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

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






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 7,466 2 (s) 0 9 10 0 2,633 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1961 7,512 2 (s) 0 7 7 0 2,545 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1962 7,615 2 (s) 0 12 12 0 2,775 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1963 9,787 1 (s) 0 13 13 0 2,328 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1964 11,433 1 (s) 0 10 11 0 2,415 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1965 12,210 (s) (s) 0 14 14 0 2,464 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1966 12,567 1 (s) 0 15 15 0 2,565 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1967 13,348 (s) (s) 0 15 15 0 3,697 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1968 14,027 (s) (s) 0 13 13 0 2,927 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1969 15,525 7 1 0 34 35 0 2,678 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1970 18,698 9 4 0 121 124 0 3,174 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1971 20,483 9 7 0 247 255 0 3,536 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1972 22,311 10 16 0 375 391 0 3,770 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1973 22,333 8 6 0 144 150 0 3,823 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1974 23,203 5 6 0 195 200 0 3,398 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1975 22,366 (s) 7 0 100 108 0 3,463 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1976 25,095 (s) 121 0 127 248 0 3,159 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1977 24,726 1 90 0 152 242 0 3,313 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1978 24,473 1 68 0 172 240 0 3,182 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1979 23,187 1 10 0 148 158 0 3,940 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1980 24,383 2 227 0 0 227 0 2,940 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1981 25,910 3 323 0 0 323 0 2,598 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1982 24,455 2 295 0 0 295 0 3,343 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1983 24,236 1 246 0 0 246 0 3,244 – – 0 NA 0 0 – –
1984 25,014 2 302 0 0 302 0 3,514 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1985 27,085 1 270 0 0 270 0 2,941 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1986 28,535 (s) 236 0 0 236 0 2,734 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1987 28,569 (s) 225 0 0 225 0 2,948 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1988 31,818 (s) 202 0 0 202 0 2,423 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1989 29,109 (s) 230 0 0 230 0 4,404 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1990 30,867 (s) 212 0 0 212 0 3,160 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1991 31,432 (s) 228 0 0 228 0 3,658 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1992 31,715 (s) 195 0 0 195 0 3,767 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1993 35,264 (s) 214 0 0 214 0 3,155 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1994 34,564 (s) 317 0 0 317 0 4,014 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1995 35,707 1 282 0 0 282 0 3,423 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1996 37,071 2 308 0 0 308 0 3,497 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1997 38,281 2 266 0 0 266 0 3,380 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1998 38,197 6 292 721 0 1,013 0 3,116 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1999 39,595 6 263 0 0 263 0 2,557 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2000 40,180 4 309 0 0 309 0 2,325 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2001 41,305 4 225 0 0 225 0 3,856 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2002 38,605 14 335 6,914 0 7,249 0 4,025 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2003 38,521 4 310 5,752 0 6,062 0 3,948 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2004 39,342 5 255 7,096 0 7,351 0 3,780 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2005 40,352 17 230 7,146 0 7,376 0 2,961 – – 0 0 0 (s) – –
2006 41,938 12 193 6,562 0 6,755 0 2,592 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2007 41,064 19 242 5,323 0 5,566 0 1,669 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2008 42,191 10 255 5,475 0 5,730 0 1,917 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2009 39,271 8 281 3,754 0 4,035 0 3,318 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2010 41,891 19 230 4,149 0 4,378 0 2,580 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2011 42,543 16 249 3,040 0 3,289 0 2,969 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2012 38,978 31 226 2,710 0 2,937 0 2,362 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2013 39,475 15 222 2,497 0 2,718 0 3,275 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2014 39,214 27 244 2,006 0 2,250 0 3,144 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2015 34,381 52 244 1,843 0 2,087 0 3,403 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2016 32,071 66 212 2,194 0 2,406 0 3,478 – – 0 12 0 0 – –
2017 27,671 81 191 831 0 1,022 0 4,506 – – 0 20 0 2 – –
2018 28,567 113 180 0 0 180 0 4,418 – – 0 39 0 6 – –
2019 25,168 112 169 0 0 169 0 4,232 – – 0 45 0 0 – –
2020 20,809 103 166 0 0 166 0 5,005 – – 0 43 0 0 – –
2021 23,805 108 158 0 0 158 0 4,876 – – 0 46 0 0 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 171.5 2.4 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 28.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 202.3
1961 173.2 2.0 (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 0.0 27.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 202.3
1962 176.0 1.7 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 29.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 207.1
1963 228.7 1.3 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 24.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 254.5
1964 264.9 1.2 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 25.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 291.4
1965 279.5 0.5 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 25.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 305.8
1966 286.7 1.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 26.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 314.4
