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Table CT8. Electric power sector consumption estimates, 1960-2022, California

Table CT8. Electric power sector consumption estimates, 1960-2022, California






Year



Coal


Natural
gas a
Petroleum
Nuclear
electric
power


Hydroelectric
power d
Biomass


Geothermal f



Solar f,g



Wind f

Electricity
net
imports h






Total f,i
Distillate
fuel oil b
Petroleum
coke
Residual
fuel oil c

Total


Wood
and
waste e,f
Thousand
short tons
Billion
cubic feet

Thousand barrels

Million kilowatthours

Million kilowatthours
1960 0 323 120 0 23,931 24,051 (s) 17,445 – – 33 NA NA -400 – –
1961 0 397 116 0 23,171 23,288 5 15,368 – – 94 NA NA -440 – –
1962 0 397 86 0 17,070 17,156 7 22,834 – – 100 NA NA -457 – –
1963 0 430 79 0 15,660 15,739 193 25,334 – – 168 NA NA -445 – –
1964 0 519 86 0 17,150 17,237 367 22,098 – – 204 NA NA -23 – –
1965 0 493 83 0 16,590 16,673 270 30,523 – – 189 NA NA -3 – –
1966 0 597 97 0 19,296 19,393 163 26,236 – – 188 NA NA 0 – –
1967 0 580 91 0 18,057 18,147 563 35,277 – – 316 NA NA 0 – –
1968 0 684 95 0 18,910 19,005 1,505 27,175 – – 436 NA NA 0 – –
1969 0 590 99 0 19,691 19,790 2,458 40,418 – – 615 NA NA 0 – –
1970 0 636 107 0 21,589 21,696 3,132 38,082 – – 525 NA NA -11 – –
1971 0 563 226 0 33,885 34,110 3,519 39,018 – – 548 NA NA -11 – –
1972 0 606 257 0 41,814 42,070 3,175 31,755 – – 1,453 NA NA 0 – –
1973 0 456 317 0 76,098 76,415 2,631 38,754 – – 1,966 NA NA -1 – –
1974 0 293 230 0 64,866 65,095 3,698 46,422 – – 2,453 NA NA 0 – –
1975 0 275 247 0 78,345 78,592 6,071 40,103 – – 3,246 NA NA 0 – –
1976 0 295 635 0 96,841 97,476 4,807 23,193 – – 3,616 NA NA 0 – –
1977 0 359 2,041 0 125,002 127,043 8,115 14,251 – – 3,582 NA NA 0 – –
1978 0 302 2,682 0 98,480 101,162 7,659 37,206 – – 2,978 NA NA 0 – –
1979 0 445 3,074 0 98,080 101,153 8,762 33,920 – – 3,889 NA NA 0 – –
1980 0 519 2,559 0 62,663 65,222 4,920 40,780 – – 5,073 NA NA 89 – –
1981 0 655 1,067 0 44,972 46,039 3,206 29,764 – – 5,686 NA NA 8 – –
1982 0 534 313 0 15,827 16,140 3,735 50,226 – – 4,843 NA NA 6 – –
1983 0 465 230 0 10,956 11,185 5,613 56,885 – – 6,075 NA 1 27 – –
1984 0 573 263 0 4,475 4,738 14,144 43,159 – – 7,682 5 4 63 – –
1985 0 666 308 0 4,617 4,925 19,729 31,717 – – 9,197 11 3 4,055 – –
1986 0 444 348 0 5,332 5,680 26,215 41,459 – – 10,119 14 3 3,780 – –
1987 0 643 350 0 3,324 3,674 30,387 24,564 – – 10,599 10 4 7,744 – –
1988 0 553 167 0 12,464 12,631 30,863 23,474 – – 10,110 9 1 7,286 – –
1989 501 655 337 0 15,072 15,409 32,519 30,801 – – 13,679 250 2,079 4,227 – –
1990 910 629 264 819 7,169 8,252 32,693 23,785 – – 14,521 367 2,759 4,618 – –
