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Table ET1. Primary energy, electricity, and total energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, Colorado
Table ET1. Primary energy, electricity, and total energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, Colorado







Year
Primary energy


Electric
power
sector i,k,l





Electricity m




Total
energy h,i,j
Coal

Natural
gas a
Petroleum

Nuclear
fuel
Biomass


Total h,i,j,k
Coking
coal
Steam
Coal

Total
Distillate
fuel oil b

HGL c
Jet
fuel d
Motor
gasoline e
Residual
fuel oil

Other f

Total
Wood and
waste g,h
Prices in dollars per million Btu
1970 0.43 0.30 0.34 0.48 1.04 1.58 0.76 2.72 0.44 1.13 1.88 1.55 1.03 0.25 6.09 1.52
1971 0.47 0.31 0.35 0.51 1.05 1.58 0.80 2.93 0.52 1.50 2.05 1.58 1.14 0.28 6.13 1.67
1972 0.52 0.34 0.38 0.54 1.06 1.63 0.79 2.81 0.52 1.54 2.00 1.60 1.14 0.33 6.34 1.67
1973 0.61 0.33 0.39 0.59 1.31 2.69 0.94 3.11 0.71 1.54 2.28 1.62 1.27 0.33 6.49 1.85
1974 1.29 0.42 0.61 0.72 2.18 2.77 1.62 4.20 1.62 2.60 3.17 1.68 1.74 0.44 7.07 2.49
1975 1.38 0.53 0.68 0.98 2.30 3.05 2.12 4.67 1.59 2.85 3.55 1.67 2.02 0.60 7.95 2.92
1976 1.51 0.54 0.70 1.15 2.49 3.46 2.32 4.90 1.76 2.53 3.71 1.70 2.15 0.61 8.36 3.13
1977 1.58 0.65 0.77 1.52 2.75 3.81 2.71 5.13 1.85 2.83 3.99 0.19 1.73 2.37 0.70 8.74 3.51
1978 1.70 0.71 0.81 1.89 2.90 4.21 2.92 5.05 1.92 3.27 4.07 0.21 1.75 2.57 0.77 9.43 3.84
1979 1.74 0.80 0.92 2.47 4.24 4.70 4.08 6.85 2.55 4.02 5.63 0.23 1.93 3.31 0.97 10.64 4.94
1980 1.97 0.89 1.00 2.98 6.45 6.00 6.59 9.36 3.88 5.99 7.95 0.21 2.91 4.32 1.12 12.94 6.48
1981 2.26 0.98 1.09 3.84 7.36 7.18 7.67 10.23 4.25 7.76 9.16 0.18 3.62 4.85 1.08 15.13 7.86
1982 2.07 1.12 1.15 4.56 6.75 7.90 7.38 10.15 4.44 7.62 8.99 0.21 3.55 5.04 1.14 17.69 8.39
1983 1.13 1.13 5.05 6.68 7.86 6.47 9.02 4.36 7.40 8.07 0.23 3.43 4.93 1.16 17.75 8.21
1984 1.15 1.15 4.86 6.76 7.95 6.30 8.99 4.60 6.86 7.96 0.26 3.49 4.76 1.19 17.53 8.05
1985 1.17 1.17 4.71 6.56 6.53 5.94 9.28 3.80 6.91 8.08 3.38 4.75 1.21 17.88 8.23
1986 1.18 1.18 4.54 5.78 6.35 3.92 6.76 2.34 6.42 6.16 0.27 2.70 3.96 1.21 17.69 7.26
1987 1.13 1.13 4.26 6.20 4.91 4.05 7.59 2.63 5.44 6.60 0.28 2.45 4.05 1.15 17.12 7.40
1988 1.08 1.08 3.95 5.87 3.39 3.78 7.34 2.80 5.38 6.38 0.29 2.47 3.81 1.09 17.32 7.19
1989 1.08 1.08 3.81 6.84 6.19 4.30 8.13 1.96 5.54 7.23 0.28 2.89 4.00 1.10 17.48 7.63
1990 1.07 1.07 3.87 7.94 6.75 5.59 9.29 2.94 5.58 8.24 4.14 4.38 1.11 17.31 8.15
1991 1.10 1.10 3.69 7.41 8.15 4.87 9.23 3.86 6.36 8.12 3.34 4.34 1.13 17.49 7.98
1992 1.11 1.11 3.64 7.28 8.27 4.47 9.56 3.22 6.17 8.16 3.74 4.36 1.14 17.69 8.07
1993 1.11 1.11 3.72 7.57 7.19 4.25 9.67 2.04 5.93 8.12 3.65 4.41 1.15 17.78 7.97
