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Table CT7. Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, North Carolina

Table CT7. Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, North Carolina






Year


Coal

Natural
Gas a		 Petroleum
Electricity
Retail
Sales




Net
Energy f,g


Electrical
System
Energy
Losses h





Total f,g
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 42 2 692 3,187 5 3,401 545 34,580 494 42,905 0 – – – – – –
1961 12 0 622 3,049 7 3,474 530 36,762 1,090 45,534 0 – – – – – –
1962 10 3 742 3,335 11 3,854 542 37,248 502 46,234 0 – – – – – –
1963 10 4 679 4,213 13 4,048 541 38,993 396 48,884 0 – – – – – –
1964 9 4 740 4,595 11 4,154 569 40,090 437 50,596 0 – – – – – –
1965 8 4 714 4,458 17 3,649 578 41,551 581 51,548 0 – – – – – –
1966 8 4 347 4,907 22 3,896 600 44,029 708 54,508 0 – – – – – –
1967 6 4 304 4,763 24 4,497 485 46,242 495 56,809 0 – – – – – –
1968 5 5 296 5,432 33 5,259 533 48,924 290 60,766 0 – – – – – –
1969 4 6 286 5,859 47 4,952 514 52,168 348 64,173 0 – – – – – –
1970 4 6 151 6,301 65 4,702 523 54,989 345 67,077 0 – – – – – –
1971 2 6 201 6,164 80 4,740 529 57,331 154 69,199 0 – – – – – –
1972 2 6 245 6,550 98 4,144 566 62,105 132 73,838 0 – – – – – –
1973 1 6 285 9,031 110 3,914 575 64,638 181 78,734 0 – – – – – –
1974 1 4 237 8,963 115 3,907 550 65,110 191 79,072 0 – – – – – –
1975 (s) 4 219 8,207 108 3,809 498 65,739 263 78,844 0 – – – – – –
1976 (s) 3 155 8,969 119 3,715 553 68,849 206 82,567 0 – – – – – –
1977 (s) 2 228 10,012 137 4,087 634 71,270 119 86,487 0 – – – – – –
1978 0 3 256 10,437 156 4,338 681 74,159 88 90,115 0 – – – – – –
1979 0 5 237 13,090 74 4,332 713 70,168 130 88,743 0 – – – – – –
1980 0 6 215 10,707 50 5,209 635 64,918 99 81,834 0 – – – – – –
1981 0 6 268 10,598 139 5,319 609 65,227 421 82,581 0 – – – – – –
1982 0 7 185 10,883 144 5,747 555 64,731 240 82,485 0 – – – – – –
1983 0 6 188 12,716 171 6,404 581 66,151 41 86,253 0 – – – – – –
1984 0 6 167 13,232 207 6,413 620 67,471 42 88,152 0 – – – – – –
1985 0 5 174 13,827 183 6,668 578 69,392 97 90,917 0 – – – – – –
1986 0 5 227 15,078 170 7,123 565 72,542 130 95,835 0 – – – – – –
1987 0 5 218 15,721 125 7,749 638 75,173 648 100,273 0 – – – – – –
1988 0 5 236 18,655 148 8,318 616 77,511 415 105,900 0 – – – – – –
1989 0 6 231 15,435 153 7,689 631 76,412 664 101,215 0 – – – – – –
1990 0 6 213 15,804 160 5,567 650 75,937 513 98,844 0 – – – – – –
1991 0 6 170 15,672 186 4,384 581 75,811 742 97,547 0 – – – – – –
