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

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






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 3,565 25 357 0 11,160 11,518 0 35 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1961 4,685 23 274 0 8,553 8,826 0 11 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1962 4,732 28 289 0 9,048 9,337 0 15 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1963 4,960 29 330 0 10,315 10,645 0 10 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1964 5,657 28 372 0 11,630 12,002 0 12 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1965 6,829 22 382 0 11,947 12,329 0 -35 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1966 7,123 23 496 0 15,519 16,016 0 -136 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1967 5,888 24 685 0 21,401 22,086 0 -209 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1968 5,608 28 827 0 25,836 26,662 0 -348 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1969 4,332 47 1,055 0 32,977 34,032 107 -385 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1970 4,054 46 1,220 0 37,665 38,885 3,454 -407 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1971 3,442 40 2,850 23 36,028 38,902 3,825 -314 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1972 1,107 25 7,440 0 41,093 48,533 4,356 -224 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1973 2,380 24 8,607 0 40,343 48,950 3,585 -338 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1974 3,117 15 9,418 0 32,123 41,541 3,673 -285 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1975 2,250 9 2,244 0 23,924 26,168 3,146 -276 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1976 2,604 10 2,897 0 23,012 25,909 3,855 -249 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1977 2,581 7 4,129 0 25,901 30,030 6,959 -172 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1978 2,222 1 3,008 0 26,471 29,479 8,169 -178 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1979 2,209 31 2,195 0 18,853 21,049 6,611 -286 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1980 2,545 80 2,821 0 12,919 15,740 7,627 -286 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1981 2,768 80 1,334 0 9,861 11,195 11,675 -234 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1982 2,744 66 709 0 8,086 8,794 14,039 -225 – – 0 NA NA 0 – –
1983 3,132 97 996 0 7,597 8,593 6,328 -231 – – 0 NA 0 0 – –
1984 2,853 95 1,033 0 8,287 9,320 5,610 -249 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1985 3,476 61 671 0 4,997 5,668 17,770 -247 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1986 2,637 37 697 0 8,489 9,186 14,770 -289 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1987 3,081 75 1,024 0 4,671 5,695 22,697 -312 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1988 2,773 51 1,657 0 7,547 9,204 23,890 -222 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1989 3,244 69 2,222 0 7,879 10,101 23,032 -244 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1990 2,740 66 686 0 2,839 3,525 23,770 31 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1991 2,081 96 615 0 2,719 3,334 24,807 22 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1992 2,118 117 352 0 1,775 2,127 21,595 22 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1993 2,134 128 587 0 1,714 2,301 24,932 19 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1994 2,371 145 825 0 2,594 3,419 22,129 15 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1995 2,996 152 1,279 0 1,339 2,618 16,806 11 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1996 3,308 129 626 0 759 1,385 11,028 19 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1997 3,824 135 477 0 352 829 13,908 18 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1998 3,284 135 519 0 668 1,187 27,132 21 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
1999 3,392 141 712 0 691 1,404 28,971 17 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2000 4,382 135 1,135 0 737 1,872 28,578 14 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2001 4,305 128 1,343 0 1,261 2,604 30,469 18 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2002 4,070 160 286 0 852 1,138 30,866 12 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2003 4,180 130 776 0 1,212 1,988 29,709 39 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2004 4,429 141 691 0 840 1,531 27,082 36 – – 0 0 0 (s) – –
2005 4,995 125 428 0 874 1,302 31,392 29 – – 0 0 0 0 – –
2006 4,635 131 127 0 205 331 32,568 34 – – 0 0 16 0 – –
2007 4,669 157 226 0 230 456 32,010 21 – – 0 0 20 0 – –
2008 4,165 170 219 0 99 319 32,195 26 – – 0 3 21 0 – –
2009 2,541 164 59 0 76 136 34,328 32 – – 0 11 21 0 – –
2010 3,082 199 208 0 57 265 32,771 18 – – 0 21 13 134 – –
2011 1,976 200 92 0 44 135 33,606 24 – – 0 60 11 247 – –
2012 1,007 226 43 0 15 58 33,110 11 – – 0 266 12 0 – –
2013 1,017 217 66 0 14 80 33,380 18 – – 0 353 11 360 – –
2014 1,214 250 276 0 20 296 31,507 17 – – 0 406 23 233 – –
2015 893 283 121 0 20 141 33,262 10 – – 0 494 22 232 – –
2016 667 327 61 0 3 64 29,885 9 – – 0 685 21 142 – –
2017 631 276 56 0 0 56 34,033 14 – – 0 779 22 1 – –
2018 648 285 258 0 0 258 31,982 36 – – 0 862 23 22 – –
2019 530 292 75 0 0 75 26,637 26 – – 0 1,015 22 0 – –
2020 473 226 35 0 0 35 26,738 15 – – 0 1,158 20 0 – –
2021 496 221 39 0 0 39 28,142 18 – – 0 1,243 20 0 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 95.4 26.4 2.1 0.0 70.2 72.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 194.4
1961 125.3 23.7 1.6 0.0 53.8 55.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 204.5
1962 126.6 28.5 1.7 0.0 56.9 58.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 213.9
1963 132.2 30.2 1.9 0.0 64.8 66.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 229.2
1964 150.3 29.4 2.2 0.0 73.1 75.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 255.1
1965 180.7 23.4 2.2 0.0 75.1 77.3 0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 281.1
