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Table ET6. Transportation Sector Energy Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2020, California

Table ET6. Transportation Sector Energy Price and Expenditure Estimates, 1970-2020, California







Year		 Primary Energy


Electricity
Retail
Sales



Total
Energy f



Coal

Natural
Gasa		 Petroleum


Total f
Aviation
Gasoline		 Distillate
Fuel Oil b
HGL c		 Jet
Fuel d
Lubricants		 Motor
Gasoline e		 Residual
Fuel Oil
Total
Prices in Dollars per Million Btu
1970 0.63 — 2.17 1.42 1.35 0.73 5.08 2.80 0.36 2.07 2.07 2.88 2.07
1971 0.53 — 2.21 1.56 1.44 0.77 5.27 2.84 0.56 2.13 2.13 2.95 2.13
1972 0.61 — 2.19 1.49 1.47 0.76 5.58 2.79 0.70 2.16 2.16 3.04 2.16
1973 0.59 — 2.36 1.78 1.59 0.91 5.33 3.08 0.82 2.42 2.42 3.20 2.42
1974 1.02 — 3.23 2.93 2.42 1.57 7.22 4.47 1.75 3.65 3.65 3.92 3.65
1975 0.92 — 3.45 3.22 2.68 2.04 7.48 4.84 2.12 4.02 4.02 4.34 4.02
1976 1.16 — 3.59 3.32 2.91 2.32 7.05 5.04 2.05 4.17 4.17 5.08 4.17
1977 1.26 — 3.97 3.30 3.50 2.62 6.97 5.33 2.07 4.38 4.38 8.18 4.38
1978 — — 4.29 3.30 3.96 2.86 7.60 5.48 2.18 4.47 4.47 9.13 4.47
1979 — — 5.73 4.93 4.01 3.79 10.21 7.47 2.78 6.04 6.04 7.41 6.04
1980 — — 9.02 7.07 4.98 6.21 14.36 10.19 4.14 8.22 8.22 11.39 8.22
1981 — — 10.84 8.14 5.78 7.56 18.00 11.33 5.62 9.49 9.49 13.07 9.49
1982 — — 10.92 7.97 6.60 7.37 17.25 10.82 5.99 9.33 9.34 18.38 9.34
1983 — — 10.44 7.13 6.83 6.61 17.42 8.96 5.61 8.02 8.02 15.15 8.02
1984 — — 10.27 6.94 6.67 6.28 18.14 8.74 5.61 7.80 7.80 15.64 7.80
1985 — — 9.99 6.90 10.15 6.01 18.18 8.68 5.02 7.68 7.68 18.29 7.68
1986 — — 8.41 5.93 9.64 3.99 18.02 6.68 2.86 5.84 5.84 18.21 5.84
1987 — — 7.55 6.70 9.16 4.04 17.04 6.95 2.60 5.97 5.97 13.47 5.97
1988 — — 7.41 6.51 9.21 3.84 18.18 7.08 2.26 6.00 6.00 14.99 6.00
1989 — — 8.28 7.14 8.41 4.50 18.90 7.66 2.57 6.53 6.54 13.15 6.54
1990 — 4.69 9.32 8.21 9.71 5.76 20.61 8.57 3.59 7.47 7.47 9.39 7.47
1991 — 5.62 8.71 8.02 10.92 4.80 22.58 8.18 2.58 7.05 7.05 10.72 7.05
1992 — 6.26 8.54 8.19 10.92 4.53 22.49 9.19 1.84 7.74 7.74 12.39 7.75
1993 — 4.58 8.24 8.46 10.95 4.50 22.37 9.14 2.00 7.70 7.70 10.38 7.70
1994 — 4.99 7.96 8.29 11.44 4.03 21.71 9.13 2.02 7.45 7.45 10.34 7.45
1995 — 5.47 8.36 8.40 11.62 4.15 21.75 9.27 2.13 7.54 7.54 15.56 7.55
1996 — 4.59 9.29 9.19 11.49 4.96 21.63 10.03 2.09 8.26 8.26 13.71 8.26
1997 — 4.42 9.39 9.12 11.16 4.71 21.82 10.27 3.35 8.68 8.68 13.17 8.68
1998 — 4.00 8.11 7.96 9.72 3.38 21.44 9.01 2.11 7.48 7.48 9.94 7.48
