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Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, District of Columbia

Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, District of Columbia






Year



Coal


Natural
Gas a
Petroleum
Hydro-
electric
Power e,f
Biomass





Geothermal f



Solar f,h



Electricity i





End
Use f,j



Electrical
System
Energy
Losses k






Total f,j
Distillate
Fuel Oil

HGL b

Kerosene
Motor
Gasoline c
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total d


Wood
and
Waste f,g
Thousand
Short Tons
Billion
Cubic Feet

Thousand Barrels
Million
Kilowatthours
Million
Kilowatthours
1960 55 4 1,060 (s) 34 85 1,443 2,621 NA – – – – NA 955 – – – – – –
1961 58 4 925 (s) 32 87 1,168 2,212 NA – – – – NA 997 – – – – – –
1962 61 4 949 (s) 29 121 1,327 2,425 NA – – – – NA 1,043 – – – – – –
1963 59 5 941 (s) 34 119 1,516 2,611 NA – – – – NA 1,092 – – – – – –
1964 50 5 957 (s) 18 84 2,331 3,391 NA – – – – NA 1,194 – – – – – –
1965 45 6 1,001 (s) 22 78 4,044 5,145 NA – – – – NA 1,359 – – – – – –
1966 43 6 991 (s) 9 70 4,226 5,296 NA – – – – NA 1,465 – – – – – –
1967 36 9 1,093 (s) 17 69 5,041 6,221 NA – – – – NA 1,544 – – – – – –
1968 33 9 1,236 (s) 12 73 4,703 6,025 NA – – – – NA 1,687 – – – – – –
1969 34 11 1,166 (s) 9 72 4,829 6,075 NA – – – – NA 1,826 – – – – – –
1970 18 12 1,308 (s) 10 65 5,081 6,464 NA – – – – NA 1,935 – – – – – –
1971 16 13 1,016 (s) 22 77 4,708 5,824 NA – – – – NA 1,979 – – – – – –
1972 14 14 1,036 (s) 8 84 3,504 4,632 NA – – – – NA 2,103 – – – – – –
1973 16 13 1,088 1 8 78 3,160 4,334 NA – – – – NA 2,260 – – – – – –
1974 24 13 1,020 (s) 4 78 1,861 2,963 NA – – – – NA 2,035 – – – – – –
1975 11 12 936 1 4 78 1,051 2,069 NA – – – – NA 2,355 – – – – – –
1976 18 14 958 1 2 77 700 1,739 NA – – – – NA 2,285 – – – – – –
1977 0 13 932 1 2 75 764 1,773 NA – – – – NA 2,232 – – – – – –
1978 0 12 915 1 2 72 608 1,597 NA – – – – NA 2,378 – – – – – –
1979 0 16 681 (s) 1 69 81 832 NA – – – – NA 2,332 – – – – – –
1980 86 14 647 (s) 1 40 37 725 NA – – – – NA 2,457 – – – – – –
1981 78 15 280 (s) 1 45 78 405 NA – – – – NA 2,425 – – – – – –
1982 104 16 450 (s) 1 56 110 616 NA – – – – NA 2,614 – – – – – –
1983 103 16 993 (s) 6 43 491 1,533 NA – – – – NA 2,735 – – – – – –
1984 81 12 1,168 (s) 6 160 671 2,005 NA – – – – NA 4,141 – – – – – –
1985 109 12 836 (s) 55 27 286 1,205 NA – – – – NA 4,317 – – – – – –
1986 42 12 1,101 (s) (s) 49 1,000 2,150 NA – – – – NA 4,516 – – – – – –
1987 54 14 742 (s) 1 22 822 1,587 NA – – – – NA 4,752 – – – – – –
1988 24 15 627 (s) 4 22 222 875 NA – – – – NA 4,965 – – – – – –
1989 47 16 600 (s) 48 21 128 798 0 – – – – (s) 5,118 – – – – – –
1990 56 13 596 (s) 8 71 218 893 0 – – – – (s) 5,250 – – – – – –
1991 54 16 680 (s) 4 35 221 940 0 – – – – (s) 5,418 – – – – – –
1992 41 16 641 1 4 29 266 941 0 – – – – (s) 5,416 – – – – – –
1993 42 16 853 1 4 32 205 1,095 0 – – – – (s) 5,605 – – – – – –
1994 40 15 1,010 1 6 66 168 1,250 0 – – – – (s) 8,291 – – – – – –
1995 5 17 830 1 129 101 130 1,190 0 – – – – (s) 8,275 – – – – – –
1996 20 16 961 1 101 20 96 1,179 0 – – – – (s) 8,108 – – – – – –