1992 0 6 154 16,805 143 4,684 593 76,054 652 99,085 0 – – – – – –
1993 0 6 118 16,931 155 4,897 604 80,528 423 103,655 0 – – – – – –
1994 0 6 136 19,201 278 4,359 631 82,476 210 107,290 0 – – – – – –
1995 0 6 139 19,855 141 4,947 620 85,383 299 111,384 0 – – – – – –
1996 0 7 148 20,539 131 9,127 602 86,832 328 117,707 0 – – – – – –
1997 0 7 159 21,909 122 7,156 636 89,716 277 119,973 0 – – – – – –
1998 0 7 138 22,240 211 6,761 665 92,908 148 123,071 0 – – – – – –
1999 0 7 187 21,635 72 6,802 672 96,454 132 125,953 0 – – – – – –
2000 0 7 140 24,918 98 7,277 662 96,699 128 129,923 0 – – – – – –
2001 0 7 151 24,827 58 6,051 607 96,436 104 128,234 0 – – – – – –
2002 0 6 91 25,061 134 4,825 600 98,410 798 129,919 0 – – – – – –
2003 0 6 141 25,823 138 5,246 554 99,788 782 132,472 0 – – – – – –
2004 0 5 108 27,964 138 5,397 562 101,987 401 136,557 0 – – – – – –
2005 0 4 128 27,724 1,247 7,366 559 102,026 421 139,472 (s) – – – – – –
2006 0 5 107 27,801 1,173 5,323 544 102,895 193 138,036 (s) – – – – – –
2007 0 5 96 27,561 900 7,161 562 105,333 590 142,202 (s) – – – – – –
2008 0 5 118 23,559 1,528 5,225 522 111,718 730 143,399 5 – – – – – –
2009 0 8 68 24,568 1,135 1,854 469 103,597 693 132,383 7 – – – – – –
2010 0 8 157 25,417 55 [R ] 12,443 [R ] 713 104,624 391 143,800 [R ] 7 – – – – – –
2011 0 7 147 25,061 56 [R ] 12,502 [R ] 675 101,446 293 140,179 [R ] 7 – – – – – –
2012 0 5 142 23,297 52 [R ] 12,874 [R ] 602 99,571 3 136,541 [R ] 7 – – – – – –
2013 0 4 122 24,726 58 [R ] 13,797 [R ] 644 101,533 0 140,881 [R ] 7 – – – – – –
2014 0 4 84 26,032 47 [R ] 14,365 [R ] 670 101,820 (s) 143,018 [R ] 9 – – – – – –
2015 0 4 90 26,220 58 [R ] 14,338 [R ] 742 104,458 9 145,915 [R ] 9 – – – – – –
2016 0 3 93 26,365 73 [R ] 14,858 [R ] 715 108,232 21 150,356 [R ] 6 – – – – – –
2017 0 3 98 26,781 19 [R ] 15,741 [R ] 660 108,443 28 151,771 [R ] 4 – – – – – –
2018 0 4 102 28,623 30 [R ] 15,816 [R ] 641 108,384 27 153,625 [R ] 13 – – – – – –
2019 0 4 108 28,796 24 [R ] 16,377 [R ] 623 110,844 [R ] 43 156,815 [R ] 19 – – – – – –
2020 0 5 102 28,574 23 11,480 566 98,473 1 139,218 16 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 1.1 2.5 3.5 18.6 (s) 18.2 3.3 181.6 3.1 228.4 0.0 232.0 0.0 232.0
1961 0.3 0.0 3.1 17.8 (s) 18.6 3.2 193.1 6.9 242.7 0.0 243.0 0.0 243.0
1962 0.3 3.6 3.7 19.4 (s) 20.7 3.3 195.7 3.2 246.0 0.0 249.9 0.0 249.9
1963 0.2 4.0 3.4 24.5 0.1 21.8 3.3 204.8 2.5 260.4 0.0 264.6 0.0 264.6
1964 0.2 4.3 3.7 26.8 (s) 22.4 3.4 210.6 2.7 269.7 0.0 274.2 0.0 274.2
