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Table CT7. Transportation sector energy consumption estimates, 1960-2022, California

Table CT7. Transportation sector energy consumption estimates, 1960-2022, California






Year



Coal


Natural
gas a
Petroleum


Electricity f





End
use g,h



Electrical
system
energy
losses i






Total g,h
Aviation
gasoline
Distillate
fuel oil b

HGL c
Jet
fuel d

Lubricants
Motor
gasoline e
Residual
fuel oil

Total
Thousand
short tons
Billion
cubic feet

Thousand barrels
Million
kilowatthours
1960 23 11 5,383 15,313 214 25,818 2,327 132,768 38,610 220,432 66 – – – – – –
1961 10 12 3,438 15,824 179 28,078 2,265 138,439 43,746 231,969 65 – – – – – –
1962 6 16 4,943 18,453 211 31,849 2,246 144,190 35,141 237,031 66 – – – – – –
1963 6 14 4,366 20,127 220 33,606 2,245 154,018 30,525 245,107 66 – – – – – –
1964 7 17 3,855 20,777 199 36,368 2,358 159,526 33,303 256,386 66 – – – – – –
1965 8 16 3,342 21,032 208 40,150 2,772 166,346 35,109 268,960 66 – – – – – –
1966 6 30 3,190 22,150 175 44,127 2,880 174,862 37,120 284,504 66 – – – – – –
1967 5 18 2,832 23,044 225 52,666 2,657 180,275 36,408 298,108 65 – – – – – –
1968 5 17 2,848 26,654 240 60,607 2,918 192,577 35,629 321,472 65 – – – – – –
1969 4 17 2,358 29,123 223 61,225 2,412 201,444 34,084 330,868 65 – – – – – –
1970 4 17 2,184 29,448 305 59,614 2,457 210,641 27,982 332,632 65 – – – – – –
1971 2 19 2,036 35,743 373 62,721 2,497 216,207 26,643 346,221 65 – – – – – –
1972 2 19 2,075 32,654 422 63,375 2,674 229,837 20,867 351,905 80 – – – – – –
1973 2 20 2,038 35,776 377 62,752 2,553 237,753 20,397 361,646 192 – – – – – –
1974 1 19 1,979 31,762 398 60,185 2,445 232,563 17,187 346,519 154 – – – – – –
1975 (s) 20 1,640 30,528 390 62,509 2,386 238,548 20,056 356,057 265 – – – – – –
1976 (s) 16 1,570 32,930 437 60,713 2,650 249,108 28,500 375,909 294 – – – – – –
1977 (s) 15 1,647 36,550 479 61,331 2,802 262,600 35,888 401,295 236 – – – – – –
1978 0 15 1,754 41,759 579 63,405 3,009 274,031 45,725 430,262 223 – – – – – –
1979 0 18 1,682 41,416 788 64,910 3,149 265,805 47,845 425,595 226 – – – – – –
1980 0 15 285 41,801 522 62,224 2,804 250,100 66,673 424,409 203 – – – – – –
1981 0 15 132 44,931 1,082 59,074 2,689 249,951 63,449 421,308 234 – – – – – –
1982 0 13 1,145 41,786 983 56,541 2,452 247,203 52,103 402,214 256 – – – – – –
1983 0 10 1,167 43,786 1,159 57,359 2,567 253,326 48,269 407,634 249 – – – – – –
1984 0 11 1,047 46,926 1,717 66,640 2,738 261,804 48,625 429,498 248 – – – – – –
1985 0 14 1,354 49,892 1,225 67,028 2,552 262,544 43,340 427,934 266 – – – – – –
1986 0 12 1,338 53,105 931 75,176 2,495 274,637 36,709 444,391 265 – – – – – –