1997 36 18 506 1 202 49 34 792 0 – – – – (s) 8,132 – – – – – –
1998 5 17 318 1 293 170 4 787 0 – – – – (s) 8,261 – – – – – –
1999 5 18 335 1 227 22 2 587 0 – – – – (s) 8,354 – – – – – –
2000 6 18 561 (s) 243 54 1 860 0 – – – – (s) 8,540 – – – – – –
2001 27 17 541 1 207 253 1 1,004 0 – – – – (s) 8,716 – – – – – –
2002 4 18 296 1 (s) 511 0 808 0 – – – – (s) 8,878 – – – – – –
2003 6 17 383 1 1 243 0 627 0 – – – – (s) 8,639 – – – – – –
2004 27 17 457 1 1 178 0 637 0 – – – – (s) 8,994 – – – – – –
2005 35 18 404 1 3 246 0 654 0 – – – – (s) 9,296 – – – – – –
2006 0 17 348 1 3 66 0 418 0 – – – – 1 9,030 – – – – – –
2007 18 19 304 1 1 24 0 330 0 – – – – 1 9,519 – – – – – –
2008 14 18 201 1 (s) 61 0 263 0 – – – – 2 9,131 – – – – – –
2009 12 19 299 1 (s) 31 0 331 0 – – – – 2 8,992 – – – – – –
2010 3 19 181 1 (s) 225 0 407 0 – – – – 6 [R ] 9,209 – – – – – –
2011 2 17 117 (s) (s) 271 0 389 0 – – – – 15 [R ] 8,966 – – – – – –
2012 3 15 128 3 (s) 7 0 137 0 – – – – 18 [R ] 8,713 – – – – – –
2013 (s) 17 112 1 (s) 7 0 121 0 – – – – 21 [R ] 8,499 – – – – – –
2014 2 17 100 1 (s) 7 0 107 0 – – – – 22 8,548 – – – – – –
2015 2 17 125 (s) (s) 63 0 188 0 – – – – 23 8,222 – – – – – –
2016 1 16 111 (s) (s) 75 0 187 0 – – – – 15 8,368 – – – – – –
2017 1 16 68 (s) (s) 75 0 144 0 – – – – 29 8,006 – – – – – –
2018 1 17 95 (s) (s) 77 0 173 0 – – – – 43 8,236 – – – – – –
2019 (s) 16 68 1 (s) 82 0 151 0 – – – – 50 7,952 – – – – – –
2020 0 15 46 1 (s) 81 0 129 0 – – – – 56 6,815 – – – – – –
2021 0 15 104 4 (s) 80 0 188 0 – – – – 61 7,044 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 1.4 3.7 6.2 (s) 0.2 0.4 9.1 15.9 NA (s) NA NA 3.3 24.2 8.1 32.3
1961 1.4 4.1 5.4 (s) 0.2 0.5 7.3 13.4 NA (s) NA NA 3.4 22.3 8.3 30.6
1962 1.5 4.5 5.5 (s) 0.2 0.6 8.3 14.7 NA (s) NA NA 3.6 24.2 8.5 32.8
1963 1.5 4.8 5.5 (s) 0.2 0.6 9.5 15.8 NA (s) NA NA 3.7 25.9 8.9 34.8
1964 1.3 5.3 5.6 (s) 0.1 0.4 14.7 20.8 NA (s) NA NA 4.1 31.4 9.7 41.1
1965 1.1 6.0 5.8 (s) 0.1 0.4 25.4 31.8 NA (s) NA NA 4.6 43.5 11.1 54.6
1966 1.1 6.2 5.8 (s) 0.1 0.4 26.6 32.8 NA (s) NA NA 5.0 45.0 12.0 57.0
1967 0.9 8.9 6.4 (s) 0.1 0.4 31.7 38.5 NA (s) NA NA 5.3 53.6 12.6 66.2
1968 0.8 9.6 7.2 (s) 0.1 0.4 29.6 37.2 NA (s) NA NA 5.8 53.4 13.7 67.2
1969 0.8 11.0 6.8 (s) (s) 0.4 30.4 37.6 NA (s) NA NA 6.2 55.6 14.9 70.5
1970 0.4 11.8 7.6 (s) 0.1 0.3 31.9 40.0 NA (s) NA NA 6.6 58.8 16.0 74.8
1971 0.4 12.9 5.9 (s) 0.1 0.4 29.6 36.0 NA (s) NA NA 6.8 56.1 16.3 72.4
1972 0.3 13.8 6.0 (s) (s) 0.4 22.0 28.5 NA (s) NA NA 7.2 49.9 17.2 67.1
1973 0.4 13.5 6.3 (s) (s) 0.4 19.9 26.7 NA (s) NA NA 7.7 48.2 18.3 66.5
1974 0.6 13.5 5.9 (s) (s) 0.4 11.7 18.1 NA (s) NA NA 6.9 39.1 16.8 55.9
1975 0.2 12.4 5.5 (s) (s) 0.4 6.6 12.5 NA (s) NA NA 8.0 33.2 19.3 52.5
1976 0.4 14.4 5.6 (s) (s) 0.4 4.4 10.4 NA (s) NA NA 7.8 33.1 18.7 51.7
1977 0.0 13.2 5.4 (s) (s) 0.4 4.8 10.6 NA (s) NA NA 7.6 31.5 18.2 49.7
1978 0.0 12.6 5.3 (s) (s) 0.4 3.8 9.5 NA (s) NA NA 8.1 30.3 19.6 49.9
1979 0.0 16.0 4.0 (s) (s) 0.4 0.5 4.8 NA (s) NA NA 8.0 28.9 19.0 47.8
1980 2.1 13.8 3.8 (s) (s) 0.2 0.2 4.2 NA 0.1 NA NA 8.4 28.6 20.1 48.7
1981 1.9 15.2 1.6 (s) (s) 0.2 0.5 2.4 NA 0.1 NA NA 8.3 27.8 19.4 47.2