1965 0.2 4.4 3.6 26.0 0.1 19.7 3.5 218.3 3.7 274.8 0.0 279.4 0.0 279.4
1966 0.2 4.2 1.8 28.6 0.1 21.1 3.6 231.3 4.4 290.9 0.0 295.2 0.0 295.2
1967 0.2 4.5 1.5 27.7 0.1 24.4 2.9 242.9 3.1 302.7 0.0 307.3 0.0 307.3
1968 0.1 5.0 1.5 31.6 0.1 28.5 3.2 257.0 1.8 323.9 0.0 328.9 0.0 328.9
1969 0.1 6.0 1.4 34.1 0.2 27.0 3.1 274.0 2.2 342.1 0.0 348.1 0.0 348.1
1970 0.1 6.3 0.8 36.7 0.2 25.7 3.2 288.9 2.2 357.7 0.0 364.0 0.0 364.0
1971 0.1 6.4 1.0 35.9 0.3 25.9 3.2 301.2 1.0 368.5 0.0 374.9 0.0 374.9
1972 (s) 6.2 1.2 38.2 0.4 22.6 3.4 326.2 0.8 392.9 0.0 399.1 0.0 399.1
1973 (s) 6.2 1.4 52.6 0.4 21.4 3.5 339.5 1.1 420.0 0.0 426.2 0.0 426.2
1974 (s) 4.6 1.2 52.2 0.4 21.3 3.3 342.0 1.2 421.7 0.0 426.4 0.0 426.4
1975 (s) 3.6 1.1 47.8 0.4 20.8 3.0 345.3 1.7 420.2 0.0 423.8 0.0 423.8
1976 (s) 2.8 0.8 52.2 0.5 20.3 3.4 361.7 1.3 440.1 0.0 443.0 0.0 443.0
1977 (s) 2.2 1.1 58.3 0.5 22.4 3.8 374.4 0.7 461.4 0.0 463.6 0.0 463.6
1978 0.0 2.7 1.3 60.8 0.6 23.8 4.1 389.6 0.6 480.7 0.0 483.4 0.0 483.4
1979 0.0 5.1 1.2 76.3 0.3 23.8 4.3 368.6 0.8 475.3 0.0 480.4 0.0 480.4
1980 0.0 5.9 1.1 62.4 0.2 28.7 3.8 341.0 0.6 437.8 0.0 443.8 0.0 443.8
1981 0.0 6.3 1.4 61.7 0.5 29.4 3.7 342.6 2.6 442.0 0.0 448.4 0.0 448.4
1982 0.0 6.9 0.9 63.4 0.6 31.8 3.4 340.0 1.5 441.6 0.0 448.5 0.0 448.5
1983 0.0 6.0 1.0 74.1 0.7 35.6 3.5 347.5 0.3 462.5 0.0 468.5 0.0 468.5
1984 0.0 5.8 0.8 77.1 0.8 35.5 3.8 354.4 0.3 472.7 0.0 478.7 0.0 478.7
1985 0.0 4.9 0.9 80.5 0.7 37.0 3.5 364.5 0.6 487.8 0.0 493.4 0.0 493.4
1986 0.0 5.2 1.1 87.8 0.7 39.7 3.4 381.1 0.8 514.6 0.0 519.8 0.0 519.8
1987 0.0 5.3 1.1 91.6 0.5 43.2 3.9 394.9 4.1 539.2 0.0 544.5 0.0 544.5
1988 0.0 5.4 1.2 108.7 0.6 46.4 3.7 407.2 2.6 570.3 0.0 575.7 0.0 575.7
1989 0.0 5.9 1.2 89.9 0.6 42.8 3.8 401.4 4.2 543.9 0.0 549.7 0.0 549.7
1990 0.0 6.5 1.1 92.1 0.6 30.8 3.9 398.9 3.2 530.6 0.0 537.1 0.0 537.1
1991 0.0 6.4 0.9 91.3 0.7 24.3 3.5 398.2 4.7 523.6 0.0 530.4 0.0 530.4
1992 0.0 6.7 0.8 97.9 0.6 26.0 3.6 399.5 4.1 532.4 0.0 539.3 0.0 539.3
1993 0.0 6.2 0.6 98.6 0.6 27.2 3.7 420.1 2.7 553.5 0.0 559.6 0.0 559.6
1994 0.0 6.0 0.7 111.7 1.1 24.5 3.8 430.0 1.3 573.2 0.0 579.2 0.0 579.2
1995 0.0 6.3 0.7 115.6 0.5 28.0 3.8 444.3 1.9 594.8 0.0 601.1 0.0 601.1
1996 0.0 7.7 0.7 119.5 0.5 51.7 3.6 452.5 2.1 630.7 0.0 638.4 0.0 638.4
1997 0.0 7.6 0.8 127.5 0.5 40.6 3.9 467.0 1.7 641.9 0.0 649.5 0.0 649.5
1998 0.0 7.0 0.7 129.4 0.8 38.3 4.0 483.4 0.9 657.6 0.0 664.6 0.0 664.6
