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Table CT8. Electric Power Sector Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, Colorado

Table CT8. Electric Power Sector Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, Colorado






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 1,221 37 10 0 106 116 0 969 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1961 1,386 37 9 0 103 112 0 835 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1962 1,549 32 8 0 87 95 0 1,015 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1963 1,823 34 6 0 68 74 0 1,033 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1964 1,904 38 5 0 52 57 0 1,055 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1965 2,181 36 4 0 40 43 0 937 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1966 2,719 38 4 0 45 49 0 997 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1967 2,977 37 4 0 49 53 0 927 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1968 2,983 43 10 0 114 124 0 943 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1969 2,877 48 21 0 231 252 0 992 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1970 3,212 51 22 0 242 264 0 1,234 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1971 3,077 60 31 0 279 310 0 1,584 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1972 3,404 67 50 0 482 532 0 1,242 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1973 4,379 59 136 0 627 763 0 1,281 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1974 4,740 66 243 0 544 787 0 1,414 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1975 5,710 53 619 0 882 1,501 0 1,506 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1976 7,280 42 446 0 640 1,086 0 1,287 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1977 8,837 34 233 0 439 672 225 1,071 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1978 8,945 29 342 0 556 898 609 1,342 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1979 9,515 35 460 0 411 871 213 1,611 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1980 10,124 32 273 0 171 444 667 1,716 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1981 11,781 14 194 0 4 198 749 1,398 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1982 12,638 6 191 0 2 192 569 1,649 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1983 12,193 5 144 0 50 194 748 1,870 – – 0 NA 0 0 – –
1984 13,758 5 84 0 6 89 55 2,168 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1985 14,295 5 113 0 8 121 -32 2,357 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1986 14,150 5 96 0 0 96 52 2,263 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1987 14,178 8 90 0 (s) 90 174 1,818 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1988 15,087 8 57 0 26 84 660 1,744 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1989 15,686 13 70 0 1 71 529 1,752 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1990 16,315 13 50 0 (s) 50 0 1,420 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1991 15,804 13 35 0 46 82 0 1,794 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1992 16,287 12 48 0 37 85 0 1,499 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1993 16,634 12 28 0 0 28 0 1,912 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1994 17,003 19 33 0 (s) 33 0 1,544 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1995 16,581 23 28 0 8 36 0 2,131 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1996 17,205 26 35 0 16 51 0 1,820 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1997 17,505 27 38 0 (s) 38 0 2,032 – – 0 0 0 43 – –
1998 18,020 33 85 0 (s) 85 0 1,462 – – 0 0 0 1 – –
1999 18,042 41 71 0 1 72 0 1,562 – – 0 0 0 2 – –
2000 19,145 63 190 0 7 197 0 1,454 – – 0 0 0 11 – –
2001 19,765 86 338 0 1 339 0 1,495 – – 0 0 49 36 – –
2002 19,446 78 52 0 0 52 0 1,209 – – 0 0 139 7 – –
2003 19,596 78 70 0 0 70 0 1,262 – – 0 0 147 2 – –
2004 19,251 83 30 0 1 31 0 1,195 – – 0 0 220 37 – –
2005 19,013 93 43 0 0 43 0 1,415 – – 0 0 776 6 – –
2006 19,707 93 44 0 28 72 0 1,791 – – 0 0 866 1 – –
2007 19,533 124 65 0 0 65 0 1,730 – – 0 2 1,292 (s) – –
2008 18,962 106 36 0 0 36 0 2,039 – – 0 18 3,221 -1 – –
2009 17,351 115 25 0 (s) 25 0 1,886 – – 0 26 3,164 (s) – –
2010 18,979 93 37 0 0 37 0 1,578 – – 0 42 3,452 -3 – –
2011 18,744 85 43 0 0 43 0 2,083 – – 0 92 5,192 -8 – –
2012 19,199 86 23 0 0 23 0 1,497 – – 0 150 5,960 -1 – –
2013 18,822 90 18 0 0 18 0 1,206 – – 0 234 7,196 -1 – –
2014 17,877 97 30 0 0 30 0 1,764 – – 0 241 7,365 -7 – –
2015 17,529 92 15 0 0 15 0 1,614 – – 0 238 7,469 1 – –
2016 16,661 97 17 0 0 17 0 1,891 – – 0 522 9,417 (s) – –
2017 16,628 98 18 0 0 18 0 1,883 – – 0 942 9,310 0 – –
2018 15,266 126 28 0 0 28 0 1,812 – – 0 1,050 9,742 1 – –
2019 14,515 131 20 0 0 20 0 1,798 – – 0 1,203 10,848 0 – –
2020 11,477 140 20 0 0 20 0 1,654 – – 0 1,487 13,384 0 – –
2021 13,400 116 66 0 0 66 0 1,584 – – 0 1,720 15,123 0 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 25.1 38.3 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 74.6
1961 29.4 37.9 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.0 8.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 76.9
1962 33.0 33.5 (s) 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 77.8
1963 39.0 30.6 (s) 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 80.9
1964 40.9 33.8 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 86.2
1965 46.5 32.4 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 9.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 89.0
1966 58.1 34.4 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 10.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 103.2
1967 63.0 33.2 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 9.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 106.1
