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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 3.3 Consumer Price Estimates for Energy by Source, 1970-2010 (Dollars per Million Btu)
Table 3.3  Consumer Price Estimates for Energy by Source, 1970-2010
                      (Dollars 1 per Million Btu)





Year		 Primary Energy 2


Electric
Power
Sector 11,12



Retail
Electricity 13



Total
Energy 9,10,14



Coal

Natural
Gas 3		 Petroleum

Nuclear
Fuel


Biomass 8


Total 9,10
Distillate
Fuel Oil		 Jet
Fuel 4
LPG 5		 Motor
Gasoline 6		 Residual
Fuel Oil
Other 7
Total
1970 0.38 0.59 1.16 0.73 1.43 2.85 0.42 1.38 1.71 0.18 1.29 1.08 0.32 4.98 1.65
1971 .42 .63 1.22 .77 1.46 2.90 .58 1.45 1.78 .18 1.31 1.15 .38 5.30 1.76
1972 .45 .68 1.22 .79 1.49 2.88 .62 1.49 1.78 .18 1.33 1.18 .42 5.54 1.84
1973 .48 .73 1.46 .92 R 2.00 3.10 .75 1.58 1.97 .19 1.39 1.29 .47 5.86 2.02
1974 .88 .89 2.44 1.58 R 2.80 4.32 1.82 2.60 R 3.06 .20 1.50 1.94 .87 7.42 2.87
1975 1.03 1.18 2.60 2.05 R 2.96 4.65 1.93 2.94 R 3.35 .24 1.50 2.19 .97 8.61 3.33
1976 1.04 1.46 2.77 2.25 R 3.20 4.84 1.90 3.08 R 3.47 .25 1.53 2.34 1.03 9.13 3.57
1977 1.11 1.76 3.11 2.59 R 3.66 5.13 2.14 3.27 3.73 .27 1.58 2.58 1.17 10.11 3.98
1978 1.27 1.95 3.26 2.87 R 3.61 5.24 2.08 3.45 3.84 .30 1.61 R 2.72 1.27 10.92 4.23
1979 1.36 2.31 4.69 3.90 R 4.50 7.11 2.83 4.70 5.23 .34 1.88 3.47 1.50 11.78 5.21
1980 1.46 2.86 6.70 6.36 R 5.64 9.84 3.88 7.04 7.40 .43 2.26 4.57 1.77 13.95 6.89
1981 1.64 3.43 8.03 7.57 R 6.19 10.94 4.91 8.67 8.68 .48 2.52 5.25 2.04 16.14 8.03
1982 1.73 4.23 7.78 7.23 R 6.68 10.39 4.65 7.87 R 8.40 .54 2.60 R 5.33 2.05 18.16 8.46
1983 1.70 4.72 7.32 6.53 R 7.20 9.12 4.50 7.60 7.77 .58 2.44 R 5.12 2.02 18.62 8.39
1984 1.71 4.75 7.37 6.25 R 6.95 8.89 4.75 7.72 7.68 .67 2.53 5.04 2.02 18.50 R 8.29
1985 1.69 4.61 7.22 5.91 R 6.63 9.01 4.30 7.55 7.63 .71 2.47 R 4.93 1.91 19.05 8.37
1986 1.62 4.07 5.68 3.92 R 6.49 6.79 2.37 5.80 R 5.74 .70 2.12 3.97 1.60 19.05 7.30
1987 1.53 3.77 5.97 4.03 R 6.11 7.23 2.86 5.63 6.04 .71 2.07 4.00 1.57 18.74 7.34
1988 1.50 3.78 5.83 3.80 R 5.92 7.33 2.35 5.26 5.91 .73 2.09 3.89 1.49 18.68 7.26
1989 1.48 3.82 6.43 4.39 R 5.58 8.02 2.72 5.50 6.43 .70 1.42 4.07 1.51 18.98 R 7.56
1990 1.49 3.82 7.68 5.68 R 6.83 9.12 3.17 5.82 7.47 .67 1.32 R 4.46 1.48 19.32 R 8.25
1991 1.48 3.74 7.29 4.83 R 6.87 8.93 2.62 5.73 R 7.20 .63 1.39 R 4.29 1.40 19.84 R 8.21
1992 1.45 3.83 7.09 4.52 R 6.25 8.96 2.28 5.51 7.07 .59 1.32 4.24 1.38 20.06 8.13
1993 1.42 4.10 7.08 4.29 R 6.27 8.83 2.26 5.49 R 7.01 .56 1.28 R 4.26 1.40 20.38 8.25
1994 1.39 4.08 6.99 3.95 6.61 8.96 2.32 5.47 7.06 .56 1.39 4.27 1.36 20.33 8.30
1995 1.37 3.73 6.98 4.00 6.51 9.22 2.46 5.74 7.28 .54 1.40 4.23 1.29 20.29 8.28
1996 1.33 4.25 7.87 4.82 7.98 9.85 2.80 6.20 8.01 .51 1.25 4.63 1.35 20.16 8.75
1997 1.32 4.53 7.66 4.53 7.39 9.81 2.93 5.89 7.86 .51 1.15 4.66 1.38 20.13 8.80
1998 1.29 4.13 6.57 3.35 5.95 8.45 2.15 5.02 6.63 .50 1.27 4.08 1.32 19.80 8.20
1999 1.27 4.16 7.19 4.01 6.60 9.31 2.51 5.30 7.33 .48 1.34 4.37 1.33 19.52 8.53
2000 1.24 R 5.61 9.86 6.64 9.55 11.89 4.32 7.04 9.82 .46 R 1.57 5.70 1.71 20.03 10.28
2001 1.29 6.87 9.18 5.72 R 9.53 11.34 3.99 6.41 9.32 .44 2.08 5.83 1.85 21.41 10.73