1999 0.0 6.8 0.9 125.9 0.3 38.6 4.1 501.8 0.8 672.3 0.0 679.2 0.0 679.2
2000 0.0 7.4 0.7 145.0 0.4 41.3 4.0 502.9 0.8 695.1 0.0 702.5 0.0 702.5
2001 0.0 6.9 0.8 144.5 0.2 34.3 3.7 501.6 0.7 685.7 0.0 692.6 0.0 692.6
2002 0.0 6.3 0.5 145.8 0.5 27.4 3.6 511.6 5.0 694.4 0.0 700.8 0.0 700.8
2003 0.0 6.4 0.7 150.3 0.5 29.7 3.4 518.6 4.9 708.1 0.0 714.6 0.0 714.6
2004 0.0 5.2 0.5 162.7 0.5 30.6 3.4 529.9 2.5 730.2 0.0 735.5 0.0 735.5
2005 0.0 4.5 0.6 161.3 4.8 41.8 3.4 529.7 2.6 744.3 (s) 748.8 (s) 748.8
2006 0.0 4.8 0.5 161.3 4.5 30.2 3.3 533.5 1.2 734.6 (s) 739.6 (s) 739.6
2007 0.0 5.2 0.5 159.4 3.5 40.6 3.4 541.6 3.7 752.7 (s) 758.1 (s) 758.1
2008 0.0 5.5 0.6 136.2 5.9 29.6 3.2 570.4 4.6 750.4 (s) 756.1 (s) 756.2
2009 0.0 8.1 0.3 141.9 4.4 10.5 2.8 527.3 4.4 691.7 (s) 699.8 0.1 699.9
2010 0.0 8.2 0.8 146.8 0.2 [R ] 70.6 [R ] 4.3 530.1 2.5 755.2 [R ] (s) 763.4 [R ] 0.1 763.5 [R ]
2011 0.0 7.5 0.7 144.6 0.2 [R ] 70.9 [R ] 4.1 513.6 1.8 736.0 [R ] (s) 743.5 [R ] 0.1 743.5 [R ]
2012 0.0 5.5 0.7 134.4 0.2 [R ] 73.0 [R ] 3.7 504.0 (s) 716.0 [R ] (s) 721.5 [R ] 0.1 721.6 [R ]
2013 0.0 4.2 0.6 142.5 0.2 [R ] 78.2 [R ] 3.9 513.8 0.0 739.2 [R ] (s) 743.4 [R ] 0.1 743.5 [R ]
2014 0.0 4.1 0.4 150.0 0.2 81.4 [R ] 4.1 515.1 (s) 751.2 [R ] (s) 755.4 [R ] 0.1 755.4 [R ]
2015 0.0 4.6 0.5 151.1 0.2 81.3 [R ] 4.5 528.2 0.1 765.9 [R ] (s) 770.5 [R ] 0.1 770.6 [R ]
2016 0.0 2.9 0.5 151.8 0.3 [R ] 84.2 [R ] 4.3 547.1 0.1 788.4 [R ] (s) 791.3 [R ] (s) 791.3 [R ]
2017 0.0 3.4 0.5 154.2 0.1 89.3 [R ] 4.0 548.0 0.2 796.1 [R ] (s) 799.6 [R ] (s) 799.6 [R ]
2018 0.0 4.4 0.5 164.8 0.1 89.7 [R ] 3.9 547.8 0.2 807.0 [R ] (s) 811.4 [R ] 0.1 811.5 [R ]
2019 0.0 4.4 0.5 165.8 0.1 92.9 [R ] 3.8 560.0 0.3 823.4 [R ] 0.1 827.8 [R ] 0.1 827.9 [R ]
2020 0.0 5.0 0.5 164.5 0.1 65.1 3.4 497.5 (s) 731.1 0.1 736.1 0.1 736.2
aTransportation use of natural gas to operate pipelines and, since 1990, also includes vehicle fuel. hIncurred 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.
bBeginning in 2009, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. – – = Not applicable.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05.
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."		 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.
eBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1980 and 1981 due to the expanded coverage of fuel
ethanol beginning in 1981.		 Sources: Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.
gFor 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor
gasoline column.