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

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






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 0 2 0 14 16 0 34,154 – – 0 NA NA -50 – –
1961 0 0 1 0 8 9 0 37,177 – – 0 NA NA 3 – –
1962 0 0 1 0 11 12 0 39,366 – – 0 NA NA -41 – –
1963 0 0 1 0 5 5 0 42,929 – – 0 NA NA 2 – –
1964 0 0 (s) 0 3 4 0 46,855 – – 0 NA NA -29 – –
1965 0 0 (s) 0 3 3 0 49,105 – – 0 NA NA -481 – –
1966 0 0 22 0 188 210 989 52,610 – – 0 NA NA -6 – –
1967 0 0 1 0 12 14 2,015 58,713 – – 0 NA NA -1,090 – –
1968 0 0 1 0 11 12 3,903 64,141 – – 0 NA NA -801 – –
1969 0 0 1 0 13 14 3,667 67,387 – – 0 NA NA 203 – –
1970 0 0 (s) 0 3 4 2,614 69,391 – – 0 NA NA 617 – –
1971 0 0 (s) 0 3 3 2,553 71,430 – – 0 NA NA 295 – –
1972 2,002 0 (s) 0 191 191 2,919 75,717 – – 0 NA NA 1,000 – –
1973 3,741 0 30 0 452 482 4,432 68,856 – – 0 NA NA 4,820 – –
1974 2,925 0 5 0 51 55 3,889 82,313 – – 0 NA NA 2,412 – –
1975 4,009 0 4 0 71 75 3,308 83,527 – – 0 NA NA 1,730 – –
1976 4,107 0 3 0 40 43 2,405 94,290 – – 0 NA NA 604 – –
1977 5,370 0 15 0 34 49 4,315 66,470 – – 0 NA NA 4,995 – –
1978 4,233 (s) 13 0 31 44 4,140 88,759 – – 0 NA NA 2,463 – –
1979 5,166 2 40 0 505 544 3,613 79,376 – – 0 NA NA -1 – –
1980 4,950 1 31 0 201 232 2,041 82,982 – – 0 NA NA 859 – –
1981 4,964 (s) 33 0 4 37 2,042 93,572 – – 0 NA NA 8,680 – –
1982 3,844 (s) 23 0 (s) 23 3,631 87,576 – – 0 NA NA 4,053 – –
1983 4,298 (s) 22 0 (s) 23 3,494 85,435 – – 0 NA 0 2,383 – –
1984 4,506 (s) 17 0 0 17 5,313 83,301 – – 0 0 0 6,431 – –
1985 5,192 (s) 17 0 0 17 8,038 76,923 – – 0 0 0 904 – –
1986 3,329 (s) 19 0 1 20 8,439 78,831 – – 0 0 0 -2,322 – –
1987 5,468 (s) 17 0 1 18 5,528 69,698 – – 0 0 0 1,136 – –
1988 5,561 2 16 0 1 16 6,000 68,379 – – 0 0 0 545 – –
1989 5,514 8 42 0 150 192 6,118 71,304 – – 0 0 0 -787 – –
1990 4,852 (s) 30 0 1 31 5,742 87,193 – – 0 0 0 243 – –
1991 5,184 1 17 0 1 17 4,230 89,080 – – 0 0 0 2,614 – –
1992 6,148 11 14 0 1 15 5,692 68,106 – – 0 0 0 6,242 – –
1993 5,646 28 63 0 1 64 7,135 67,116 – – 0 0 0 718 – –
1994 6,016 43 19 0 0 19 6,740 65,356 – – 0 0 0 2,797 – –
1995 3,857 40 234 0 0 234 6,942 82,220 – – 0 0 0 -765 – –
1996 5,507 42 364 0 0 364 5,588 98,262 – – 0 0 0 4,606 – –
1997 4,771 28 488 0 0 488 6,244 103,875 – – 0 0 0 3,632 – –
1998 6,111 40 83 0 0 83 6,916 79,577 – – 0 0 0 2,467 – –
1999 5,727 33 21 0 0 21 6,086 96,691 – – 0 0 0 1,808 – –
2000 6,355 74 782 (s) 0 783 8,605 80,161 – – 0 0 0 -1,133 – –
2001 6,001 86 519 0 0 519 8,250 54,674 – – 0 0 0 -5,057 – –
2002 6,126 40 39 0 0 39 9,048 77,989 – – 0 0 417 -1,187 – –
2003 7,311 58 30 0 0 30 7,615 71,702 – – 0 0 604 -1,956 – –
2004 6,879 66 54 0 0 54 8,982 71,501 – – 0 0 737 -4,848 – –
2005 6,996 66 21 0 0 21 8,242 72,023 – – 0 0 498 -3,005 – –
2006 4,125 59 39 0 0 39 9,328 81,944 – – 0 0 1,038 -8,657 – –
2007 5,681 57 27 0 0 27 8,109 78,781 – – 0 0 2,438 -3,259 – –
2008 5,763 75 45 0 0 45 9,270 77,589 – – 0 0 3,657 -7,273 – –
2009 4,974 91 71 0 0 71 6,634 72,886 – – 0 0 3,572 -6,178 – –
2010 5,727 80 37 0 0 37 9,241 68,233 – – 0 0 4,745 -6,953 – –
2011 3,425 39 31 0 0 31 4,806 91,815 – – 0 1 6,262 -6,761 – –
2012 2,502 43 27 0 0 27 9,334 89,463 – – 0 1 6,600 -6,173 – –
2013 4,429 88 25 0 0 25 8,461 78,155 – – 0 1 7,004 -6,332 – –
2014 4,475 85 29 0 0 29 9,497 79,463 – – 0 1 7,268 -7,539 – –
2015 3,405 97 21 0 0 21 8,161 73,405 – – 0 1 7,075 -3,310 – –
2016 3,075 82 24 0 0 24 9,626 78,346 – – 0 1 8,042 -778 – –
2017 3,623 81 28 0 0 28 8,128 82,183 – – 0 (s) 6,925 -1,069 – –
2018 3,628 77 26 0 0 26 9,708 80,883 – – 0 2 7,900 -4,012 – –
2019 4,804 106 23 0 0 23 8,866 66,018 – – 0 44 6,677 -3,881 – –
2020 3,476 95 23 0 0 23 9,427 76,410 – – 0 46 9,266 4,951 – –
2021 2,120 112 22 0 0 22 8,511 71,379 – – 0 50 9,298 3,920 – –