1994 1.07 1.07 3.96 7.44 8.40 3.99 9.91 2.89 5.40 8.25 3.62 4.50 1.12 17.86 8.34
1995 1.06 1.06 3.87 7.61 8.15 4.04 9.80 2.99 5.93 8.36 3.50 4.59 1.10 18.00 8.41
1996 1.03 1.03 3.57 8.40 10.00 4.87 10.48 3.97 6.15 9.08 4.00 4.79 1.11 17.80 8.67
1997 1.02 1.02 4.05 8.06 9.53 4.64 10.55 3.54 7.48 9.21 4.08 4.84 1.18 17.50 8.79
1998 0.99 0.99 4.02 6.92 8.18 3.52 8.94 1.98 5.93 7.69 3.62 4.36 1.17 17.51 8.13
1999 0.99 0.99 4.22 7.48 8.83 4.06 9.74 2.86 8.05 8.53 3.59 4.77 1.16 17.49 8.74
2000 0.93 0.93 5.22 10.00 12.14 6.67 12.42 5.66 6.33 10.89 5.39 5.92 1.41 17.27 10.25
2001 0.93 0.93 6.65 9.75 13.37 5.93 12.43 4.87 7.60 11.00 4.47 6.38 1.48 17.69 10.72
2002 0.96 0.96 4.57 8.93 11.07 5.50 11.41 10.86 10.24 4.43 5.42 1.22 17.65 9.60
2003 0.98 0.98 5.35 10.26 13.22 6.83 12.72 6.58 11.25 5.30 6.13 1.55 19.89 10.79
2004 0.99 0.99 7.03 12.48 15.36 8.73 14.94 4.74 7.87 13.14 5.27 7.52 1.81 20.44 12.48
2005 1.07 1.07 8.74 16.90 17.76 12.72 18.32 10.27 16.81 8.11 9.46 2.30 22.46 15.15
2006 1.30 1.30 9.24 19.35 20.99 14.94 20.72 8.50 11.99 19.18 9.14 10.67 2.23 22.37 16.94
2007 1.27 1.27 6.80 20.85 22.88 16.27 22.98 11.54 20.89 10.08 10.55 2.01 22.80 17.06
2008 1.46 1.46 8.50 26.48 26.13 22.69 26.09 12.23 15.50 25.27 12.21 12.67 2.66 25.25 19.81
2009 1.60 1.60 6.64 16.67 21.17 12.54 18.61 10.51 21.30 17.56 9.58 9.32 2.24 24.44 15.52
2010 1.59 1.59 6.60 20.40 22.18 16.20 21.99 23.46 [R ] 20.94 [R ] 11.36 10.58 [R ] 2.29 26.90 17.53 [R ]
2011 1.73 1.73 6.79 26.35 25.76 22.41 27.95 29.57 [R ] 26.81 [R ] 12.88 13.11 [R ] 2.33 27.61 21.31 [R ]
2012 1.86 1.86 6.32 27.05 22.45 23.04 28.65 31.05 [R ] 27.39 [R ] 13.93 13.29 [R ] 2.28 27.63 21.83 [R ]
2013 1.93 1.93 6.38 26.36 22.57 22.35 28.17 29.64 [R ] 26.82 [R ] 13.65 13.02 [R ] 2.50 29.01 21.17 [R ]
2014 1.95 1.95 7.11 25.83 25.76 20.94 27.52 29.87 [R ] 26.30 [R ] 12.48 [R ] 13.30 [R ] 2.69 29.52 21.31 [R ]
2015 1.85 1.85 6.03 [R ] 17.50 17.41 12.26 19.57 28.55 [R ] 18.52 [R ] 9.65 [R ] 9.96 [R ] 2.22 29.18 17.19 [R ]
2016 1.87 1.87 5.24 15.15 [R ] 16.80 9.78 17.39 25.40 [R ] 16.22 [R ] 7.35 [R ] 8.88 [R ] 2.17 28.85 15.72 [R ]
2017 1.78 1.78 5.79 17.67 [R ] 19.99 12.19 19.74 28.28 18.48 8.00 [R ] 10.05 2.20 29.32 17.16
2018 1.65 1.65 5.48 [R ] 21.18 21.24 15.81 22.33 27.67 21.31 8.81 [R ] 11.29 2.30 29.41 18.47
2019 1.76 1.76 5.36 [R ] 19.72 17.92 14.64 21.62 27.99 [R ] 20.30 8.83 [R ] 10.88 2.22 29.87 17.75 [R ]
2020 1.71 1.71 4.89 [R ] 16.07 [R ] 15.91 10.78 18.98 25.86 [R ] 17.69 5.63 [R ] 9.40 2.17 30.16 16.47 [R ]
2021 1.61 1.61 7.75 22.34 21.95 15.26 26.55 28.24 [R ] 23.96 6.96 [R ] 13.37 3.58 32.00 20.64 [R ]
2022 1.93 1.93 9.87 [R ] 33.10 [R ] 23.66 26.89 31.65 34.93 [R ] 31.21 [R ] 10.93 [R ] 17.88 [R ] 3.82 34.49 25.85 [R ]
