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Table ET3. Residential Sector Energy Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2020, North Carolina

Table ET3. Residential Sector Energy Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2020, North Carolina







Year		 Primary Energy


Electricity
Retail
Sales



Total
Energy e



Coal a

Natural
Gas b		 Petroleum Biomass


Total e
Distillate
Fuel Oil
HGL c
Kerosene
Total
Wood d
Prices in Dollars per Million Btu
1970 1.14 1.27 1.31 2.24 1.40 1.43 0.73 1.36 5.45 2.35
1971 0.96 1.31 1.37 2.14 1.45 1.48 0.77 1.40 5.87 2.57
1972 1.22 1.38 1.38 2.34 1.48 1.51 0.78 1.45 6.28 2.76
1973 1.35 1.47 1.59 3.67 1.77 1.84 0.89 1.71 6.53 3.23
1974 2.50 1.65 2.54 5.91 2.73 2.92 1.38 2.54 8.03 4.47
1975 2.06 1.99 2.71 4.32 2.96 2.95 1.45 2.61 9.31 5.04
1976 2.17 2.10 2.93 4.80 3.20 3.20 1.55 2.80 10.40 5.43
1977 2.78 2.76 3.28 5.22 3.61 3.56 1.76 3.23 11.19 6.16
1978 2.64 2.94 3.51 5.35 3.86 3.84 1.86 3.41 11.99 6.71
1979 2.44 3.44 4.64 7.06 5.23 5.03 2.66 4.39 12.57 7.49
1980 2.70 4.06 6.95 7.67 7.96 7.29 3.70 6.00 13.91 9.44
1981 3.32 5.11 8.64 8.68 10.02 8.93 4.56 7.24 15.96 11.43
1982 2.90 5.55 8.38 9.75 10.00 9.00 4.42 7.27 18.50 12.61
1983 2.76 6.44 7.98 10.09 7.18 8.29 4.28 7.30 19.42 13.29
1984 2.97 6.46 7.93 10.43 7.35 8.09 4.36 7.32 19.57 12.77
1985 2.75 6.38 8.02 10.27 6.98 8.02 4.19 7.19 20.48 13.42
1986 2.60 6.41 6.35 9.44 5.94 6.74 3.36 6.35 21.17 13.68
1987 2.69 6.46 5.30 9.20 6.86 6.43 3.20 6.24 21.59 13.73
1988 2.53 6.07 5.54 8.81 6.69 6.43 3.23 6.10 21.89 13.64
1989 2.87 6.35 6.36 9.63 6.51 7.22 3.57 6.66 22.45 14.60
1990 2.78 5.98 7.95 11.22 8.10 8.96 3.53 7.40 22.99 16.16
1991 2.58 6.04 7.48 11.67 8.23 9.04 3.38 7.42 23.29 16.35
1992 2.65 6.38 7.06 10.29 7.17 8.18 3.09 7.10 23.78 16.08
1993 2.79 6.75 7.07 11.03 7.34 8.52 3.02 7.31 23.97 16.33
1994 2.73 7.04 6.02 10.67 7.04 7.99 2.93 7.16 23.95 16.40
1995 2.62 6.70 6.28 10.75 5.67 7.72 2.87 6.93 23.79 16.10
1996 2.63 7.33 7.18 12.03 5.85 8.60 3.29 7.68 23.59 15.99
1997 2.51 8.67 7.06 11.93 5.59 8.56 3.28 8.33 23.55 16.56
1998 2.53 8.35 6.26 10.81 4.95 7.58 2.84 7.70 23.47 16.57
1999 2.48 8.04 6.72 11.16 4.39 8.08 2.91 7.79 23.41 16.77
2000 2.41 9.25 9.74 14.84 7.40 11.44 4.37 9.94 23.36 17.46
2001 3.38 11.84 9.02 16.25 7.52 11.89 4.17 11.59 23.79 18.60
2002 3.36 9.04 7.84 13.21 6.39 10.22 3.78 9.32 24.02 18.23
2003 3.31 11.01 9.50 15.86 9.42 12.45 4.54 11.38 24.39 18.85