1982 2.5 16.2 2.6 (s) (s) 0.3 0.7 3.6 NA 0.1 NA NA 8.9 31.3 21.1 52.4
1983 2.6 16.1 5.8 (s) (s) 0.2 3.1 9.1 NA 0.1 NA NA 9.3 37.2 21.9 59.1
1984 2.0 11.8 6.8 (s) (s) 0.8 4.2 11.9 NA 0.1 NA NA 14.1 39.9 32.2 72.1
1985 2.7 12.1 4.9 (s) 0.3 0.1 1.8 7.1 NA 0.1 NA NA 14.7 36.8 33.7 70.5
1986 1.0 12.1 6.4 (s) (s) 0.3 6.3 13.0 NA 0.1 NA NA 15.4 41.6 34.6 76.2
1987 1.3 14.2 4.3 (s) (s) 0.1 5.2 9.6 NA 0.1 NA NA 16.2 41.4 35.9 77.3
1988 0.6 15.2 3.6 (s) (s) 0.1 1.4 5.2 NA 0.1 NA NA 16.9 38.0 37.5 75.5
1989 1.2 15.9 3.5 (s) 0.3 0.1 0.8 4.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 17.5 39.4 40.3 79.7
1990 1.4 13.6 3.5 (s) (s) 0.4 1.4 5.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 17.9 38.3 46.4 84.7
1991 1.4 15.6 4.0 (s) (s) 0.2 1.4 5.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 18.5 41.2 47.6 88.8
1992 1.0 16.2 3.7 (s) (s) 0.2 1.7 5.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 18.5 41.4 47.6 89.1
1993 1.0 16.3 5.0 (s) (s) 0.2 1.3 6.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 19.1 43.2 50.0 93.2
1994 1.0 14.9 5.9 (s) (s) 0.3 1.1 7.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 28.3 51.7 72.7 124.4
1995 0.1 17.1 4.8 (s) 0.7 0.5 0.8 6.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 28.2 52.6 73.7 126.4
1996 0.5 16.5 5.6 (s) 0.6 0.1 0.6 6.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 27.7 51.8 71.2 122.9
1997 0.9 18.4 2.9 (s) 1.1 0.3 0.2 4.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 27.7 51.8 70.8 122.6
1998 0.1 17.3 1.9 (s) 1.7 0.9 (s) 4.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 28.2 50.2 71.7 121.9
1999 0.1 18.2 1.9 (s) 1.3 0.1 (s) 3.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 28.5 50.4 73.6 124.0
2000 0.2 18.2 3.3 (s) 1.4 0.3 (s) 4.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 29.1 52.6 75.4 128.1
2001 0.7 17.0 3.2 (s) 1.2 1.3 (s) 5.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 29.7 53.2 74.4 127.5
2002 0.1 18.8 1.7 (s) (s) 2.7 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 30.3 53.7 76.1 129.7
2003 0.2 17.6 2.2 (s) (s) 1.3 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 29.5 50.8 73.4 124.2
2004 0.7 17.9 2.7 (s) (s) 0.9 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 (s) 30.7 52.9 77.1 130.1
2005 0.9 18.6 2.3 (s) (s) 1.3 0.0 3.6 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) 31.7 54.8 78.8 133.6
2006 0.0 17.5 2.0 (s) (s) 0.3 0.0 2.4 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) 30.8 50.7 76.0 126.8
2007 0.5 19.8 1.8 (s) (s) 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) 32.5 54.7 77.1 131.8
2008 0.4 18.9 1.2 (s) (s) 0.3 0.0 1.5 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) 31.2 52.0 73.3 125.3
2009 0.3 19.4 1.7 (s) (s) 0.2 0.0 1.9 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) 30.7 52.3 70.9 123.2
2010 0.1 18.8 1.0 (s) (s) 1.1 0.0 2.2 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 31.4 52.5 [R ] 72.3 124.9
2011 (s) 17.2 0.7 (s) (s) 1.4 0.0 2.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 [R ] 30.6 50.0 69.6 119.6 [R ]