2023 2.13 2.13 8.09 28.49 21.34 21.46 29.83 32.36 28.11 10.09 15.97 3.03 34.53 23.85
Expenditures in million dollars
1970 12.0 26.8 38.8 128.2 30.9 27.5 32.0 372.5 3.9 35.5 502.3 4.0 673.3 -30.6 222.3 865.0
1971 11.6 25.3 36.9 138.8 37.3 29.5 34.6 425.9 4.8 43.0 575.2 4.5 755.3 -35.9 243.0 962.4
1972 14.6 30.7 45.3 157.7 41.6 36.1 34.8 442.9 6.1 45.6 606.9 5.4 815.3 -44.2 276.5 1,047.6
1973 18.9 35.8 54.7 177.7 59.9 58.4 41.1 514.7 9.7 48.4 732.1 5.6 970.1 -48.7 308.0 1,229.4
1974 39.9 45.1 85.0 210.8 111.3 52.9 67.5 678.9 29.9 65.0 1,005.4 5.1 1,306.4 -70.9 357.2 1,592.7
1975 39.5 69.0 108.4 262.9 118.1 56.9 85.7 782.3 32.7 61.8 1,137.4 4.4 1,513.1 -105.4 426.0 1,833.7
1976 44.8 84.2 129.0 298.4 136.6 70.0 101.4 848.4 41.1 61.1 1,258.5 5.3 1,691.2 -115.7 473.2 2,048.7
1977 46.2 126.0 172.2 361.1 158.7 73.9 121.1 924.4 36.7 73.2 1,388.1 0.5 6.9 1,928.6 -153.1 528.7 2,304.2
1978 38.0 139.8 177.8 415.5 173.0 92.9 136.9 978.9 46.0 78.7 1,506.4 1.4 8.6 2,109.7 -169.9 604.8 2,544.5
1979 50.6 167.4 218.0 577.1 297.3 66.5 139.5 1,268.8 13.7 108.4 1,894.2 0.5 9.1 2,699.0 -228.9 729.0 3,199.1
1980 50.2 197.5 247.8 706.8 422.1 85.3 175.9 1,685.6 43.6 145.2 2,557.7 1.5 5.0 3,518.7 -272.5 918.2 4,164.4
1981 54.8 249.7 304.6 733.8 374.2 98.7 238.0 1,861.5 2.7 151.6 2,726.8 1.5 7.7 3,774.4 -281.5 1,203.8 4,696.8
1982 19.7 297.8 317.4 901.2 363.0 133.2 231.7 1,872.1 0.3 134.5 2,734.8 1.3 7.7 3,964.5 -299.1 1,414.6 5,080.0
1983 287.5 287.5 976.3 425.3 137.1 224.2 1,592.9 6.3 145.6 2,531.4 1.9 8.1 3,809.3 -290.6 1,415.3 4,934.0
1984 329.9 329.9 1,010.2 394.0 65.6 302.9 1,586.8 2.5 185.6 2,537.4 0.2 8.6 3,892.0 -322.7 1,522.0 5,091.4
1985 349.1 349.1 931.2 349.5 54.5 264.1 1,742.8 3.7 184.3 2,599.0 8.6 3,902.3 -342.6 1,608.3 5,167.9
1986 349.1 349.1 810.9 324.4 50.0 178.8 1,297.1 1.1 164.9 2,016.3 0.2 8.7 3,188.7 -340.8 1,621.9 4,469.8
1987 336.3 336.3 793.7 339.7 41.7 192.0 1,442.6 (s) 143.2 2,159.2 0.5 5.8 3,296.9 -332.3 1,622.8 4,587.4
1988 337.1 337.1 817.3 365.6 32.2 138.0 1,403.0 0.5 156.6 2,095.9 2.0 6.1 3,261.5 -337.2 1,716.9 4,641.2
1989 348.5 348.5 848.6 389.1 82.2 129.8 1,513.4 0.1 143.6 2,258.3 1.6 4.7 3,467.4 -362.8 1,775.2 4,879.7
1990 361.8 361.8 838.7 467.8 74.5 193.0 1,735.8 (s) 151.4 2,622.4 17.4 3,847.7 -371.2 1,800.4 5,276.9
1991 364.7 364.7 871.1 451.8 101.6 179.5 1,730.6 1.1 164.7 2,629.3 18.3 3,891.2 -373.1 1,858.1 5,376.2
1992 377.8 377.8 842.1 466.9 93.7 186.0 1,797.8 0.7 163.4 2,708.6 16.6 3,957.7 -384.3 1,903.2 5,476.5
1993 384.0 384.0 948.4 523.6 90.1 215.6 1,913.6 (s) 166.1 2,909.0 15.7 4,257.2 -393.7 1,978.9 5,842.3
1994 385.1 385.1 950.9 514.5 104.5 178.8 2,034.6 (s) 179.4 3,012.0 14.6 4,362.5 -403.7 2,075.6 6,034.4
