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Table ET6. Transportation sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, California
Table ET6. Transportation sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2023, California







Year
Primary energy




Electricity g




Total
energy f



Coal


Natural
gas a
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 22.51 24.24 22.51
2011 7.18 31.64 29.73 29.39 22.51 69.54 30.51 20.92 28.71 28.59 23.84 28.59
2012 6.87 33.04 30.81 21.28 22.88 72.11 32.24 23.28 30.17 30.05 21.01 30.04
2013 7.12 [R ] 32.71 30.07 22.44 21.87 69.42 31.08 22.36 29.22 29.10 [R ] 25.02 29.10 [R ]
2014 7.07 [R ] 33.16 29.18 23.33 20.37 69.44 29.99 21.60 28.20 28.08 [R ] 26.09 28.08 [R ]
2015 6.94 [R ] 24.86 21.98 14.11 12.21 67.28 25.47 11.63 22.24 22.14 26.36 22.14 [R ]
2016 7.01 [R ] 21.62 19.36 14.30 9.82 65.78 22.01 8.45 18.91 18.83 28.73 18.84
2017 7.23 [R ] 24.13 22.38 18.80 12.00 67.25 24.37 11.94 21.23 21.10 [R ] 25.44 21.11 [R ]
2018 7.33 [R ] 27.04 28.25 20.04 15.67 72.37 28.09 14.93 25.19 25.03 [R ] 25.33 25.03 [R ]
2019 7.34 [R ] 25.57 28.61 17.49 14.76 74.92 29.10 14.06 25.47 [R ] 25.31 [R ] 26.12 25.31 [R ]
2020 7.30 [R ] 22.34 24.64 16.35 9.82 75.34 24.79 10.25 22.00 21.84 [R ] 29.50 21.85 [R ]
2021 7.18 [R ] 28.86 30.34 24.47 14.39 81.25 32.46 15.49 28.45 28.25 [R ] 34.57 28.25 [R ]
2022 8.74 [R ] 36.02 43.92 23.75 26.08 97.37 42.81 26.84 39.53 39.21 [R ] 40.32 39.21 [R ]
2023 11.08 32.62 39.03 18.65 20.89 105.48 38.64 22.09 35.04 34.78 38.13 34.78
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 7,507.3 [R ] 84.3 6,942.6 704.9 36,915.3 3,043.2 55,226.9 [R ] 55,324.3 [R ] 70.5 55,394.8 [R ]
2010 75.3 44.3 9,905.2 [R ] 11.0 7,037.4 908.9 43,807.9 3,843.8 65,558.5 [R ] 65,633.8 [R ] 67.9 65,701.7 [R ]
2011 107.3 60.5 13,025.7 [R ] 13.2 9,752.1 1,007.1 52,478.0 3,909.9 80,246.4 [R ] 80,353.7 [R ] 67.2 80,421.0 [R ]
2012 102.8 63.1 12,968.3 [R ] 12.0 9,960.0 953.0 54,797.5 3,889.0 82,642.9 [R ] 82,745.8 [R ] 49.1 82,794.9 [R ]
2013 103.2 [R ] 56.5 13,109.0 [R ] 17.5 9,757.1 958.5 53,463.2 2,775.9 80,137.7 [R ] 80,240.9 [R ] 71.3 80,312.2 [R ]
2014 111.5 [R ] 78.6 13,374.9 [R ] 19.0 9,289.0 981.5 51,991.3 1,825.7 77,560.0 [R ] 77,671.5 [R ] 74.0 77,745.5 [R ]
2015 131.1 [R ] 62.6 10,146.8 [R ] 15.5 6,001.7 1,049.0 44,063.9 1,353.4 62,692.9 [R ] 62,824.0 [R ] 75.3 62,899.3 [R ]
2016 138.4 [R ] 49.1 8,902.7 [R ] 18.9 5,228.0 958.0 38,803.9 1,228.6 55,189.1 [R ] 55,327.5 [R ] 76.6 55,404.1 [R ]
2017 187.7 [R ] 49.5 10,628.6 [R ] 19.8 6,788.8 [R ] 910.5 43,178.9 1,968.3 63,544.5 [R ] 63,732.2 [R ] 72.5 63,804.7 [R ]
2018 189.7 [R ] 60.3 13,621.4 [R ] 22.2 9,034.0 [R ] 941.8 49,569.6 2,520.3 75,769.7 [R ] 75,959.4 [R ] 64.8 76,024.2 [R ]
2019 200.7 [R ] 64.2 13,639.9 [R ] 16.8 8,688.4 [R ] 954.5 [R ] 50,530.7 2,591.2 76,485.8 [R ] 76,686.4 [R ] 68.4 76,754.8 [R ]
2020 176.5 [R ] 42.9 11,024.7 [R ] 9.1 3,320.7 [R ] 789.4 [R ] 34,225.4 1,291.5 50,703.6 [R ] 50,880.1 [R ] 60.7 50,940.8 [R ]
2021 188.9 [R ] 56.9 18,996.2 [R ] 12.3 5,761.1 [R ] 927.6 [R ] 49,654.6 2,750.3 78,159.0 [R ] 78,348.0 [R ] 73.2 78,421.2 [R ]
2022 258.1 [R ] 73.5 30,008.2 [R ] 16.7 12,268.7 [R ] 1,148.8 [R ] 64,698.3 4,883.9 113,098.1 [R ] 113,356.2 [R ] 94.2 113,450.4 [R ]
2023 359.3 63.1 31,266.0 12.9 10,685.5 900.0 57,931.5 3,336.6 104,195.6 104,554.9 94.4 104,649.3

Footnotes:

a Transportation use of natural gas as vehicle fuel only.

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, assumed to be propane only.

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

g Electricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy service providers. Sales to public railroads and railway systems only. Excludes electric vehicles.

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/