1987 0 19 1,084 46,478 839 79,857 2,821 287,131 47,791 466,000 262 – – – – – –
1988 0 19 1,312 59,753 902 82,620 2,720 298,870 46,857 493,034 272 – – – – – –
1989 0 19 1,303 58,801 887 90,291 2,790 305,903 48,719 508,693 275 – – – – – –
1990 0 20 1,106 55,598 923 94,907 2,871 300,893 54,206 510,503 315 – – – – – –
1991 0 19 1,091 55,829 760 90,064 2,568 293,780 41,867 485,959 345 – – – – – –
1992 0 15 1,059 53,885 650 86,688 2,619 310,861 31,923 487,684 387 – – – – – –
1993 0 12 819 49,249 658 89,244 2,666 305,800 32,403 480,840 408 – – – – – –
1994 0 13 793 55,744 1,006 98,793 2,787 304,669 37,738 501,530 425 – – – – – –
1995 0 20 807 57,940 564 95,304 2,739 310,379 44,043 511,776 423 – – – – – –
1996 0 19 769 58,960 481 103,773 2,658 315,285 38,983 520,908 429 – – – – – –
1997 0 24 836 62,659 349 103,188 2,808 319,727 21,272 510,840 478 – – – – – –
1998 0 10 574 62,554 670 105,482 2,940 326,430 17,094 515,744 521 – – – – – –
1999 0 11 825 64,787 384 98,673 2,971 335,633 23,223 526,496 540 – – – – – –
2000 0 12 723 70,525 341 103,001 2,926 340,681 33,540 551,739 606 – – – – – –
2001 0 14 536 71,172 390 97,216 2,681 347,202 24,617 543,814 660 – – – – – –
2002 0 12 599 72,375 501 102,756 2,649 364,493 30,534 573,906 591 – – – – – –
2003 0 12 601 69,619 510 99,721 2,449 362,405 23,358 558,664 809 – – – – – –
2004 0 17 554 77,767 478 105,408 2,481 370,084 27,772 584,544 900 – – – – – –
2005 0 20 530 81,307 842 104,612 2,468 375,652 33,924 599,335 846 – – – – – –
2006 0 17 461 83,608 868 106,403 2,405 377,390 37,614 608,749 877 – – – – – –
2007 0 20 443 85,465 760 110,794 2,483 376,053 39,652 615,649 848 – – – – – –
2008 0 19 407 74,509 1,320 100,836 2,305 360,261 40,209 579,849 867 – – – – – –
2009 0 19 285 73,406 1,013 97,985 2,073 352,703 38,519 565,985 844 – – – – – –
2010 0 23 348 74,360 116 76,755 2,549 349,136 39,901 543,165 821 – – – – – –
2011 0 25 379 75,886 117 76,404 2,388 339,741 29,724 524,639 827 – – – – – –
2012 0 28 379 72,945 147 76,770 2,179 335,807 26,571 514,798 685 – – – – – –
2013 0 25 342 75,872 203 78,696 2,276 339,959 19,747 517,096 836 – – – – – –
2014 0 39 470 79,756 212 80,424 2,330 342,712 13,442 519,346 832 – – – – – –
2015 0 36 499 80,487 285 86,709 2,571 342,128 18,509 531,188 838 – – – – – –
2016 0 41 450 80,218 343 93,873 2,401 [R ] 348,830 23,140 549,255 [R ] 782 – – – – – –
2017 0 44 407 82,842 275 99,777 2,232 [R ] 350,604 26,219 562,356 [R ] 835 – – – – – –
2018 0 44 442 84,010 288 101,663 2,146 [R ] 349,108 26,855 564,512 [R ] 750 – – – – – –
2019 0 49 497 83,117 250 103,769 2,100 [R ] 343,683 29,320 562,735 [R ] 768 – – – – – –