1995 363.3 363.3 981.2 539.8 118.8 169.9 2,108.7 0.1 177.5 3,114.7 14.4 4,473.7 -386.4 2,141.9 6,229.3
1996 360.3 360.3 987.6 610.2 144.0 214.5 2,349.3 0.4 193.9 3,512.3 17.0 4,877.3 -413.9 2,224.2 6,687.5
1997 368.7 368.7 1,089.2 556.2 64.8 188.7 2,401.7 (s) 171.4 3,382.8 19.2 4,860.9 -439.7 2,244.1 6,665.3
1998 361.3 361.3 1,152.1 584.2 38.6 135.6 2,086.7 (s) 224.5 3,069.7 14.3 4,597.3 -457.9 2,336.8 6,476.2
1999 360.7 360.7 1,187.6 654.1 98.5 179.5 2,384.1 (s) 168.7 3,484.9 15.1 5,048.4 -460.6 2,394.9 6,982.7
2000 361.3 361.3 1,651.5 905.7 284.9 286.6 3,063.4 0.3 201.7 4,742.6 24.2 6,780.2 -626.8 2,507.8 8,661.1
2001 373.9 373.9 2,708.6 989.0 314.4 259.3 3,208.4 (s) 173.2 4,944.3 14.3 8,043.6 -711.6 2,638.1 9,970.1
2002 374.4 374.4 1,815.5 904.9 225.9 222.5 2,916.9 143.6 4,413.9 13.0 6,617.0 -562.8 2,732.1 8,786.2
2003 384.6 384.6 1,996.9 1,086.1 339.6 218.9 3,220.0 246.7 5,111.3 16.1 7,509.0 -717.4 3,118.2 9,909.9
2004 384.9 384.9 2,626.8 1,205.9 400.3 611.2 3,944.7 (s) 239.5 6,401.6 19.3 9,434.4 -844.1 3,217.7 11,807.9
2005 414.1 414.1 3,542.9 1,727.1 368.9 888.4 4,881.3 230.5 8,096.3 32.0 12,085.6 -1,091.0 3,660.2 14,654.8
2006 510.7 510.7 3,536.9 2,129.0 511.4 1,100.2 5,554.7 1.5 265.2 9,562.1 33.0 13,642.7 -1,080.7 3,747.6 16,309.6
2007 494.9 494.9 2,977.7 2,379.7 500.9 1,248.4 6,174.0 303.0 10,606.1 39.9 14,118.6 -1,030.9 3,942.8 17,030.5
2008 562.9 562.9 3,600.7 3,044.6 477.3 1,693.3 6,705.1 0.2 276.7 12,197.1 54.5 16,415.3 -1,289.3 4,434.4 19,560.4
2009 560.1 560.1 2,760.3 1,805.3 [R ] 323.2 770.9 4,774.8 (s) 463.6 8,137.8 [R ] 52.0 11,510.3 [R ] -1,031.8 4,196.1 14,674.6 [R ]
2010 609.9 609.9 2,574.0 2,275.3 [R ] 345.9 1,049.8 5,696.9 716.7 [R ] 10,084.5 [R ] 65.7 13,334.1 [R ] -1,066.3 4,786.2 17,054.0 [R ]
2011 637.0 637.0 2,334.4 2,938.7 [R ] 421.3 1,415.9 7,132.8 575.7 [R ] 12,484.3 [R ] 73.4 15,529.2 [R ] -1,053.4 4,963.2 19,439.0 [R ]
2012 689.4 689.4 2,064.6 2,983.7 [R ] 335.8 1,459.1 7,305.9 553.4 [R ] 12,637.9 [R ] 68.5 15,460.4 [R ] -1,036.5 4,987.6 19,411.5 [R ]
2013 703.4 703.4 2,357.4 [R ] 2,877.1 [R ] 402.8 1,394.9 7,345.1 578.1 [R ] 12,598.1 [R ] 86.5 15,745.4 [R ] -1,127.6 5,258.2 19,876.0 [R ]
2014 683.5 683.5 2,686.7 [R ] 3,075.9 [R ] 451.0 1,323.3 7,305.9 651.6 [R ] 12,807.7 [R ] 87.8 [R ] 16,265.7 [R ] -1,197.1 5,345.7 20,414.2 [R ]
2015 630.4 630.4 2,193.8 [R ] 1,957.3 [R ] 279.2 755.6 5,425.7 650.3 [R ] 9,068.2 [R ] 66.4 [R ] 11,958.8 [R ] -961.5 5,356.3 16,353.6 [R ]
2016 601.4 601.4 1,947.6 [R ] 1,572.8 [R ] 274.8 657.9 4,933.2 566.5 [R ] 8,005.2 [R ] 56.6 [R ] 10,610.8 [R ] -915.9 5,362.7 15,057.6 [R ]
2017 563.1 563.1 2,156.7 [R ] 2,024.0 [R ] 313.4 876.8 5,554.3 483.0 9,251.6 [R ] 62.6 [R ] 12,034.0 [R ] -917.9 5,448.8 16,564.8 [R ]