2004 4.02 12.26 11.04 17.64 10.33 14.09 5.16 12.75 24.76 19.82
2005 5.10 14.84 15.47 20.27 12.73 17.22 6.83 15.31 25.37 21.45
2006 5.14 16.36 17.08 22.17 18.37 19.89 7.87 17.19 26.72 23.28
2007 4.63 15.19 18.28 24.58 20.65 21.96 8.70 17.12 27.54 23.94
2008 — 16.10 24.13 29.04 22.89 27.24 10.72 19.56 27.89 24.85
2009 — 13.89 17.19 25.06 21.62 23.07 8.05 16.35 29.29 24.67
2010 — 12.28 20.43 29.02 24.22 26.63 9.50 16.45 29.65 24.91
2011 — 12.38 27.17 33.00 27.44 31.45 11.42 17.79 30.06 26.02
2012 — 12.02 26.95 30.63 29.34 29.74 12.71 16.33 31.96 27.15
2013 — 11.66 27.95 30.71 29.17 30.04 12.45 15.72 32.16 26.54
2014 — 11.59 27.02 33.84 29.53 32.32 12.14 16.31 32.54 26.81
2015 — 11.18 17.69 27.07 16.77 23.63 8.37 14.52 33.06 26.92
2016 — 10.93 15.31 25.73 13.37 21.76 7.15 13.52 32.32 26.31
2017 — 12.83 17.44 29.37 16.72 26.37 8.00 15.72 32.05 27.07
2018 — 11.76 19.02 30.97 24.15 28.56 8.85 15.53 32.51 26.92
2019 — 12.49 18.45 28.81 22.56 26.71 8.51 15.68 33.46 27.77
2020 — 12.81 15.72 27.13 14.65 24.55 7.04 15.26 33.35 27.77
Expenditures in Million Dollars
1970 6.6 35.6 65.9 22.1 79.8 167.8 4.4 214.4 272.5 486.9
1971 4.2 40.7 66.0 20.5 78.6 165.1 4.3 214.3 316.0 530.2
1972 4.4 46.5 72.0 23.9 68.1 164.0 4.2 219.1 355.3 574.4
1973 4.8 42.8 82.5 31.2 69.2 182.9 4.6 235.1 411.5 646.6
1974 7.4 45.3 111.1 44.6 84.1 239.7 7.3 299.8 509.6 809.4
1975 5.4 55.6 114.6 31.7 82.2 228.5 9.0 298.4 603.3 901.7
1976 4.3 71.9 138.7 37.8 96.0 272.5 11.1 359.9 709.5 1,069.4
1977 4.4 90.8 163.3 40.3 100.7 304.4 14.5 414.0 834.0 1,248.0
1978 3.4 105.2 151.6 48.9 96.9 297.3 17.7 423.6 926.6 1,350.2
1979 1.8 113.4 254.9 61.6 92.2 408.7 29.7 553.5 969.7 1,523.2
1980 2.4 139.6 285.2 71.6 124.0 480.7 25.2 647.9 1,156.6 1,804.5
1981 2.0 171.0 277.5 79.1 110.2 466.8 25.2 665.0 1,357.7 2,022.6
1982 1.9 181.0 239.7 80.5 114.9 435.1 38.7 656.8 1,515.4 2,172.1
1983 1.4 207.9 259.5 99.1 49.4 408.0 26.3 643.6 1,672.2 2,315.8
1984 1.7 216.4 303.1 108.1 175.5 586.7 35.7 840.5 1,797.8 2,638.3
1985 2.9 189.1 254.7 107.4 158.1 520.2 35.3 747.6 1,876.5 2,624.1
1986 2.3 209.8 205.3 98.3 111.9 415.5 25.8 653.4 2,131.4 2,784.9
1987 2.5 239.1 200.5 116.8 124.8 442.1 19.5 703.3 2,321.2 3,024.5
1988 2.8 239.9 211.8 103.7 154.8 470.3 21.1 734.1 2,406.0 3,140.1
1989 2.3 253.2 192.5 152.2 111.1 455.8 23.5 734.8 2,511.0 3,245.8
1990 2.2 215.9 195.6 157.2 64.6 417.4 16.1 651.6 2,599.4 3,251.0
1991 1.1 236.9 161.5 183.1 78.1 422.7 16.2 676.9 2,732.7 3,409.6