2020 0 42 380 78,123 145 59,550 1,727 [R ] 273,289 20,045 433,260 [R ] 603 – – – – – –
2021 0 47 390 81,733 [R ] 131 70,561 1,882 [R ] 302,881 28,248 514,463 [R ] 621 – – – – – –
2022 0 49 404 81,180 183 82,887 1,942 299,304 28,946 533,951 685 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 0.6 11.0 27.2 89.2 0.8 140.7 14.1 697.4 242.7 1,212.1 0.2 1,223.9 0.5 [R ] 1,224.3 [R ]
1961 0.3 12.1 17.4 92.2 0.7 153.4 13.7 727.2 275.0 1,279.6 0.2 1,292.2 0.4 [R ] 1,292.6 [R ]
1962 0.2 16.3 25.0 107.5 0.8 174.3 13.6 757.4 220.9 1,299.5 0.2 1,316.3 0.4 [R ] 1,316.7 [R ]
1963 0.2 14.5 22.0 117.2 0.8 184.1 13.6 809.1 191.9 1,338.8 0.2 1,353.7 0.4 [R ] 1,354.2 [R ]
1964 0.2 17.8 19.5 121.0 0.8 199.6 14.3 838.0 209.4 1,402.5 0.2 1,420.7 0.4 [R ] 1,421.1 [R ]
1965 0.2 16.8 16.9 122.5 0.8 222.2 16.8 873.8 220.7 1,473.7 0.2 1,491.0 0.4 [R ] 1,491.4 [R ]
1966 0.1 32.1 16.1 129.0 0.7 244.5 17.5 918.5 233.4 1,559.7 0.2 1,592.2 0.5 1,592.7
1967 0.1 19.7 14.3 134.2 0.9 292.4 16.1 947.0 228.9 1,633.8 0.2 1,653.9 0.4 [R ] 1,654.3 [R ]
1968 0.1 18.0 14.4 155.3 0.9 336.6 17.7 1,011.6 224.0 1,760.4 0.2 1,778.8 0.4 [R ] 1,779.2 [R ]
1969 0.1 18.5 11.9 169.6 0.9 341.1 14.6 1,058.2 214.3 1,810.6 0.2 1,829.4 0.4 [R ] 1,829.8 [R ]
1970 0.1 17.9 11.0 171.5 1.2 332.9 14.9 1,106.5 175.9 1,814.0 0.2 1,832.2 0.5 1,832.6 [R ]
1971 0.1 19.7 10.3 208.2 1.4 350.3 15.1 1,135.7 167.5 1,888.6 0.2 1,908.6 0.5 1,909.1
1972 (s) 19.7 10.5 190.2 1.6 354.4 16.2 1,207.3 131.2 1,911.5 0.3 1,931.4 0.6 [R ] 1,932.0 [R ]
1973 (s) 20.7 10.3 208.4 1.4 351.4 15.5 1,248.9 128.2 1,964.2 0.7 1,985.6 1.3 [R ] 1,986.9 [R ]
1974 (s) 20.0 10.0 185.0 1.5 336.7 14.8 1,221.7 108.1 1,877.8 0.5 1,898.4 1.1 [R ] 1,899.4 [R ]
1975 (s) 21.4 8.3 177.8 1.5 350.2 14.5 1,253.1 126.1 1,931.4 0.9 1,953.7 1.8 [R ] 1,955.6 [R ]
1976 (s) 16.7 7.9 191.8 1.7 340.2 16.1 1,308.6 179.2 2,045.4 1.0 2,063.1 2.1 [R ] 2,065.2 [R ]
1977 (s) 15.6 8.3 212.9 1.8 343.5 17.0 1,379.4 225.6 2,188.6 0.8 2,205.1 1.7 [R ] 2,206.8 [R ]
1978 0.0 15.5 8.9 243.2 2.2 355.5 18.3 1,439.5 287.5 2,355.0 0.8 2,371.3 1.6 [R ] 2,372.9 [R ]
1979 0.0 18.7 8.5 241.3 3.0 364.2 19.1 1,396.3 300.8 2,333.1 0.8 2,352.6 1.6 [R ] 2,354.3 [R ]
1980 0.0 15.9 1.4 243.5 2.0 348.7 17.0 1,313.8 419.2 2,345.6 0.7 2,362.2 1.5 [R ] 2,363.6 [R ]
1981 0.0 15.7 0.7 261.7 4.2 331.3 16.3 1,313.0 398.9 2,326.0 0.8 2,344.0 1.7 [R ] 2,345.6 [R ]
1982 0.0 13.5 5.8 243.4 3.8 316.7 14.9 1,298.6 327.6 2,210.7 0.9 2,228.8 1.8 [R ] 2,230.6 [R ]
1983 0.0 10.6 5.9 255.1 4.5 321.5 15.6 1,330.7 303.5 2,236.6 0.9 2,252.0 1.7 [R ] 2,253.7 [R ]
1984 0.0 11.8 5.3 273.3 6.6 373.5 16.6 1,375.3 305.7 2,356.3 0.8 2,372.0 1.7 [R ] 2,373.7 [R ]