2018 469.8 469.8 2,333.2 [R ] 2,660.1 [R ] 360.9 1,187.3 [R ] 6,342.9 601.5 11,152.7 [R ] 70.3 [R ] 14,026.1 [R ] -968.2 5,628.5 18,686.4 [R ]
2019 480.3 480.3 2,477.3 [R ] 2,521.6 [R ] 351.7 1,143.4 [R ] 6,249.1 653.6 [R ] 10,919.4 [R ] 78.7 [R ] 13,955.7 [R ] -925.5 5,721.7 18,751.9 [R ]
2020 371.1 371.1 2,182.7 [R ] 1,855.6 [R ] 280.8 465.5 [R ] 4,681.3 623.4 [R ] 7,906.7 [R ] 29.4 [R ] 10,489.9 [R ] -803.6 5,728.9 15,415.2 [R ]
2021 407.5 407.5 3,260.7 [R ] 2,832.3 [R ] 392.5 996.4 [R ] 7,241.5 681.4 [R ] 12,144.0 [R ] 36.4 [R ] 15,848.6 [R ] -1,354.6 6,113.2 20,607.3 [R ]
2022 449.1 449.1 4,356.8 [R ] 4,123.8 [R ] 468.1 1,985.2 [R ] 9,590.3 916.5 [R ] 17,083.9 [R ] 63.7 [R ] 21,953.4 [R ] -1,410.2 6,633.6 27,176.8 [R ]
2023 436.3 436.3 3,595.7 3,556.2 369.2 1,663.4 8,376.9 776.5 14,742.2 51.9 18,826.1 -1,059.3 6,510.1 24,276.9

Footnotes:

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

b Beginning in 2009, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. Beginning in 2011, includes renewable diesel blended into distillate fuel oil. Beginning in 2021, includes biodiesel and renewable diesel product supplied.

c Hydrocarbon gas liquids, include natural gas liquids and refinery olefins.

d Through 2004, includes kerosene-type and naphtha-type jet fuel. Beginning in 2005, includes kerosene-type jet fuel only; naphtha-type jet fuel is included in "Other petroleum." There is a discontinuity in expenditures time series between 2009 and 2010 because of consumption data source and methodology changes, see technical notes.

e Beginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline.

f Includes asphalt and road oil, aviation gasoline, kerosene, lubricants, petroleum coke, and the “other petroleum products” category. See technical notes, Section 4.

g Wood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Beginning in 2006, includes small amount of other biomass liquids that are biodiesel. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste.

h 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.

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

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

k Electricity imports are included in total primary energy and electric power sector but are not shown separately.

l Expenditures for fuels purchased for electric power generation, included in the expenditure columns for the primary energy sources, are shown as negative expenditures because they need to be removed from total energy expenditures, to avoid double counting.

m 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.

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/