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Table ET4. Commercial sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2022, California

Table ET4. Commercial sector energy price and expenditure estimates, 1970-2022, California







Year
Primary energy




Electricity i




Total
energy f,g,h



Coal


Natural
gas a
Petroleum Biomass


Total f,g,h
Distillate
fuel oil

HGL b

Kerosene
Motor
gasoline c
Residual
fuel oil

Total d
Wood and
waste e,f
Prices in dollars per million Btu
1970 0.63 0.69 1.12 1.35 0.78 2.80 0.40 0.78 0.82 0.71 5.02 2.08
1971 0.53 0.72 1.18 1.44 0.80 2.84 0.63 0.94 0.86 0.77 5.31 2.15
1972 0.61 0.77 1.18 1.47 0.81 2.79 0.79 1.14 0.87 0.85 5.63 2.51
1973 0.81 1.41 1.59 1.09 3.08 0.93 1.30 1.00 0.91 6.14 2.75
1974 1.02 0.94 2.37 2.42 2.26 4.47 1.97 2.36 1.54 1.25 8.04 3.54
1975 1.22 2.60 2.68 2.50 4.84 2.45 2.92 1.62 1.48 8.73 4.36
1976 1.51 2.90 2.91 2.84 5.04 2.26 3.07 1.74 1.77 9.61 5.12
1977 1.97 3.00 3.50 2.97 5.33 2.35 3.29 1.96 2.21 12.04 6.30
1978 1.40 2.13 3.04 3.96 3.11 5.48 2.51 3.59 2.08 2.42 13.10 6.90
1979 1.60 2.61 4.38 4.01 4.31 7.47 3.15 4.51 2.98 2.92 13.07 6.96
1980 1.82 3.82 6.60 4.98 6.38 10.19 4.90 5.98 4.15 4.30 17.99 9.55
1981 2.06 4.19 7.54 5.78 7.27 11.33 6.50 7.05 5.10 5.07 19.30 10.66
1982 2.31 5.08 7.49 6.60 6.89 10.82 6.62 7.35 4.95 5.60 21.78 12.28
1983 2.37 6.08 6.27 6.83 8.39 8.96 5.97 6.75 4.79 6.22 21.41 12.75
1984 2.39 6.70 6.00 6.67 8.29 8.74 4.49 6.22 4.88 6.56 22.03 13.90
1985 2.25 6.39 5.93 9.48 11.15 8.68 3.93 7.46 4.69 6.53 23.61 15.05
1986 5.65 3.52 8.96 4.97 6.68 2.16 4.40 3.76 5.37 24.19 14.98
1987 2.09 5.28 4.15 8.45 4.69 6.95 2.60 5.05 3.58 5.23 23.47 14.10
1988 1.94 4.55 3.82 8.50 5.07 7.08 2.09 4.78 3.62 4.59 24.15 13.75
1989 1.93 4.69 4.78 7.66 5.37 7.66 2.30 5.53 3.99 4.81 25.33 14.48
1990 2.00 4.96 5.63 8.95 7.44 8.57 3.00 6.44 4.66 5.16 26.32 15.03
1991 1.97 5.36 5.29 9.26 5.88 8.18 2.24 6.19 4.47 5.46 28.13 15.85
1992 1.83 5.01 5.01 9.26 5.28 9.19 2.25 7.07 4.09 5.17 29.07 16.67
1993 1.85 5.81 5.24 9.17 5.78 9.14 2.14 6.56 3.93 5.81 29.28 17.71
1994 1.87 6.99 4.81 10.13 5.05 9.13 2.41 6.54 3.65 6.86 30.38 18.50
1995 1.76 6.14 5.11 10.22 5.10 9.27 2.70 6.45 3.04 6.08 30.09 17.67
1996 1.70 5.76 6.06 11.46 5.32 10.03 2.95 7.46 3.64 5.80 28.23 17.60
1997 1.74 6.30 5.45 11.67 4.95 10.27 2.78 7.05 3.47 6.28 28.57 17.99
1998 1.78 5.99 4.16 10.19 6.63 9.01 2.00 6.16 2.97 5.94 26.96 16.61
1999 1.73 6.05 5.45 10.49 6.58 10.52 7.11 2.72 6.09 27.08 17.45
2000 1.66 7.88 7.97 13.35 9.87 12.55 4.31 9.50 3.81 7.96 28.91 19.72
2001 1.61 9.19 6.99 14.52 8.99 12.27 3.51 8.71 3.93 9.07 34.50 23.56
2002 1.64 5.96 6.52 12.06 9.19 11.19 8.29 3.22 6.07 38.00 24.64
2003 1.68 7.99 7.90 12.99 9.10 13.78 10.39 3.93 8.08 36.57 24.78
2004 1.76 8.46 10.91 14.87 11.61 16.30 13.26 4.02 8.77 34.11 24.08
2005 2.12 10.45 14.85 17.84 13.76 18.96 16.33 4.29 10.80 34.92 25.28
2006 2.39 10.20 17.14 20.49 22.13 21.47 18.93 3.84 10.59 37.79 26.96
2007 9.91 18.32 22.25 24.26 23.34 20.25 4.84 10.53 37.57 26.68
2008 11.43 24.46 25.91 30.07 26.96 25.12 5.83 12.63 36.77 26.96
2009 7.55 14.76 19.98 25.27 20.56 16.47 4.59 8.39 38.90 26.30
2010 8.13 18.93 21.61 27.17 24.76 19.80 5.19 9.53 38.38 26.30
