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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.