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Table CT8. Electric Power Sector Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, North Carolina

Table CT8. Electric Power Sector Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, North Carolina






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 5,488 5 60 0 19 79 0 4,951 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1961 6,055 2 48 0 15 63 0 4,676 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1962 6,685 3 41 0 13 54 0 5,450 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1963 7,645 3 47 0 15 62 0 4,329 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1964 8,317 2 69 0 21 91 0 5,951 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1965 9,595 3 53 0 16 70 0 5,349 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1966 11,535 3 63 0 20 83 0 4,351 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1967 12,885 2 27 0 8 36 0 5,011 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1968 14,706 4 133 0 41 174 0 4,703 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1969 16,273 8 529 0 164 693 0 4,936 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1970 17,709 21 1,432 0 445 1,877 0 4,363 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1971 18,142 21 939 0 1,098 2,037 0 5,910 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1972 18,763 17 883 0 4,111 4,995 0 6,428 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1973 19,900 8 573 0 6,067 6,640 0 7,107 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1974 20,014 1 601 0 4,812 5,413 0 6,887 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1975 18,206 (s) 93 0 237 330 1,405 7,050 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1976 20,981 (s) 228 0 626 853 2,511 5,650 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1977 21,235 (s) 859 0 329 1,188 5,664 5,282 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1978 18,998 (s) 639 0 1,316 1,955 9,917 5,478 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1979 21,138 1 163 0 236 398 6,809 7,913 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1980 23,920 2 561 0 (s) 561 5,775 5,483 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1981 24,950 1 480 0 0 480 6,246 2,927 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1982 23,540 (s) 330 0 1 331 9,126 5,405 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1983 21,913 (s) 464 0 0 464 12,363 6,139 – – 0 NA 0 0 – –
1984 20,306 (s) 335 0 1 336 20,232 6,366 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1985 19,610 1 443 0 0 443 19,303 4,091 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1986 20,542 1 349 0 0 349 20,286 2,518 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1987 17,255 1 435 0 0 435 28,600 5,098 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1988 17,766 1 458 0 0 458 29,146 2,890 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1989 20,842 2 560 0 0 560 29,212 6,996 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1990 19,444 3 390 0 0 390 25,905 6,792 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1991 19,786 4 375 0 0 375 30,312 5,823 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1992 22,858 4 318 0 0 318 22,754 5,741 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1993 24,822 3 406 0 0 406 23,759 4,973 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1994 22,680 2 468 0 0 468 32,346 5,246 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1995 23,774 6 533 0 0 533 35,910 3,871 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1996 27,272 4 597 0 4 601 33,718 4,198 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1997 28,509 6 509 6 (s) 515 32,453 3,914 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1998 28,235 14 657 99 0 755 38,778 4,062 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1999 27,838 12 672 0 0 672 37,524 2,500 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2000 29,496 13 1,169 0 0 1,169 39,127 2,192 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2001 28,649 16 879 0 0 879 37,775 1,861 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2002 29,478 32 813 0 0 813 39,627 2,421 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2003 29,403 14 1,158 0 0 1,158 40,907 6,329 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2004 29,922 21 649 0 0 649 40,091 4,731 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2005 31,303 27 548 0 0 548 39,982 4,656 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2006 30,456 28 473 0 0 473 39,963 3,333 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2007 32,412 40 525 0 0 525 40,045 2,975 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2008 31,116 36 477 0 0 477 39,776 3,024 – – 0 2 0 0 – –
2009 26,427 40 484 0 0 484 40,848 5,155 – – 0 5 0 0 – –
2010 29,455 73 528 0 0 528 40,740 4,743 – – 0 11 0 0 – –
2011 24,591 90 381 0 0 381 40,527 3,882 – – 0 17 0 0 – –
2012 20,876 151 342 0 0 342 39,386 3,342 – – 0 138 0 0 – –
2013 19,170 201 392 0 0 392 40,242 6,005 – – 0 297 0 0 – –
2014 19,539 206 879 0 0 879 40,967 4,742 – – 0 652 0 0 – –
2015 15,666 269 791 0 0 791 42,097 4,731 – – 0 1,296 0 0 – –
2016 14,802 293 477 0 0 477 42,786 4,403 – – 0 3,296 6 0 – –
2017 13,461 278 472 0 0 472 42,374 3,808 – – 0 4,996 471 1 – –
2018 12,599 330 1,205 0 0 1,205 42,077 6,592 – – 0 5,999 543 1 – –
2019 12,352 304 344 0 0 344 41,916 6,172 – – 0 7,342 523 0 – –
2020 8,575 303 231 0 0 231 42,329 7,942 – – 0 8,173 546 0 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 144.0 4.8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 53.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 202.6
1961 158.9 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 49.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 211.3
1962 174.8 2.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 57.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 235.3
1963 198.1 2.9 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 45.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 246.8
1964 216.0 2.3 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 62.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 281.1
1965 247.7 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 55.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 307.0
1966 295.8 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 45.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 344.3