1999 — 4.37 8.81 9.10 11.72 4.26 23.04 10.52 4.27 8.86 8.86 8.58 8.86
2000 — 6.19 10.87 11.24 14.51 6.91 23.20 12.55 6.24 10.89 10.89 9.47 10.89
2001 — 6.41 11.01 10.43 15.84 5.83 24.51 12.27 5.29 10.51 10.50 11.30 10.50
2002 — 4.27 10.72 9.80 13.43 5.40 26.70 11.19 5.78 9.66 9.66 12.45 9.66
2003 — 5.65 12.42 11.17 15.37 6.55 28.94 13.78 5.90 11.77 11.76 16.99 11.76
2004 — 6.83 15.13 14.17 17.35 9.33 30.11 16.30 6.31 14.20 14.19 18.81 14.19
2005 — 8.60 18.56 17.98 19.89 12.85 35.22 18.96 5.63 16.90 16.88 19.20 16.88
2006 — 7.75 22.31 19.98 21.68 15.04 43.88 21.47 7.29 19.16 19.12 18.45 19.12
2007 — 7.50 23.70 20.94 23.67 16.19 47.16 23.34 8.20 20.60 20.56 24.54 20.56
2008 — 11.02 27.23 26.74 28.47 22.24 55.12 26.96 16.39 25.33 25.28 23.90 25.28
2009 — 7.41 20.32 17.69 21.66 12.50 56.07 20.56 12.57 18.20 18.15 24.47 18.15
2010 — 5.43 25.19 23.06 24.74 16.17 58.80 24.76 15.32 22.59 [R ] 22.51 [R ] 24.24 22.51 [R ]
2011 — 7.18 31.64 29.73 29.39 22.51 69.54 30.51 20.92 28.71 [R ] 28.59 [R ] 23.84 28.59 [R ]
2012 — 6.87 33.04 30.81 21.28 22.88 72.11 32.24 23.28 30.17 [R ] 30.05 [R ] 21.01 30.04 [R ]
2013 — 8.63 32.71 30.07 22.44 21.87 69.42 31.08 22.36 29.22 [R ] 29.11 [R ] 25.02 29.11 [R ]
2014 — 9.16 33.16 29.18 23.33 20.37 69.44 29.99 21.60 28.20 [R ] 28.10 [R ] 26.09 28.09 [R ]
2015 — 7.85 24.86 21.98 14.11 12.21 67.28 25.47 11.63 22.24 [R ] 22.14 [R ] 26.36 22.15 [R ]
2016 — 7.94 21.62 19.36 14.30 9.82 65.78 22.01 8.45 18.91 [R ] 18.84 [R ] 28.73 18.85 [R ]
2017 — 8.33 24.13 22.38 18.80 12.00 67.25 24.37 11.94 21.23 [R ] 21.12 [R ] 25.44 21.12 [R ]
2018 — 8.13 27.04 28.25 20.04 15.67 72.37 28.09 14.93 25.19 [R ] 25.05 [R ] 25.33 25.05 [R ]
2019 — 8.64 25.57 28.61 17.49 14.76 74.92 29.10 14.06 25.48 [R ] 25.33 [R ] 26.12 25.33 [R ]
2020 — 8.63 22.34 24.64 16.35 9.82 75.34 24.79 10.25 22.01 21.87 29.50 21.87
Expenditures in Million Dollars
1970 0.1 — 23.9 243.7 1.6 242.7 75.7 3,098.8 63.3 3,749.7 3,749.8 0.6 3,750.4
1971 (s) — 22.7 324.2 2.1 268.5 79.8 3,228.9 94.2 4,020.4 4,020.4 0.7 4,021.1
1972 (s) — 23.0 282.8 2.4 270.7 90.5 3,363.8 91.9 4,125.0 4,125.0 0.8 4,125.9
1973 (s) — 24.3 370.9 2.3 318.8 82.5 3,850.9 104.9 4,754.5 4,754.5 2.1 4,756.6
1974 (s) — 32.3 541.8 3.7 527.0 107.1 5,461.1 189.1 6,862.1 6,862.1 2.1 6,864.2
1975 (s) — 28.5 573.4 4.0 714.6 108.3 6,062.6 267.8 7,759.2 7,759.2 3.9 7,763.2
1976 (s) — 28.4 636.1 4.9 790.7 113.3 6,589.6 368.2 8,531.2 8,531.2 5.1 8,536.2
1977 (s) — 33.0 703.4 6.4 899.3 118.5 7,348.7 467.0 9,576.5 9,576.5 6.6 9,583.1
1978 — — 38.0 803.3 8.8 1,017.0 138.7 7,885.7 625.9 10,517.5 10,517.5 6.9 10,524.5