Trillion Btu
1960 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 367.5 (s) 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 367.4
1961 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 395.9 (s) 0.0 NA NA (s) 396.0
1962 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 415.6 (s) 0.0 NA NA -0.1 415.6
1963 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 0.0 450.0 (s) 0.0 NA NA (s) 450.0
1964 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 0.0 490.2 (s) 0.0 NA NA -0.1 490.1
1965 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 0.0 513.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA -1.6 511.7
1966 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.2 1.3 11.5 547.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 560.7
1967 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 23.3 612.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA -3.7 632.1
1968 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 44.1 666.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA -2.7 708.4
1969 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.1 0.1 40.5 704.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.7 745.2
1970 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 28.7 728.2 (s) 0.0 NA NA 2.1 759.0
1971 0.0 0.0 (s) 0.0 (s) (s) 27.7 748.4 0.0 0.0 NA NA 1.0 777.1
1972 32.4 0.0 (s) 0.0 1.2 1.2 31.5 785.9 0.0 0.0 NA NA 3.4 854.4
1973 60.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.8 3.0 48.3 715.3 0.0 0.0 NA NA 16.4 843.8
1974 47.4 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.3 43.4 859.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 8.2 958.9
1975 64.9 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.4 0.5 36.4 869.2 0.0 0.0 NA NA 5.9 976.9
1976 66.5 0.0 (s) 0.0 0.3 0.3 26.6 978.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 2.1 1,073.5
1977 87.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 46.5 693.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 17.0 844.4
1978 68.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 45.3 919.6 0.0 0.0 NA NA 8.4 1,042.2
1979 83.7 2.2 0.2 0.0 3.2 3.4 39.3 821.8 0.0 0.0 NA NA (s) 950.3
1980 80.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 1.3 1.4 22.3 862.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA 2.9 969.8
1981 80.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 (s) 0.2 22.5 978.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA 29.6 1,111.4
1982 62.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 40.2 915.5 0.0 0.0 NA NA 13.8 1,032.1
1983 69.6 (s) 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 38.1 898.8 0.5 0.0 NA 0.0 8.1 1,015.3
1984 73.0 (s) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 57.6 869.7 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.9 1,023.7
1985 84.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 85.4 803.6 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 979.3
1986 53.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 89.3 823.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7.9 961.0
1987 88.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 57.7 726.2 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 880.2
1988 91.3 1.8 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 63.6 705.9 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 868.5
1989 89.7 8.5 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.2 64.7 743.8 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.7 909.3
1990 78.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 (s) 0.2 60.8 907.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1,051.6
1991 83.0 1.2 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 44.3 929.6 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 1,070.9