1967 301.2 0.4 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 38.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 340.2
1968 316.5 0.4 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 30.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 347.3
1969 346.4 7.2 (s) 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 28.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 381.7
1970 408.6 8.7 (s) 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 451.3
1971 444.2 9.1 (s) 0.0 1.6 1.6 0.0 37.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 491.9
1972 482.6 10.3 0.1 0.0 2.4 2.5 0.0 39.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 534.5
1973 485.5 8.3 (s) 0.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 39.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 534.4
1974 496.7 5.6 (s) 0.0 1.2 1.3 0.0 35.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 539.0
1975 480.4 0.3 (s) 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.0 36.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 517.4
1976 549.4 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.0 32.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 583.8
1977 544.0 0.7 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 34.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 580.8
1978 539.7 1.2 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.5 0.0 33.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 575.4
1979 522.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.9 1.0 0.0 40.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 565.0
1980 558.8 1.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 30.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 592.6
1981 593.2 2.7 1.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 27.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 624.9
1982 557.6 1.6 1.7 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 34.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 595.9
1983 556.8 1.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 34.1 0.0 0.0 NA 0.0 0.0 593.5
1984 572.1 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 36.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 612.4
1985 616.7 1.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 650.2
1986 657.6 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 688.0
1987 656.9 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 689.2
1988 733.6 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 760.3
1989 671.7 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 45.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 719.3
1990 712.8 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 32.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 747.2
1991 724.3 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 38.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 764.1
1992 736.4 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 776.8
1993 823.7 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 32.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 857.7
1994 806.5 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 41.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 850.1
1995 831.9 0.9 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 35.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 869.8
1996 855.6 1.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 36.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 895.4
1997 886.7 2.2 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 34.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 925.0
1998 882.2 5.9 1.7 4.3 0.0 6.0 0.0 31.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 925.9
1999 914.8 5.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 26.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 948.2
2000 933.0 4.3 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 23.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 962.8
2001 944.1 4.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 39.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 989.8
2002 888.9 14.0 1.9 41.7 0.0 43.6 0.0 40.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 987.5
2003 882.5 3.8 1.8 34.7 0.0 36.5 0.0 40.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 962.7
2004 894.7 5.0 1.5 40.6 0.0 42.1 0.0 37.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 980.4
2005 920.9 17.7 1.3 40.9 0.0 42.2 0.0 29.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 1,011.2
2006 958.5 12.6 1.1 37.5 0.0 38.6 0.0 25.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,036.5
2007 953.7 19.9 1.4 30.4 0.0 31.8 0.0 16.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,023.1
2008 965.7 9.8 1.5 31.3 0.0 32.8 0.0 18.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,028.5
2009 892.4 8.6 1.6 21.5 0.0 23.1 0.0 32.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 957.3
2010 958.4 19.7 1.3 23.7 0.0 25.1 0.0 25.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,029.0
2011 961.6 15.9 1.4 17.4 0.0 18.8 0.0 28.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,025.8
2012 879.8 31.9 1.3 15.5 0.0 16.8 0.0 22.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 952.1
2013 886.6 15.0 1.3 14.3 0.0 15.6 0.0 31.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 949.6
2014 886.4 27.7 1.4 11.5 0.0 12.9 0.0 29.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 957.9
2015 769.7 53.0 1.4 10.5 0.0 11.9 0.0 31.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 867.5
2016 715.8 68.5 1.2 12.5 0.0 13.8 0.0 32.1 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 831.5
2017 616.9 84.9 1.1 4.8 0.0 5.9 0.0 41.5 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 (s) 750.7
2018 635.9 117.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 40.2 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 (s) 796.5
2019 556.3 117.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 37.7 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 714.5 [R ]
2020 466.8 107.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 43.9 1.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 621.0
2021 531.0 112.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 43.1 1.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 689.3
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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