1979 — — 48.7 1,188.7 12.1 1,379.4 194.9 10,428.1 836.2 14,088.2 14,088.2 5.7 14,093.9
1980 — — 13.0 1,720.6 10.0 2,166.4 244.2 13,392.0 1,736.6 19,282.8 19,282.8 7.9 19,290.7
1981 — — 7.2 2,130.1 24.0 2,502.9 293.6 14,870.1 2,240.9 22,068.9 22,084.8 10.4 22,095.2
1982 — — 63.1 1,939.1 24.9 2,335.6 256.5 14,053.8 1,961.5 20,634.5 20,675.5 16.0 20,691.5
1983 — — 61.5 1,818.9 30.4 2,124.1 271.3 11,921.8 1,701.7 17,929.7 17,964.1 12.9 17,977.0
1984 — — 54.3 1,896.8 44.0 2,346.1 301.3 12,018.4 1,714.8 18,375.7 18,402.7 13.2 18,415.9
1985 — — 68.3 2,006.4 47.7 2,257.8 281.3 11,975.2 1,369.0 18,005.8 18,018.4 16.6 18,035.1
1986 — — 56.8 1,833.2 34.5 1,685.3 272.7 9,643.1 659.5 14,185.0 14,194.4 16.5 14,210.9
1987 — — 41.3 1,813.5 29.5 1,811.7 291.5 10,479.7 781.5 15,248.8 15,263.3 12.0 15,275.3
1988 — — 49.1 2,267.1 31.9 1,784.5 299.9 11,109.0 665.9 16,207.4 16,236.1 13.9 16,250.1
1989 — — 54.4 2,444.7 28.7 2,286.8 319.9 12,308.3 788.4 18,231.2 18,259.1 12.3 18,271.4
1990 — (s) 52.0 2,657.7 34.4 3,081.3 358.9 13,549.5 1,224.8 20,958.6 20,991.7 10.1 21,001.8
1991 — 0.1 48.0 2,607.9 31.9 2,438.9 351.7 12,622.5 677.8 18,778.7 18,818.5 12.6 18,831.2
1992 — 2.8 45.7 2,571.4 27.3 2,219.3 357.2 15,014.6 369.1 20,604.5 20,612.3 16.4 20,628.7
1993 — 2.6 34.1 2,426.3 27.7 2,273.1 361.8 14,587.1 407.4 20,117.5 20,120.2 14.4 20,134.6
1994 — 3.0 31.9 2,691.0 44.2 2,257.2 367.0 14,510.8 478.1 20,380.2 20,383.2 15.0 20,398.2
1995 — 4.7 34.1 2,833.7 25.2 2,241.5 361.3 14,978.3 588.6 21,062.6 21,067.2 22.5 21,089.7
1996 — 5.3 36.0 3,155.1 21.2 2,915.8 348.7 16,486.2 513.2 23,476.3 23,481.6 20.1 23,501.7
1997 — 6.9 39.6 3,325.3 15.0 2,756.3 371.6 17,097.9 447.4 24,053.1 24,060.0 21.5 24,081.5
1998 — 7.2 23.5 2,895.8 25.0 2,020.2 382.2 15,300.4 226.7 20,873.9 20,881.1 17.7 20,898.7
1999 — 9.3 36.7 3,432.4 17.3 2,383.0 415.1 18,367.9 623.0 25,275.3 25,284.6 15.8 25,300.4
2000 — 13.9 39.7 4,612.1 19.0 4,036.2 411.7 22,235.6 1,316.8 32,671.1 32,685.0 19.6 32,704.6
2001 — 17.7 29.8 4,321.3 23.7 3,213.4 398.5 22,150.8 819.0 30,956.5 30,974.2 25.5 30,999.6
2002 — 12.2 32.4 4,127.9 25.8 3,146.2 429.0 21,202.5 1,109.2 30,073.1 30,085.2 25.1 30,110.3
2003 — 19.7 37.7 4,524.2 30.1 3,702.4 429.9 25,951.8 866.1 35,542.3 35,562.0 46.9 35,608.9
2004 — 26.7 42.3 6,409.7 31.9 5,573.8 453.2 31,351.3 1,101.1 44,963.2 44,989.9 57.8 45,047.7
2005 — 82.8 49.7 8,505.0 64.4 7,623.0 527.2 36,982.2 1,201.4 54,952.8 55,035.7 55.4 55,091.1