2011 8.13 25.42 26.35 32.46 30.51 25.87 3.93 9.99 38.24 26.50
2012 6.91 26.06 19.31 33.86 32.24 24.50 3.49 8.58 39.29 26.31
2013 7.61 25.39 20.35 33.54 31.08 24.28 3.60 9.04 41.63 27.49
2014 8.80 23.94 21.11 33.37 29.99 15.94 23.31 3.91 10.08 45.78 30.97
2015 7.75 15.13 13.23 17.21 25.47 8.31 21.51 2.46 10.80 46.12 30.05
2016 8.13 12.79 13.40 13.72 22.01 6.11 18.51 1.89 10.44 44.18 28.63
2017 8.46 15.25 16.88 [R ] 17.12 24.37 21.05 [R ] 2.01 11.36 [R ] 46.20 30.21
2018 8.29 18.85 18.37 [R ] 24.73 28.09 24.43 [R ] 2.09 12.02 [R ] 47.90 30.96
2019 9.10 18.12 14.61 [R ] 23.09 29.10 24.31 [R ] 2.71 12.54 [R ] 48.86 31.38 [R ]
2020 9.46 12.75 13.81 [R ] 15.00 24.79 20.79 [R ] 2.16 12.00 [R ] 51.38 32.61 [R ]
2021 11.64 19.29 21.22 [R ] 23.69 32.46 27.45 [R ] 2.43 15.43 [R ] 56.21 36.46 [R ]
2022 15.59 29.27 22.52 39.11 42.81 36.53 3.35 20.49 63.93 43.19
Expenditures in million dollars
1970 0.7 152.9 4.3 8.1 2.3 21.8 21.8 58.2 0.1 211.9 696.1 908.0
1971 (s) 181.6 5.3 9.0 2.5 22.1 37.1 75.9 0.1 257.7 774.0 1,031.7
1972 (s) 188.1 5.8 7.9 2.9 21.9 31.0 69.5 0.1 257.8 911.8 1,169.6
1973 198.0 8.3 7.9 2.5 25.3 40.7 84.8 0.1 282.9 1,033.6 1,316.5
1974 (s) 227.2 9.9 11.3 8.6 37.7 91.3 158.7 0.2 386.1 1,261.2 1,647.3
1975 309.6 9.8 8.4 9.2 41.2 67.4 136.1 0.3 445.9 1,723.0 2,168.9
1976 349.1 13.9 8.5 10.1 54.0 53.0 139.6 0.3 488.9 1,989.4 2,478.3
1977 471.7 16.9 9.4 15.9 71.5 60.3 174.0 0.4 646.1 2,498.7 3,144.8
1978 0.1 497.0 18.3 17.7 18.5 88.4 60.8 203.8 0.4 701.4 2,740.5 3,441.8
1979 0.1 706.4 36.1 23.3 5.9 98.1 79.9 243.3 0.7 950.5 2,801.8 3,752.3
1980 0.1 1,027.9 124.0 28.5 8.0 96.1 209.9 466.5 1.7 1,496.2 3,894.7 5,391.0
1981 0.1 1,037.2 164.0 29.5 22.8 92.8 466.1 775.2 2.5 1,815.1 4,465.9 6,281.0
1982 0.1 1,256.1 191.7 34.0 12.7 82.4 228.5 549.2 2.1 1,807.8 4,936.6 6,744.3
1983 0.1 1,367.2 250.1 41.6 5.4 81.6 20.2 398.8 2.5 1,768.9 4,596.7 6,365.6
1984 1.5 1,333.6 280.9 34.2 10.8 69.3 38.2 433.4 3.0 1,771.7 5,364.8 7,136.6
1985 2.2 1,359.7 118.0 58.9 22.3 80.2 0.9 280.3 3.2 1,645.5 5,928.2 7,573.6
1986 1,070.4 117.6 42.8 3.2 61.6 13.0 238.2 2.9 1,311.5 6,167.8 7,479.3
1987 (s) 1,153.9 140.8 51.6 4.5 92.0 15.5 304.4 4.2 1,462.7 6,228.1 7,690.8
1988 0.2 1,162.5 130.8 57.2 2.5 65.9 10.8 267.3 4.7 1,434.9 6,653.8 8,088.7
1989 0.4 1,264.2 130.0 55.8 1.3 71.7 10.7 269.6 12.1 1,546.4 7,252.9 8,799.3
1990 0.9 1,460.5 134.1 59.8 0.8 86.8 16.7 298.2 16.1 1,775.9 7,931.4 9,707.2
1991 1.7 1,582.1 136.4 74.8 0.8 70.8 10.7 293.4 16.1 1,893.5 8,263.6 10,157.1
1992 (s) 1,466.7 66.3 51.7 0.6 71.7 0.6 190.9 15.5 1,673.1 8,713.0 10,386.1
1993 5.0 1,510.0 72.0 53.6 0.6 12.5 0.2 138.9 13.9 1,667.7 8,647.0 10,314.8
1994 6.1 1,865.6 65.2 58.3 0.4 10.8 0.1 134.7 13.1 2,019.6 8,763.3 10,782.9
1995 4.8 1,730.8 94.1 58.0 0.8 11.4 0.1 164.3 13.9 1,913.8 8,832.3 10,746.1
1996 6.2 1,399.8 90.2 54.3 2.1 12.1 0.2 158.9 16.1 1,581.1 8,534.8 10,115.9
1997 3.9 1,627.6 78.8 50.0 1.2 12.5 (s) 142.4 12.8 1,786.8 8,997.8 10,784.5
1998 4.3 1,786.0 64.4 72.1 2.4 11.7 0.7 151.3 9.8 1,951.4 9,113.7 11,065.2
1999 1.0 1,502.5 87.0 69.6 1.1 12.9 170.6 10.5 1,684.6 8,847.9 10,532.4
2000 0.8 1,858.2 143.9 82.6 2.9 15.5 (s) 244.9 16.9 2,120.7 9,852.9 11,973.6