2012 0.1 15.8 0.7 (s) (s) (s) 0.0 0.8 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.2 29.7 46.6 65.4 112.0 [R ]
2013 (s) 17.8 0.6 (s) (s) (s) 0.0 0.7 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.2 29.0 47.6 63.8 111.5
2014 (s) 18.3 0.6 (s) (s) (s) 0.0 0.6 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.2 29.2 48.3 64.4 112.6
2015 (s) 17.9 0.7 (s) (s) 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 28.1 47.2 61.4 [R ] 108.6
2016 (s) 16.3 0.6 (s) (s) 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 28.6 46.1 62.1 108.2
2017 (s) 16.7 0.4 (s) (s) 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 27.3 45.9 58.6 [R ] 104.4
2018 (s) 17.2 0.5 (s) (s) 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.4 28.1 47.6 59.1 106.8 [R ]
2019 (s) 16.7 0.4 (s) (s) 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.4 27.1 46.1 55.3 [R ] 101.5 [R ]
2020 0.0 15.6 0.3 (s) (s) 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 23.3 41.0 44.7 [R ] 85.6 [R ]
2021 0.0 15.2 0.6 (s) (s) 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.5 24.0 41.8 47.0 88.7
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. iElectricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy service providers.
bHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. jBeginning in 1980, adjusted for the double-counting of supplemental gaseous fuels, which are included in both natural gas and
the other fossil fuels from which they are mostly derived, but should be counted only once in End Use and Total. For 1981 through
1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor gasoline column. Beginning in 2009, includes
a small amount of wind energy consumed by commercial utility-scale facilities.
cBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. There is a discontinuity in this time series between 2014
and 2015 because of coverage. See Technical Notes, Section 4.
kIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical system energy
losses. Pre-1990 estimates are not comparable to those for later years. See Section 6 of Technical Notes for an explanation of
changes in methodology.
dIncludes small amounts of petroleum coke not shown separately. – – = Not applicable. NA = Not available.
eConventional hydroelectric power. For 1960 through 1989, includes hydroelectric pumped-storage, which cannot be separately
identified.
Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of renewable energy sources
beginning in 1989.
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The commercial sector includes commercial
combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants. · The continuity of these data series estimates may be
affected by changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the Technical Notes for each type of energy.
gWood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
hSolar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Excludes a small amount of solar thermal energy consumed as heat that is included in the
residential sector.
Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
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