1968 63.6 42.5 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.0 9.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 116.7
1969 61.5 47.4 0.1 0.0 1.5 1.6 0.0 10.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 120.9
1970 69.1 49.9 0.1 0.0 1.5 1.6 0.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 133.6
1971 67.9 58.6 0.2 0.0 1.8 1.9 0.0 16.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 145.0
1972 72.6 58.8 0.3 0.0 3.0 3.3 0.0 12.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 147.7
1973 93.0 51.7 0.8 0.0 3.9 4.7 0.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 162.7
1974 94.5 61.0 1.4 0.0 3.4 4.8 0.0 14.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 175.1
1975 113.1 52.7 3.6 0.0 5.5 9.2 0.0 15.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 190.6
1976 142.6 41.8 2.6 0.0 4.0 6.6 0.0 13.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 204.5
1977 178.5 33.9 1.4 0.0 2.8 4.1 2.4 11.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 230.1
1978 179.5 29.2 2.0 0.0 3.5 5.5 6.7 13.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 234.8
1979 192.8 34.8 2.7 0.0 2.6 5.3 2.3 16.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 251.8
1980 202.4 31.3 1.6 0.0 1.1 2.7 7.3 17.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 260.2
1981 237.0 13.3 1.1 0.0 (s) 1.2 8.3 14.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 273.7
1982 248.1 5.8 1.1 0.0 (s) 1.1 6.3 17.2 (s) 0.0 NA NA 0.0 278.3
1983 237.4 4.5 0.8 0.0 0.3 1.2 8.2 19.7 (s) 0.0 NA 0.0 0.0 270.7
1984 265.7 4.8 0.5 0.0 (s) 0.5 0.6 22.6 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 294.1
1985 278.7 4.9 0.7 0.0 (s) 0.7 -0.3 24.6 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 308.4
1986 276.5 4.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 23.6 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 305.7
1987 279.1 7.7 0.5 0.0 (s) 0.5 1.8 18.9 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 307.8
1988 294.9 8.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 7.0 18.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 328.3
1989 308.7 13.6 0.4 0.0 (s) 0.4 5.6 18.3 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 346.1
1990 320.8 13.4 0.3 0.0 (s) 0.3 0.0 14.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 348.4
1991 313.7 13.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 18.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 347.2
1992 323.6 13.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 15.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 352.8
1993 330.1 13.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 19.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 362.6
1994 340.4 20.4 0.2 0.0 (s) 0.2 0.0 15.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 376.3
1995 328.0 24.1 0.2 0.0 (s) 0.2 0.0 22.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 373.6
1996 342.5 29.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 18.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 390.0
1997 345.5 27.9 0.2 0.0 (s) 0.2 0.0 20.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 394.0
1998 356.2 34.7 0.5 0.0 (s) 0.5 0.0 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 405.7
1999 352.8 43.1 0.4 0.0 (s) 0.4 0.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 411.7
2000 376.9 66.8 1.1 0.0 (s) 1.2 0.0 14.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 458.9
2001 386.7 90.0 2.0 0.0 (s) 2.0 0.0 15.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 494.0
2002 380.6 79.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 12.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.4 (s) 473.5
2003 381.4 80.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 12.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.5 (s) 475.9
2004 378.5 86.8 0.2 0.0 (s) 0.2 0.0 12.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.1 479.6
2005 376.8 95.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 14.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.8 (s) 494.1
2006 386.4 96.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 17.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 8.6 (s) 508.6
2007 382.9 128.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 17.1 0.6 0.0 (s) 12.8 (s) 540.2
2008 373.0 110.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 20.1 0.7 0.0 0.2 31.7 (s) 534.8
2009 340.5 119.2 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 0.0 18.4 0.8 0.0 0.2 30.9 (s) 508.0
2010 369.1 95.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 15.4 0.9 0.0 0.4 33.7 (s) 513.6
2011 362.4 88.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 20.2 0.9 0.0 0.9 50.4 (s) 522.1
2012 363.6 90.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 14.2 0.8 0.0 1.4 56.7 (s) 525.8
2013 355.9 94.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 11.5 1.2 0.0 2.2 68.7 (s) 532.5
2014 342.0 101.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 16.8 1.8 0.0 2.3 70.0 (s) 533.7 [R ]
2015 332.0 99.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 15.0 1.1 0.0 2.2 69.6 (s) 518.2 [R ]
2016 314.9 105.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 17.4 [R ] 2.3 0.0 4.8 86.9 (s) 530.3
2017 309.4 105.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 17.3 [R ] 2.4 0.0 8.7 85.7 [R ] 0.0 528.1 [R ]
2018 280.6 138.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 16.5 2.3 0.0 9.6 88.6 [R ] (s) 534.5 [R ]
2019 269.1 146.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 16.0 2.3 0.0 10.7 96.5 [R ] 0.0 539.0 [R ]
2020 213.2 154.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 14.5 2.4 0.0 13.0 117.3 [R ] 0.0 512.9 [R ]
2021 249.0 126.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 14.0 2.3 0.0 15.2 133.7 0.0 539.9
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.
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