2001 (s) 2,293.3 115.4 61.7 3.2 15.7 0.6 196.6 17.2 2,507.1 12,642.5 15,149.6
2002 (s) 1,446.5 83.1 59.6 1.4 14.7 158.8 17.7 1,623.0 14,130.8 15,753.8
2003 (s) 1,898.2 82.5 108.7 2.4 18.7 212.4 23.6 2,134.3 13,672.0 15,806.3
2004 0.3 1,998.7 105.6 175.7 4.7 23.0 308.9 25.4 2,333.3 13,846.0 16,179.3
2005 0.9 2,491.6 170.0 165.5 4.6 27.0 367.1 24.9 2,884.6 14,007.1 16,891.7
2006 0.1 2,549.4 147.3 141.1 6.8 31.7 326.9 25.5 2,901.8 15,636.1 18,537.9
2007 2,560.4 194.3 172.1 4.2 33.6 404.2 29.1 2,993.7 15,854.4 18,848.1
2008 2,949.8 402.4 258.8 2.4 38.1 701.6 35.7 3,687.1 15,684.2 19,371.3
2009 1,920.3 299.4 159.4 2.9 28.1 489.8 29.9 2,439.9 16,074.7 18,514.6
2010 2,058.4 516.5 186.4 5.1 33.0 741.1 35.2 2,834.6 15,863.5 18,698.1
2011 2,040.5 614.6 222.1 4.7 40.1 881.4 49.9 2,971.8 16,018.1 18,989.9
2012 1,784.7 566.2 165.3 1.6 41.7 774.8 49.8 2,609.3 16,327.2 18,936.5
2013 1,990.3 510.9 165.5 1.5 42.2 720.1 52.1 2,762.5 16,597.9 19,360.4
2014 2,151.0 461.7 205.3 1.7 39.0 0.1 707.7 55.7 2,914.4 18,663.2 21,577.6
2015 1,895.8 317.5 105.9 0.8 1,290.4 (s) 1,714.6 32.0 [R ] 3,642.4 [R ] 18,627.1 22,269.4
2016 1,995.3 270.5 147.0 1.1 1,117.9 (s) 1,536.5 23.0 3,554.7 17,603.2 21,157.9
2017 2,079.2 328.1 185.6 [R ] 1.0 1,254.9 1,769.7 [R ] 22.1 [R ] 3,870.9 [R ] 18,552.2 22,423.2 [R ]
2018 2,125.5 391.6 230.1 [R ] 1.1 1,473.4 2,096.2 [R ] 23.3 [R ] 4,245.0 [R ] 18,924.3 23,169.3 [R ]
2020 2,275.2 198.2 172.8 [R ] 0.7 1,316.4 1,688.2 [R ] 22.9 3,986.3 [R ] 18,757.4 22,743.7 [R ]
2021 2,889.8 425.6 [R ] 300.1 [R ] 1.3 1,738.4 2,465.4 [R ] 25.7 5,380.9 [R ] 20,861.1 26,242.0 [R ]
2022 3,978.0 599.6 317.4 1.8 2,355.2 3,274.0 36.2 7,288.2 24,896.3 32,184.5
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. hFor 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included
in the motor gasoline column.
bHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. iElectricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996,
other energy service providers.
cBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. There is a discontinuity
in the expenditure series between 2014 and 2015 because of changes in consumption estimates
from the source. See Consumption Technical Notes, Section 4.
Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.05 million dollars.
dIncludes small amounts of petroleum coke not shown separately. Where shown, — = No consumption, including cases where adjustments were made. See
explanation of adjustments in Section 7 of the Technical Notes.
eWood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Notes: · Expenditure totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. ·
The commercial sector includes commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial
electricity-only plants.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded
coverage of the use of wood and biomass waste beginning in 1989.
Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
gThere are no direct fuel costs for hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, or wind energy. Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See
Technical Notes. http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/