2002 1.30 5.31 8.64 5.33 8.09 10.69 3.91 6.59 8.83 .43 2.19 5.25 1.54 21.15 10.06
2003 1.32 7.08 10.05 6.46 10.32 12.34 4.75 7.62 10.31 .42 1.98 6.28 1.84 21.85 11.42
2004 1.41 7.91 12.23 8.93 12.24 14.67 4.92 8.56 12.27 .42 2.17 7.37 2.00 22.38 12.87
2005 1.62 9.92 16.41 12.86 14.58 17.89 6.65 10.98 15.53 .43 3.10 9.24 2.61 23.92 15.55
2006 1.78 9.62 18.55 14.80 16.85 20.27 7.93 13.37 17.92 .44 R 3.13 10.21 2.48 26.15 17.36
2007 1.88 9.31 19.87 16.01 18.76 22.01 8.57 14.94 19.47 .46 R 3.32 R 10.74 2.68 26.84 18.24
2008 2.21 10.83 26.33 22.56 23.35 25.53 12.64 18.83 24.18 .47 R 3.69 12.93 3.21 28.64 21.37
2009 2.33 R 7.67 16.98 12.61 16.38 18.51 9.69 R 14.30 R 16.87 .55 R 3.27 9.37 R 2.45 28.90 R 17.02
2010 2.42 7.41 20.62 16.28 19.61 21.98 11.70 17.97 20.32 .62 3.45 10.63 2.62 28.92 18.73
1Prices are not adjusted for inflation.  See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary. 10Includes electricity imports, which are not separately displayed.  For 1981–1992, also includes fuel
ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor gasoline data for those years.
2Consumption-weighted average prices for all sectors, including the electric power sector. 11Electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS (North American
Industry Classification System) 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 are for electric
utilities and independent power producers.
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 12Consumption-weighted average electric power sector price for coal, natural gas, petroleum, nuclear
fuel, wood, waste, and electricity imports.
4Through 2004, includes kerosene-type and naphtha-type jet fuel.  Beginning in 2005, includes
kerosene-type jet fuel only.		 13Retail electricity prices paid by ultimate customers, reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996,
other energy service providers.
5Liquefied petroleum gases. 14Consumption-weighted average price for primary energy and retail electricity in the four end-use
sectors (residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation); excludes energy in the electric power
sector.
6Beginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. R=Revised.  
7Consumption-weighted average price for asphalt and road oil, aviation gasoline, kerosene, lubricants,
petrochemical feedstocks, petroleum coke, special naphthas, waxes, and miscellaneous petroleum
products.		 Notes:  ·  Prices include taxes where data are available.  ·  There are no direct fuel costs for
hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, or solar energy.
8Wood and wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste; excludes fuel ethanol and biodiesel.  Through
2000, also includes non-biomass waste.		 Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.cfm.
9Includes coal coke imports and exports, which are not separately displayed.  In 2010, coal coke
imports averaged 13.37 dollars per million Btu, and coal coke exports averaged 6.74 dollars per million Btu.		 Source:  U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Data 2010: Prices and Expenditures"
(June 2012), U.S. Table ET1. 
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