1985 0.0 15.0 6.8 290.6 4.7 375.8 15.5 1,379.1 272.5 2,345.1 0.9 2,362.4 1.8 [R ] 2,364.3 [R ]
1986 0.0 12.8 6.8 309.3 3.6 422.1 15.1 1,442.7 230.8 2,430.4 0.9 2,445.5 1.8 [R ] 2,447.3 [R ]
1987 0.0 19.4 5.5 270.7 3.2 448.8 17.1 1,508.3 300.5 2,554.1 0.9 2,576.5 1.8 [R ] 2,578.3 [R ]
1988 0.0 19.7 6.6 348.1 3.5 464.2 16.5 1,570.0 294.6 2,703.4 0.9 2,728.1 1.9 [R ] 2,730.0 [R ]
1989 0.0 20.0 6.6 342.5 3.4 507.8 16.9 1,606.9 306.3 2,790.4 0.9 2,814.9 2.0 [R ] 2,816.9 [R ]
1990 0.0 20.8 5.6 323.9 3.5 534.7 17.4 1,580.6 340.8 2,806.4 1.1 2,832.2 1.9 [R ] 2,834.0 [R ]
1991 0.0 19.0 5.5 325.2 2.9 508.1 15.6 1,543.2 263.2 2,663.8 1.2 2,688.8 2.1 [R ] 2,690.9 [R ]
1992 0.0 15.6 5.3 313.9 2.5 489.5 15.9 1,633.0 200.7 2,660.8 1.3 2,678.3 2.4 [R ] 2,680.7 [R ]
1993 0.0 12.8 4.1 286.9 2.5 504.7 16.2 1,595.4 203.7 2,613.5 1.4 2,627.7 2.2 [R ] 2,630.0 [R ]
1994 0.0 13.0 4.0 324.4 3.9 560.1 16.9 1,588.5 237.3 2,735.1 1.5 2,749.6 2.5 [R ] 2,752.1 [R ]
1995 0.0 20.0 4.1 337.2 2.2 540.4 16.6 1,615.2 276.9 2,792.5 1.4 2,814.0 2.2 [R ] 2,816.2 [R ]
1996 0.0 20.1 3.9 343.1 1.8 588.4 16.1 1,642.9 245.1 2,841.4 1.5 2,862.9 2.3 [R ] 2,865.2 [R ]
1997 0.0 24.4 4.2 364.7 1.3 585.1 17.0 1,664.2 133.7 2,770.3 1.6 2,796.3 2.6 [R ] 2,799.0 [R ]
1998 0.0 10.9 2.9 364.0 2.6 598.1 17.8 1,698.4 107.5 2,791.3 1.8 2,803.9 2.9 [R ] 2,806.8 [R ]
1999 0.0 11.6 4.2 377.0 1.5 559.5 18.0 1,746.0 146.0 2,852.1 1.8 2,865.5 3.1 [R ] 2,868.7 [R ]
2000 0.0 11.5 3.7 410.4 1.3 584.0 17.7 1,771.9 210.9 2,999.9 2.1 3,013.5 3.5 [R ] 3,017.0 [R ]
2001 0.0 13.8 2.7 414.2 1.5 551.2 16.3 1,805.8 154.8 2,946.4 2.3 2,962.5 4.1 [R ] 2,966.6 [R ]
2002 0.0 12.6 3.0 421.2 1.9 582.6 16.1 1,895.0 192.0 3,111.8 2.0 3,126.4 3.5 [R ] 3,129.9 [R ]
2003 0.0 12.3 3.0 405.1 2.0 565.4 14.9 1,883.4 146.9 3,020.7 2.8 3,035.8 4.4 [R ] 3,040.2 [R ]
2004 0.0 17.1 2.8 452.4 1.8 597.7 15.0 1,923.0 174.6 3,167.3 3.1 3,187.6 5.1 [R ] 3,192.7 [R ]
2005 0.0 20.7 2.7 473.0 3.2 593.1 15.0 1,950.4 213.3 3,250.7 2.9 3,274.4 4.5 [R ] 3,278.9 [R ]
2006 0.0 17.3 2.3 485.2 3.3 603.3 14.6 1,956.8 236.5 3,302.0 3.0 3,322.7 4.5 [R ] 3,327.2 [R ]
2007 0.0 20.6 2.2 494.3 2.9 628.2 15.1 1,933.7 249.3 3,325.7 2.9 3,349.8 4.6 [R ] 3,354.4 [R ]
2008 0.0 20.0 2.1 430.7 5.1 571.7 14.0 1,839.5 252.8 3,115.8 3.0 3,139.3 4.8 [R ] 3,144.1 [R ]
2009 0.0 19.7 1.4 424.1 3.9 555.6 12.6 1,795.3 242.2 3,035.0 2.9 3,057.6 4.5 [R ] 3,062.0 [R ]
2010 0.0 23.8 1.8 429.4 0.4 435.2 15.5 1,769.1 250.9 2,902.2 2.8 2,928.8 4.2 [R ] 2,933.0 [R ]
2011 0.0 25.4 1.9 437.9 0.4 433.2 14.5 1,720.1 186.9 2,794.9 2.8 2,823.1 4.0 [R ] 2,827.1 [R ]
2012 0.0 28.1 1.9 420.7 0.6 435.3 13.2 1,699.9 167.1 2,738.6 2.3 2,769.0 3.3 [R ] 2,772.3 [R ]