2006 — 78.3 51.9 9,693.5 72.3 9,072.0 640.0 42,003.5 1,723.2 63,256.3 63,334.6 55.2 63,389.8
2007 — 85.0 53.0 10,351.0 69.1 10,167.5 710.2 45,124.1 2,044.6 68,519.5 68,604.4 71.0 68,675.4
2008 — 132.5 56.0 11,517.9 144.4 12,718.0 770.8 49,584.2 4,144.5 78,935.7 79,068.2 70.7 79,138.9
2009 — 97.4 29.2 7,503.3 84.3 6,942.6 704.9 36,915.3 3,043.2 55,222.9 55,320.3 70.5 55,390.8
2010 — 75.3 44.3 9,901.2 10.8 [R ] 7,037.4 [R ] 908.9 43,807.9 3,843.8 65,554.2 [R ] 65,629.6 [R ] 67.9 65,697.5 [R ]
2011 — 107.3 60.5 13,016.6 13.0 [R ] 9,752.1 [R ] 1,007.1 52,478.0 3,909.9 80,237.1 [R ] 80,344.4 [R ] 67.2 80,411.6 [R ]
2012 — 102.8 63.1 12,959.5 11.6 [R ] 9,960.0 [R ] 953.0 54,797.5 3,889.0 82,633.7 [R ] 82,736.6 [R ] 49.1 82,785.6 [R ]
2013 — 125.0 56.5 13,148.0 14.9 [R ] 9,757.1 [R ] 958.5 53,463.2 2,775.9 80,174.1 [R ] 80,299.1 [R ] 71.3 80,370.4 [R ]
2014 — 144.4 78.6 13,412.3 14.9 [R ] 9,289.0 [R ] 981.5 [R ] 51,991.3 1,825.7 77,593.4 [R ] 77,737.8 [R ] 74.0 77,811.8 [R ]
2015 — 148.3 62.6 10,192.1 11.9 [R ] 6,001.7 [R ] 1,049.0 44,063.9 1,353.4 62,734.6 [R ] 62,882.9 [R ] 75.3 62,958.3 [R ]
2016 — 157.0 49.1 8,941.8 14.1 [R ] 5,228.0 [R ] 971.7 38,803.9 1,228.6 55,237.1 [R ] 55,394.0 [R ] 76.6 55,470.7 [R ]
2017 — 216.3 49.5 10,671.2 14.6 [R ] 6,788.9 [R ] 923.8 43,178.9 1,968.3 63,595.3 [R ] 63,811.7 [R ] 72.5 63,884.1 [R ]
2018 — 210.4 60.3 13,669.2 15.7 [R ] 9,030.8 [R ] 958.3 49,569.6 2,520.3 75,824.1 [R ] 76,034.5 [R ] 64.8 76,099.3 [R ]
2019 — 236.1 [R ] 64.2 13,694.9 11.7 [R ] 8,662.6 [R ] 956.7 50,530.7 [R ] 2,591.2 76,512.0 [R ] 76,748.2 [R ] 68.4 76,816.6 [R ]
2020 — 208.7 42.9 11,080.5 4.8 3,310.5 795.4 34,225.4 1,291.5 50,750.9 50,959.6 60.7 51,020.2
aTransportation use of natural gas to operate pipelines and, since 1990, also includes vehicle fuel. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.05 million dollars.
bBeginning in 2009, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. Where shown, — = No consumption, including cases where adjustments were made. See explanation of adjustments in
Section 7 of the Technical Notes.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. Note: Expenditure totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
dThrough 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 "Industrial Sector, Other Petroleum."		 Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
eBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Sources: Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.
fFor 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor gasoline
column.