1967 325.1 2.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 52.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 379.7
1968 371.4 4.3 0.8 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.0 48.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 425.6
1969 406.1 8.6 3.1 0.0 1.0 4.1 0.0 51.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 470.3
1970 427.0 21.6 8.3 0.0 2.8 11.1 0.0 45.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 505.6
1971 431.9 21.4 5.5 0.0 6.9 12.4 0.0 61.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 527.6
1972 448.7 17.5 5.1 0.0 25.8 31.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 563.8
1973 485.9 8.0 3.3 0.0 38.1 41.5 0.0 73.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 609.3
1974 478.1 1.1 3.5 0.0 30.3 33.8 0.0 71.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 584.9
1975 433.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 1.5 2.0 15.5 73.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 524.1
1976 505.2 (s) 1.3 0.0 3.9 5.3 27.7 58.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 596.9
1977 506.8 (s) 5.0 0.0 2.1 7.1 61.0 55.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 630.0
1978 457.0 (s) 3.7 0.0 8.3 12.0 108.5 56.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 634.2
1979 515.0 0.6 0.9 0.0 1.5 2.4 74.1 81.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 674.0
1980 586.9 1.8 3.3 0.0 (s) 3.3 63.0 57.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 711.9
1981 609.8 0.9 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.8 68.9 30.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 713.1
1982 577.6 0.1 1.9 0.0 (s) 1.9 101.1 56.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 737.2
1983 545.4 0.2 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 134.8 64.6 0.0 0.0 NA 0.0 0.0 747.6
1984 506.7 0.1 2.0 0.0 (s) 2.0 219.4 66.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 794.6
1985 489.8 0.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 2.6 205.0 42.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 740.7
1986 515.7 1.2 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 214.6 26.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 759.9
1987 433.1 1.2 2.5 0.0 0.0 2.5 298.6 53.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 788.6
1988 446.8 1.1 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 309.0 29.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 789.4
1989 523.7 1.7 [R ] 3.3 0.0 0.0 3.3 309.2 73.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 911.4
1990 489.8 2.9 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 274.1 70.7 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 841.5
1991 497.1 4.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 317.8 60.8 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 888.7
1992 572.3 4.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 238.3 59.4 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 882.7
1993 621.4 3.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 2.4 249.6 51.3 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 934.3
1994 566.1 1.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 338.1 54.1 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 970.8
1995 595.7 5.8 3.1 0.0 0.0 3.1 377.3 39.9 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,028.3
1996 680.4 3.7 3.5 0.0 (s) 3.5 354.1 43.4 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,091.1
1997 707.0 6.1 3.0 (s) (s) 3.0 340.6 40.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,102.9
1998 701.8 14.0 3.8 0.6 0.0 4.4 406.8 41.4 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,175.4
1999 694.5 12.7 3.9 0.0 0.0 3.9 392.1 25.6 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,135.4
2000 736.4 13.2 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8 408.1 22.4 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,193.4
2001 707.5 16.6 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1 394.5 19.2 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,149.5
2002 725.5 32.2 4.7 0.0 0.0 4.7 413.8 24.6 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,207.2
2003 726.2 14.4 6.7 0.0 0.0 6.7 426.3 64.1 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,244.0
2004 735.8 21.6 3.8 0.0 0.0 3.8 418.1 47.4 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,233.3
2005 771.2 27.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 3.2 417.2 46.6 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,272.9
2006 742.8 28.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 417.0 33.1 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,232.8
2007 796.7 40.7 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 420.0 29.4 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,298.4
2008 760.1 36.4 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.8 415.7 29.8 7.9 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 1,252.8
2009 650.4 40.2 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.8 427.2 50.3 11.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.0 1,182.0
2010 721.0 73.6 3.1 0.0 0.0 3.1 425.8 46.3 13.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1,283.2
2011 600.7 90.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 424.1 37.7 15.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1,170.6
2012 514.2 151.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 412.7 31.8 18.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 1,131.8
2013 472.3 203.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 420.5 57.3 18.1 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 1,176.3
2014 481.9 209.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1 428.5 45.1 20.0 0.0 6.2 0.0 0.0 1,195.9
2015 387.3 278.7 4.6 0.0 0.0 4.6 440.2 44.1 16.6 0.0 12.1 0.0 0.0 1,183.6
2016 364.7 303.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 447.5 40.7 17.8 0.0 30.4 0.1 0.0 1,207.6
2017 335.1 288.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 443.2 35.1 20.9 0.0 46.0 4.3 (s) 1,175.7
2018 312.3 339.6 6.9 0.0 0.0 6.9 439.9 60.0 19.3 0.0 54.6 4.9 (s) 1,237.7
2019 306.9 313.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 437.7 55.0 20.0 0.0 65.4 4.7 0.0 1,204.6
2020 213.3 313.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 442.0 69.7 17.3 0.0 71.7 4.8 0.0 1,133.5
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. Sources: Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.