1991 1,187 629 139 1,260 933 2,332 31,542 21,950 – – 14,785 471 2,915 2,990 – –
1992 1,241 763 143 1,483 482 2,107 35,244 20,160 – – 14,771 399 2,864 2,073 – –
1993 1,363 673 124 1,506 3,227 4,858 31,581 40,481 – – 14,948 462 2,984 1,967 – –
1994 1,205 811 115 1,951 2,854 4,920 33,752 23,009 – – 13,660 486 3,387 2,056 – –
1995 1,057 603 107 2,612 734 3,454 30,246 48,029 – – 11,450 497 3,087 1,739 – –
1996 853 525 145 2,898 983 4,027 34,097 44,740 – – 12,340 521 3,079 1,228 – –
1997 822 596 283 2,736 44 3,063 30,512 41,049 – – 12,716 511 3,137 1,320 – –
1998 903 649 297 3,411 10 3,717 34,594 49,537 – – 12,840 502 2,758 -617 – –
1999 943 723 279 3,034 2 3,314 33,372 40,726 – – 13,046 495 3,230 188 – –
2000 939 893 899 3,319 86 4,304 35,176 38,326 – – 12,308 493 3,518 3,381 – –
2001 897 973 1,372 3,199 492 5,063 33,220 25,542 – – 12,181 542 3,500 3,055 – –
2002 970 727 224 3,352 40 3,616 34,352 31,141 – – 13,074 554 3,803 1,870 – –
2003 890 705 255 3,631 11 3,896 35,594 36,370 – – 12,982 534 3,895 4,126 – –
2004 924 771 233 3,474 0 3,707 30,268 34,141 – – 13,105 571 4,306 1,243 – –
2005 873 689 241 3,863 4 4,108 36,155 39,626 – – 13,023 537 4,262 5,527 – –
2006 899 771 201 3,558 15 3,775 31,959 48,040 – – 12,821 495 4,883 2,372 – –
2007 961 834 169 3,557 17 3,742 35,792 27,314 – – 12,991 557 5,585 5,505 – –
2008 993 858 175 3,055 9 3,239 32,482 24,128 – – 12,883 670 5,385 4,695 – –
2009 879 809 116 2,942 9 3,067 31,764 27,888 – – 12,853 647 5,840 2,529 – –
2010 892 736 76 2,158 8 2,242 32,201 33,424 – – 12,600 765 6,079 3,072 – –
2011 812 617 63 1,848 1 1,912 36,663 42,553 – – 12,552 861 7,752 5,885 – –
2012 539 855 61 362 0 423 18,507 26,835 – – 12,519 1,328 9,754 8,602 – –
2013 259 826 62 48 0 109 17,912 23,749 – – 12,307 3,727 12,819 10,950 – –
2014 278 832 66 43 0 108 16,986 16,527 – – 12,102 9,834 12,988 12,309 – –
2015 0 806 67 0 1 67 18,505 13,805 – – 11,883 14,711 12,220 13,633 – –
2016 0 666 65 0 0 65 18,908 28,930 – – 11,457 18,677 13,498 15,386 – –
2017 0 601 68 0 0 68 17,901 42,344 – – 11,560 24,214 12,812 14,243 – –
2018 0 616 66 0 0 66 18,214 26,320 – – 11,677 26,818 14,013 724 – –
2019 0 568 68 0 0 68 16,165 38,341 – – 10,914 28,140 13,724 4,716 – –
2020 0 616 62 0 0 62 16,259 21,371 – – 11,367 30,060 13,572 3,237 – –
2021 0 646 68 0 0 68 16,477 14,669 – – 11,128 34,591 15,165 3,664 – –
2022 0 645 58 0 0 58 17,593 17,636 – – 11,181 38,393 14,627 3,204 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 0.0 334.3 0.7 0.0 150.5 151.2 (s) 59.5 [R ] (s) 0.1 [R ] NA NA -1.4 543.7 [R ]
1961 0.0 410.4 0.7 0.0 145.7 146.4 0.1 52.4 [R ] 0.0 0.3 [R ] NA NA -1.5 608.1 [R ]
