 4,383.4 8,293.8 [R ]
2019 1,988.9 1,441.1 [R ] 360.0 5.5 1,806.7 [R ] 42.2 [R ] 3,837.8 [R ] 4,233.1 8,070.9 [R ]
2020 1,770.1 1,040.8 [R ] 280.7 4.1 1,325.6 [R ] 32.3 [R ] 3,128.0 [R ] 4,469.0 7,597.0 [R ]
2021 1,967.4 1,323.4 [R ] 318.3 5.0 1,646.7 [R ] 40.1 [R ] 3,654.2 [R ] 4,647.9 8,302.1 [R ]
2022 2,690.1 2,039.9 [R ] 339.3 7.2 2,386.4 [R ] 78.1 [R ] 5,154.6 [R ] 5,196.3 10,350.9 [R ]
2023 2,354.2 1,870.7 312.3 11.7 2,194.6 60.7 4,609.6 5,733.9 10,343.4

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/