1992 100.7 11.6 0.1 0.0 (s) 0.1 59.6 704.4 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.3 904.3
1993 91.7 28.8 0.4 0.0 (s) 0.4 74.9 691.9 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 897.4
1994 101.1 43.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 70.4 674.2 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 906.7
1995 63.8 41.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 72.9 847.9 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.6 1,030.7
1996 87.4 42.9 2.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 58.7 1,016.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.7 1,229.4
1997 76.7 28.4 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.8 65.5 1,060.9 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 1,253.3
1998 100.4 41.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 72.6 811.4 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.4 1,041.8
1999 94.3 33.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 63.6 988.8 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 1,194.3
2000 102.9 76.3 4.6 (s) 0.0 4.6 89.7 817.7 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3.9 1,097.2
2001 96.0 88.6 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 86.2 564.9 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -17.3 828.9
2002 98.0 40.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 94.5 793.4 9.1 0.0 0.0 4.2 -4.1 1,035.9
2003 115.5 59.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 79.4 726.0 12.8 0.0 0.0 6.1 -6.7 992.3
2004 110.2 67.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 93.7 716.2 11.0 0.0 0.0 7.4 -16.5 989.8
2005 110.8 67.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 86.0 720.2 11.2 0.0 0.0 5.0 -10.3 990.3
2006 67.1 60.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 97.3 812.8 10.9 0.0 0.0 10.3 -29.5 1,029.4
2007 92.5 58.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 85.1 778.7 11.2 0.0 0.0 24.1 -11.1 1,039.3
2008 91.7 76.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 96.9 764.6 7.7 0.0 0.0 36.0 -24.8 1,049.1
2009 80.5 94.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 69.4 711.4 7.8 0.0 0.0 34.9 -21.1 977.2
2010 92.2 81.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 96.6 665.7 10.3 0.0 0.0 46.3 -23.7 969.5
2011 55.1 40.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 50.3 892.1 9.2 0.0 (s) 60.8 -23.1 1,085.0
2012 40.6 44.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 97.8 851.3 6.3 0.0 (s) 62.8 -21.1 1,082.1
2013 72.9 89.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 88.4 745.7 7.7 0.0 (s) 66.8 -21.6 1,049.6
2014 73.8 88.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 99.3 755.6 [R ] 7.8 0.0 (s) 69.1 -25.7 1,068.3 [R ]
2015 56.4 103.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 85.3 683.7 [R ] 8.3 0.0 (s) 65.9 -11.3 991.9 [R ]
2016 51.4 87.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.7 723.0 [R ] 8.4 0.0 (s) 74.2 -2.7 1,043.2 [R ]
2017 60.3 87.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 85.0 756.7 [R ] 8.3 0.0 (s) 63.8 -3.6 1,057.7 [R ]
2018 59.8 83.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 101.5 735.9 [R ] 7.8 0.0 (s) 71.9 -13.7 1,046.6 [R ]
2019 79.4 115.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 92.6 587.5 [R ] 6.1 0.0 0.4 59.4 [R ] -13.2 927.4 [R ]
2020 57.9 102.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 98.5 [R ] 669.9 [R ] 5.7 0.0 0.4 81.2 [R ] 16.9 1,033.4 [R ]
2021 35.5 121.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 88.9 631.3 6.1 0.0 0.4 82.2 13.4 979.7
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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