2013 0.0 25.2 1.7 437.2 0.8 446.2 13.8 1,720.2 124.1 2,744.1 2.9 2,772.2 3.9 [R ] 2,776.1 [R ]
2014 0.0 39.6 2.4 459.6 0.8 456.0 14.1 1,733.8 84.5 2,751.2 2.8 2,793.7 3.8 [R ] 2,797.5 [R ]
2015 0.0 36.8 2.5 463.8 1.1 491.6 15.6 1,730.1 116.4 2,821.1 2.9 2,860.8 3.8 [R ] 2,864.6 [R ]
2016 0.0 42.7 2.3 461.8 1.3 532.3 14.6 [R ] 1,763.3 145.5 2,921.0 [R ] 2.7 2,966.4 [R ] 3.2 [R ] 2,969.6 [R ]
2017 0.0 45.9 2.1 476.9 1.1 565.7 13.5 [R ] 1,771.6 164.8 2,995.7 [R ] 2.8 3,044.5 [R ] 3.1 [R ] 3,047.6 [R ]
2018 0.0 45.4 2.2 483.8 1.1 576.4 13.0 [R ] 1,764.4 168.8 3,009.8 [R ] 2.6 3,057.8 [R ] 3.1 [R ] 3,060.9 [R ]
2019 0.0 50.3 2.5 478.7 1.0 588.4 12.7 [R ] 1,736.3 184.3 3,003.9 2.6 3,056.7 [R ] 2.9 [R ] 3,059.6 [R ]
2020 0.0 43.8 1.9 449.7 0.6 337.6 10.5 [R ] 1,380.7 126.0 2,307.0 2.1 2,352.8 [R ] 2.3 [R ] 2,355.1 [R ]
2021 0.0 48.5 2.0 471.1 [R ] 0.5 400.1 11.4 [R ] 1,529.5 177.6 2,749.0 [R ] 2.1 2,799.6 [R ] 2.4 [R ] 2,802.0 [R ]
2022 0.0 50.9 2.0 468.0 0.7 470.0 11.8 1,511.2 182.0 2,860.0 2.3 2,913.3 2.6 2,915.8
aTransportation use of natural gas to operate pipelines and, since 1990, also includes vehicle fuel. hFor 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor
gasoline column.
bBeginning in 2009, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. Beginning in 2011, includes renewable
diesel blended into distillate fuel oil.
iIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for
electrical system energy losses. Pre-1990 estimates are not comparable to those for later years. See Section 6 of
Technical Notes for an explanation of changes in methodology.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. – – = Not applicable.
dThrough 2004, includes kerosene-type and naphtha-type jet fuel. Beginning in 2005, includes kerosene-type
jet fuel only; naphtha-type jet fuel is included in "Industrial sector, Other petroleum." There is a discontinuity in this
time series between 2009 and 2010 because of data source and methodology changes, see technical notes.
Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05.
eBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Notes: · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · 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.
fElectricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy service
providers. Sales to public railroads and railway systems only. Excludes electric vehicles.
Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
gThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1980 and 1981 due to the expanded coverage of fuel
ethanol beginning in 1981.
Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/