1962 0.0 410.6 0.5 0.0 107.3 107.8 0.1 77.9 [R ] 0.2 0.3 [R ] NA NA -1.6 595.5 [R ]
1963 0.0 460.0 0.5 0.0 98.5 98.9 2.3 86.4 [R ] 0.0 0.6 [R ] NA NA -1.5 646.7 [R ]
1964 0.0 555.6 0.5 0.0 107.8 108.3 4.4 75.4 [R ] 0.2 0.7 [R ] NA NA -0.1 744.5 [R ]
1965 0.0 528.7 0.5 0.0 104.3 104.8 3.2 104.1 [R ] 0.7 0.6 [R ] NA NA (s) 742.1 [R ]
1966 0.0 639.6 0.6 0.0 121.3 121.9 1.9 89.5 [R ] 1.0 0.6 [R ] NA NA 0.0 854.6 [R ]
1967 0.0 621.7 0.5 0.0 113.5 114.1 6.5 120.4 [R ] 0.8 1.1 [R ] NA NA 0.0 864.5 [R ]
1968 0.0 731.5 0.6 0.0 118.9 119.4 17.0 92.7 [R ] 0.7 1.5 [R ] NA NA 0.0 962.9 [R ]
1969 0.0 630.2 0.6 0.0 123.8 124.4 27.1 137.9 [R ] 0.4 2.1 [R ] NA NA 0.0 922.2 [R ]
1970 0.0 670.6 0.6 0.0 135.7 136.4 34.4 129.9 [R ] 0.5 1.8 [R ] NA NA (s) 973.6 [R ]
1971 0.0 593.2 1.3 0.0 213.0 214.3 38.1 133.1 [R ] 0.4 1.9 [R ] NA NA (s) 981.1 [R ]
1972 0.0 643.3 1.5 0.0 262.9 264.3 34.3 108.3 [R ] 0.3 5.0 [R ] NA NA 0.0 1,055.6 [R ]
1973 0.0 483.8 1.8 0.0 478.4 480.2 28.7 132.2 [R ] 0.3 6.7 [R ] NA NA (s) 1,131.9 [R ]
1974 0.0 312.3 1.3 0.0 407.8 409.1 41.3 158.4 [R ] 0.2 8.4 [R ] NA NA 0.0 929.7 [R ]
1975 0.0 291.9 1.4 0.0 492.6 494.0 66.9 136.8 [R ] 0.2 11.1 [R ] NA NA 0.0 1,000.8 [R ]
1976 0.0 313.0 3.6 0.0 608.8 612.5 53.1 79.1 [R ] 0.2 12.3 [R ] NA NA 0.0 1,070.3 [R ]
1977 0.0 380.2 11.6 0.0 785.9 797.5 87.4 48.6 [R ] 0.3 12.2 [R ] NA NA 0.0 1,326.3 [R ]
1978 0.0 320.3 15.4 0.0 619.1 634.6 83.8 126.9 [R ] 0.2 10.2 [R ] NA NA 0.0 1,175.9 [R ]
1979 0.0 469.1 17.8 0.0 616.6 634.4 95.3 115.7 [R ] 0.1 13.3 [R ] NA NA 0.0 1,327.9 [R ]
1980 0.0 545.8 14.8 0.0 394.0 408.7 53.7 139.1 [R ] 0.2 17.3 [R ] NA NA 0.3 1,165.1 [R ]
1981 0.0 691.4 6.2 0.0 282.7 289.0 35.4 101.6 [R ] 0.2 19.4 [R ] NA NA (s) 1,136.9 [R ]
1982 0.0 562.1 1.8 0.0 99.5 101.3 41.4 171.4 [R ] 0.1 16.5 [R ] NA 0.0 (s) 892.9 [R ]
1983 0.0 487.4 1.3 0.0 68.9 70.2 61.2 194.1 [R ] 0.1 20.7 [R ] 0.0 (s) 0.1 833.8 [R ]
1984 0.0 601.7 1.5 0.0 28.1 29.7 153.4 147.3 [R ] (s) 26.2 [R ] R (s) (s) 0.2 958.4 [R ]
1985 0.0 700.3 1.8 0.0 29.0 30.8 209.6 108.2 [R ] (s) 31.4 [R ] R (s) (s) 13.8 1,094.2 [R ]
1986 0.0 464.2 2.0 0.0 33.5 35.5 277.3 141.5 [R ] 0.3 34.5 [R ] R (s) (s) 12.9 966.3 [R ]
1987 0.0 667.8 2.0 0.0 20.9 22.9 317.3 83.8 [R ] 0.3 36.2 [R ] R (s) (s) 26.4 1,154.7 [R ]
1988 0.0 572.8 1.0 0.0 78.4 79.3 327.2 80.1 [R ] 0.1 34.5 [R ] R (s) (s) 24.9 1,119.0 [R ]
1989 8.5 675.5 2.0 0.0 94.8 96.7 344.1 105.1 [R ] 39.4 46.7 [R ] 0.9 [R ] 7.1 [R ] 14.4 1,338.4 [R ]
1990 18.8 648.9 1.5 4.9 45.1 51.5 346.0 81.2 [R ] 71.5 49.5 [R ] 1.3 [R ] 9.4 [R ] 15.8 1,293.9 [R ]