1992 2.4 281.0 167.4 181.3 74.6 423.3 15.5 722.2 2,819.9 3,542.1
1993 2.9 329.3 162.7 200.6 78.6 441.8 22.0 796.0 3,086.2 3,882.2
1994 2.7 346.2 126.9 194.6 52.2 373.7 20.3 742.9 3,041.0 3,784.0
1995 1.9 341.9 147.1 206.0 67.4 420.5 19.9 784.3 3,207.3 3,991.6
1996 1.6 446.4 177.8 263.9 84.4 526.1 23.6 997.8 3,348.3 4,346.1
1997 1.3 475.0 140.8 260.5 82.6 483.8 18.6 978.8 3,262.7 4,241.5
1998 1.5 441.3 109.0 225.3 83.8 418.1 14.3 875.2 3,434.2 4,309.5
1999 1.2 440.3 116.0 235.0 49.4 400.5 15.1 857.0 3,486.2 4,343.1
2000 0.8 609.0 183.4 338.2 83.1 604.7 24.3 1,238.8 3,709.1 4,947.9
2001 1.2 701.1 163.6 381.0 86.2 630.8 15.8 1,348.9 3,749.9 5,098.9
2002 1.3 551.9 128.0 288.6 44.3 461.0 14.5 1,028.7 4,085.4 5,114.1
2003 1.4 750.9 169.1 386.3 95.4 650.8 18.4 1,421.5 4,106.3 5,527.8
2004 3.5 797.6 184.2 453.5 110.7 748.4 21.4 1,570.8 4,369.0 5,939.9
2005 1.5 982.3 200.5 446.7 126.7 774.0 41.1 1,798.9 4,679.8 6,478.7
2006 1.4 956.7 201.2 420.4 124.4 746.1 42.0 1,746.1 4,818.2 6,564.3
2007 0.5 916.3 208.5 452.7 99.4 760.6 51.3 1,728.8 5,271.0 6,999.9
2008 — 1,059.7 254.2 703.2 56.5 1,013.9 70.8 2,144.3 5,306.2 7,450.5
2009 — 935.4 126.2 581.6 47.0 754.9 52.9 1,743.2 5,627.2 7,370.4
2010 — 931.5 168.0 710.4 75.9 954.2 67.0 1,952.7 6,288.5 8,241.2
2011 — 773.6 161.5 674.5 42.0 878.0 78.1 1,729.8 5,954.6 7,684.4
2012 — 688.9 123.8 452.1 17.6 593.5 72.7 1,355.0 5,962.7 7,317.7
2013 — 824.0 138.1 496.8 17.4 652.3 92.9 1,569.2 6,172.5 7,741.7
2014 — 893.1 131.6 636.2 28.5 796.2 91.7 1,781.0 6,511.4 8,292.4
2015 — 746.5 160.1 468.6 14.3 643.0 33.2 1,422.8 6,531.8 7,954.6
2016 — 730.0 114.9 381.7 16.6 513.1 24.0 1,267.1 6,446.1 7,713.2
2017 — 796.5 70.4 417.8 11.3 499.5 23.5 1,319.5 6,138.4 7,457.9
2018 — 887.2 83.3 579.3 17.1 679.7 35.2 [R ] 1,602.1 6,834.7 8,436.8
2019 — 875.2 74.8 508.3 19.1 602.2 29.6 1,507.0 [R ] 6,834.0 8,341.0 [R ]
2020 — 847.3 56.6 424.2 12.6 493.4 20.9 1,361.7 6,672.9 8,034.6
aBeginning in 2008, consumption data are no longer collected and are assumed to be zero. Where shown, R = Revised data, — = No consumption, and (s) = Value less than 0.05 million dollars.
bIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. Note: Expenditure totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
dWood and wood-derived fuels. Sources: Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.
eThere are no direct fuel costs for geothermal, photovoltaic, or solar thermal energy.