1966 187.8 23.9 2.9 0.0 97.6 100.5 0.0 -1.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 310.7
1967 154.8 24.8 4.0 0.0 134.6 138.5 0.0 -2.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 316.0
1968 147.2 28.5 4.8 0.0 162.4 167.2 0.0 -3.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 339.4
1969 112.5 48.9 6.1 0.0 207.3 213.5 1.2 -4.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 372.1
1970 101.1 47.1 7.1 0.0 236.8 243.9 37.9 -4.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 425.8
1971 84.7 41.0 16.6 0.1 226.5 243.3 41.5 -3.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 407.2
1972 28.0 25.8 43.1 0.0 258.4 301.5 47.0 -2.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 399.9
1973 60.9 25.2 50.0 0.0 253.6 303.6 39.1 -3.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 425.3
1974 76.5 15.5 54.7 0.0 202.0 256.7 41.0 -3.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 386.7
1975 57.2 8.8 13.0 0.0 150.4 163.4 34.6 -2.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 261.2
1976 68.0 10.3 16.7 0.0 144.7 161.4 42.6 -2.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 279.7
1977 67.0 7.4 23.7 0.0 162.8 186.5 74.9 -1.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 334.1
1978 58.0 0.8 17.3 0.0 166.4 183.7 89.4 -1.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 330.0
1979 57.6 31.9 12.7 0.0 118.5 131.2 71.9 -3.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 289.7
1980 66.6 82.2 16.3 0.0 81.2 97.5 83.2 -3.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 324.3
1981 72.6 83.0 7.7 0.0 62.0 69.7 128.8 -2.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 349.1
1982 72.4 67.7 4.1 0.0 50.8 54.9 155.5 -2.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 346.3
1983 82.8 100.5 5.8 0.0 47.8 53.6 69.0 -2.4 0.0 0.0 NA 0.0 0.0 301.0
1984 75.4 98.8 6.0 0.0 52.1 58.1 60.8 -2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 288.4
1985 92.0 64.2 3.9 0.0 31.4 35.3 188.8 -2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 375.4
1986 69.8 38.2 4.1 0.0 53.4 57.4 156.3 -3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 317.3
1987 81.6 77.6 6.0 0.0 29.4 35.3 237.0 -3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 425.7
1988 73.9 52.8 9.7 0.0 47.4 57.1 253.3 -2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 432.8
1989 87.2 71.4 12.9 0.0 49.5 62.5 243.7 -2.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 461.1
1990 73.5 68.5 4.0 0.0 17.8 21.8 251.5 0.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 418.5
1991 55.7 98.6 3.6 0.0 17.1 20.7 260.1 0.2 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 445.6
1992 56.9 120.1 2.0 0.0 11.2 13.2 226.1 0.2 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 429.0
1993 57.3 130.5 3.4 0.0 10.8 14.2 261.9 0.2 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 477.0
1994 63.0 149.1 4.8 0.0 16.3 21.1 231.3 0.2 20.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 483.5
1995 79.4 156.9 7.4 0.0 8.4 15.9 176.6 0.1 21.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 448.7
1996 86.2 132.6 3.6 0.0 4.8 8.4 115.8 0.2 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 358.8
1997 99.5 139.5 2.8 0.0 2.2 5.0 146.0 0.2 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 410.5
1998 85.9 140.1 3.0 0.0 4.2 7.2 284.6 0.2 23.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 539.7
1999 88.7 145.9 4.1 0.0 4.3 8.5 302.7 0.2 23.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 568.8
2000 114.4 139.6 6.6 0.0 4.6 11.2 298.0 0.1 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 585.6
2001 112.0 132.5 7.8 0.0 7.9 15.7 318.2 0.2 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 590.8
2002 104.6 165.4 1.7 0.0 5.4 7.0 322.3 0.1 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 613.9
2003 106.6 134.7 4.5 0.0 7.6 12.1 309.6 0.4 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 576.1
2004 112.4 146.1 4.0 0.0 5.3 9.3 282.4 0.4 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 (s) 562.6
2005 125.1 129.4 2.5 0.0 5.5 8.0 327.6 0.3 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 603.4
2006 115.9 135.3 0.7 0.0 1.3 2.0 339.8 0.3 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 607.0
2007 111.7 162.8 1.3 0.0 1.4 2.8 335.8 0.2 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 625.2
2008 97.7 175.3 1.3 0.0 0.6 1.9 336.5 0.3 14.1 0.0 (s) 0.2 0.0 625.7
2009 59.6 168.9 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.8 359.0 0.3 10.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 599.5
2010 72.0 204.2 1.2 0.0 0.4 1.6 342.5 0.2 9.8 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.5 630.9
2011 49.6 204.8 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.8 351.7 0.2 10.5 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.8 618.9
2012 25.6 233.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 347.0 0.1 12.3 0.0 2.5 0.1 0.0 621.4
2013 25.9 225.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 348.8 0.2 12.2 0.0 3.4 0.1 1.2 617.1
2014 30.7 258.6 1.6 0.0 0.1 1.7 329.5 0.2 13.4 0.0 3.9 0.2 0.8 638.9
2015 22.9 295.0 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.8 347.9 0.1 12.7 0.0 4.6 0.2 0.8 684.7
2016 17.5 339.1 0.4 0.0 (s) 0.4 312.6 0.1 13.1 0.0 6.3 0.2 0.5 689.6
2017 16.5 285.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 355.9 0.1 12.8 0.0 7.2 0.2 (s) 678.3 [R ]
2018 16.7 295.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 334.4 0.3 12.5 0.0 7.8 0.2 0.1 668.6 [R ]
2019 13.8 303.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 278.1 0.2 10.7 0.0 9.0 0.2 0.0 615.6
2020 12.1 234.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 279.3 [R ] 0.1 9.9 0.0 10.2 0.2 0.0 546.1 [R ]
2021 12.6 228.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 294.0 0.2 9.5 0.0 11.0 0.2 0.0 556.4
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.
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