1991 25.5 646.5 0.8 7.6 5.9 14.3 330.7 74.9 [R ] 70.0 50.4 [R ] 1.6 [R ] 9.9 [R ] 10.2 1,234.1 [R ]
1992 26.7 788.6 0.8 8.9 3.0 12.8 369.0 68.8 [R ] 79.0 50.4 [R ] 1.4 [R ] 9.8 [R ] 7.1 1,413.6 [R ]
1993 27.8 694.2 0.7 9.1 20.3 30.1 331.7 138.1 [R ] 76.6 51.0 [R ] 1.6 [R ] 10.2 [R ] 6.7 1,367.9 [R ]
1994 26.6 834.9 0.7 11.8 17.9 30.4 352.8 78.5 [R ] 82.1 46.6 [R ] 1.7 [R ] 11.6 [R ] 7.0 1,472.0 [R ]
1995 23.3 620.0 0.6 15.7 4.6 21.0 317.8 163.9 [R ] 62.6 39.1 [R ] 1.7 [R ] 10.5 [R ] 5.9 1,265.8 [R ]
1996 20.0 538.6 0.8 17.5 6.2 24.5 358.1 152.7 [R ] 62.0 42.1 [R ] 1.8 [R ] 10.5 [R ] 4.2 1,214.4 [R ]
1997 18.0 607.9 1.6 16.5 0.3 18.4 320.2 140.1 [R ] 61.7 43.4 [R ] 1.7 [R ] 10.7 [R ] 4.5 1,226.6 [R ]
1998 20.1 664.0 1.7 20.5 0.1 22.3 362.9 169.0 [R ] 64.3 43.8 [R ] 1.7 [R ] 9.4 [R ] -2.1 1,355.5 [R ]
1999 22.1 739.2 1.6 18.3 (s) 19.9 348.7 139.0 [R ] 69.6 44.5 [R ] 1.7 [R ] 11.0 [R ] 0.6 1,396.4 [R ]
2000 22.1 911.2 5.2 20.0 0.5 25.8 366.8 130.8 [R ] 69.4 42.0 [R ] 1.7 [R ] 12.0 [R ] 11.5 1,593.3 [R ]
2001 21.1 999.5 8.0 19.3 3.1 30.3 346.9 87.1 [R ] 60.7 41.6 [R ] 1.9 [R ] 11.9 [R ] 10.4 1,611.5 [R ]
2002 22.9 742.3 1.3 20.2 0.2 21.7 358.7 106.3 [R ] 81.2 44.6 [R ] 1.9 [R ] 13.0 [R ] 6.4 1,399.0 [R ]
2003 21.7 721.8 1.5 21.9 0.1 23.4 371.0 124.1 [R ] 72.6 44.3 [R ] 1.8 [R ] 13.3 [R ] 14.1 1,408.1 [R ]
2004 22.5 793.2 1.4 19.9 0.0 21.2 315.6 116.5 [R ] 71.9 44.7 [R ] 1.9 [R ] 14.7 [R ] 4.2 1,406.5 [R ]
2005 20.7 709.3 1.4 22.1 (s) 23.5 377.3 135.2 [R ] 73.1 44.4 [R ] 1.8 [R ] 14.5 [R ] 18.9 1,418.8 [R ]
2006 21.9 795.8 1.2 20.3 0.1 21.6 333.5 163.9 [R ] 74.9 43.7 [R ] 1.7 [R ] 16.7 [R ] 8.1 1,481.8 [R ]
2007 23.4 860.4 1.0 20.3 0.1 21.4 375.4 93.2 [R ] 71.5 44.3 [R ] 1.9 [R ] 19.1 [R ] 18.8 1,529.3 [R ]
2008 23.6 882.4 1.0 17.5 0.1 18.5 339.5 82.3 [R ] 74.6 44.0 [R ] 2.3 [R ] 18.4 [R ] 16.0 1,501.7 [R ]
2009 21.1 830.8 0.7 16.8 0.1 17.6 332.2 95.2 [R ] 77.5 43.9 [R ] 2.2 [R ] 19.9 [R ] 8.6 1,448.9 [R ]
2010 21.8 755.3 0.4 12.3 0.1 12.8 336.6 114.0 [R ] 79.0 43.0 [R ] 2.6 [R ] 20.7 [R ] 10.5 1,396.4 [R ]
2011 19.7 630.1 0.4 10.6 (s) 10.9 383.6 145.2 [R ] 69.0 42.8 [R ] 2.9 [R ] 26.4 [R ] 20.1 1,350.9 [R ]
2012 13.2 876.9 0.4 2.1 0.0 2.4 193.9 91.6 [R ] 75.2 42.7 [R ] 4.5 [R ] 33.3 [R ] 29.4 1,363.0 [R ]
2013 6.2 849.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.6 187.2 81.0 [R ] 74.3 42.0 [R ] 12.7 [R ] 43.7 [R ] 37.4 1,334.5 [R ]
2014 6.9 859.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 177.7 56.4 [R ] 78.2 41.3 [R ] 33.6 [R ] 44.3 [R ] 42.0 1,339.9 [R ]
2015 0.0 833.7 0.4 0.0 (s) 0.4 193.5 47.1 [R ] 75.7 40.5 [R ] 50.2 [R ] 41.7 [R ] 46.5 1,329.4 [R ]
2016 0.0 688.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 197.8 98.7 [R ] 65.9 39.1 [R ] 63.7 [R ] 46.1 [R ] 52.5 1,252.9 [R ]
2017 0.0 621.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 187.2 144.5 [R ] 64.9 39.4 [R ] 82.6 [R ] 43.7 [R ] 48.6 1,232.6 [R ]
2018 0.0 635.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 190.4 89.8 [R ] 65.7 39.8 [R ] 91.5 [R ] 47.8 [R ] 2.5 1,163.3 [R ]
2019 0.0 587.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 168.8 130.8 [R ] 66.8 37.2 [R ] 96.0 [R ] 46.8 [R ] 16.1 1,150.6 [R ]
2020 0.0 635.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 169.8 72.9 [R ] 61.2 38.8 [R ] 102.6 [R ] 46.3 [R ] 11.0 1,138.5 [R ]
2021 0.0 667.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 171.8 [R ] 50.1 [R ] 58.7 38.0 [R ] 118.0 [R ] 51.7 [R ] 12.5 1,168.7 [R ]
2022 0.0 668.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 183.5 60.2 57.3 38.1 131.0 49.9 10.9 1,199.4
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. hElectricity traded with Canada and Mexico. Btu value calculated by converting net imports in kilowatthours by
3,412 Btu per kilowatthour.
bPrior to 1980, based on oil used in internal combustion and gas turbine engine plants. For 1980 through 2000,
distillate fuel oil includes fuel oil Nos. 1 and 2, and small amounts of kerosene and jet fuel.
i Beginning 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 the total.
cPrior to 1980, based on oil used in steam plants. For 1980 through 2000, residual fuel oil includes fuel oil Nos. 4,
5, and 6.
– – = Not applicable. NA = Not available.
dConventional hydroelectric power. For 1960 through 1989, includes pumped-storage hydroelectricity, which
cannot be separately identified.
Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than +0.5 and greater than -0.5 or Btu value less
than +0.05 and greater than -0.05.
eWood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Notes: · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The electric power sector
consists of electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary
business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public. · Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only.
Beginning in 1989, data include independent power producers. · The continuity of these data series estimates may
be affected by the changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the Technical Notes for each type of
energy.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of renewable
energy sources beginning in 1989.
Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
gSolar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/