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

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







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 0.90 1.44 1.10 1.18 0.78 2.90 0.44 0.86 0.56 1.01 7.02 2.07
1971 0.63 1.59 1.17 1.27 0.82 2.95 0.66 0.97 0.59 1.11 7.26 2.26
1972 1.05 1.79 1.17 1.29 0.82 2.89 0.66 0.97 0.60 1.15 8.08 2.48
1973 1.28 1.86 1.39 1.26 1.04 3.06 0.70 1.11 0.69 1.28 8.49 2.80
1974 1.75 2.11 2.30 2.10 2.33 4.21 1.90 2.17 1.06 2.15 12.91 4.49
1975 2.65 2.71 2.44 2.58 2.59 4.50 1.81 2.28 1.11 2.39 13.84 5.21
1976 1.82 3.35 2.62 2.90 2.41 4.69 1.79 2.36 1.19 2.53 13.64 5.34
1977 2.04 3.42 2.96 3.15 3.04 4.97 2.07 2.67 1.35 2.80 15.07 5.93
1978 1.80 3.24 3.14 3.31 3.23 5.10 1.99 2.83 1.43 2.94 15.49 6.27
1979 1.57 3.06 4.62 3.51 4.38 6.98 3.23 4.40 2.05 3.86 17.50 7.82
1980 1.67 5.00 6.46 5.06 9.72 3.96 6.03 2.85 5.41 20.45 10.62
1981 1.86 5.70 8.10 5.88 7.98 10.79 4.79 7.16 3.51 6.16 25.31 13.18
1982 2.01 6.62 7.85 6.06 8.04 10.12 4.55 6.87 3.40 6.64 23.99 12.67
1983 1.97 6.87 7.25 6.45 7.56 9.46 4.34 6.34 3.30 6.56 25.23 12.91
1984 2.39 6.34 7.18 5.81 9.43 8.85 5.35 6.52 3.35 6.38 25.58 12.57
1985 2.39 6.45 6.92 11.96 8.61 9.13 4.96 6.30 3.22 6.35 24.56 12.37
1986 2.53 6.21 4.74 11.30 8.69 7.36 2.85 3.94 2.58 4.71 23.01 9.80
1987 2.37 5.38 5.18 11.24 5.96 7.96 3.42 4.95 2.46 5.15 23.26 10.48
1988 2.52 5.65 5.02 10.97 5.58 8.40 2.83 4.46 2.49 5.00 22.62 10.60
1989 2.60 6.25 5.52 10.39 5.23 9.11 3.06 5.01 2.75 5.62 23.52 11.64
1990 2.58 6.04 6.95 10.91 6.69 10.03 3.35 5.70 2.83 5.81 26.21 12.79
1991 2.68 5.87 6.00 12.02 5.94 10.09 2.92 5.16 2.71 5.45 29.00 13.28
1992 2.64 6.21 5.82 10.05 5.01 9.83 2.71 4.84 2.48 5.52 29.51 13.74
1993 2.32 6.90 5.55 10.07 4.52 9.63 2.82 4.55 2.42 5.72 30.01 13.89
1994 2.23 7.33 5.60 9.96 5.46 9.94 2.82 4.71 2.35 6.12 29.41 12.95
1995 2.26 6.23 5.49 10.18 4.75 10.52 3.00 4.79 2.30 5.61 29.78 13.18
1996 2.30 6.82 6.12 11.24 5.71 10.82 3.62 5.33 2.64 6.15 30.02 13.03
1997 2.53 7.93 5.85 11.08 5.81 10.89 3.41 5.12 2.63 6.71 30.70 14.09
1998 2.29 7.91 4.88 9.89 4.77 9.28 2.82 4.59 2.27 6.60 27.55 13.77
1999 2.31 7.79 5.09 9.92 6.83 10.12 2.84 4.63 2.33 6.69 24.73 13.57
2000 2.00 8.17 8.42 12.67 10.44 12.85 4.65 7.29 3.50 7.81 28.95 15.16
2001 2.06 10.38 7.50 13.13 9.81 12.17 4.77 7.10 3.34 9.12 34.51 18.01
2002 2.41 9.76 6.94 11.57 9.84 11.59 4.24 6.70 3.03 8.53 25.93 15.07
2003 2.30 10.08 8.45 13.68 9.46 13.21 5.35 8.11 3.64 9.13 29.57 16.51
2004 2.41 11.46 10.17 15.08 11.34 15.45 5.40 8.98 4.14 10.35 30.86 18.11
2005 3.12 13.05 14.41 17.04 15.29 18.46 7.41 11.95 5.48 12.56 34.33 21.24
2006 3.48 15.67 16.54 18.93 18.17 21.30 9.05 14.55 6.31 15.21 39.59 25.89
2007 3.54 14.52 18.11 21.00 22.69 22.69 9.21 16.08 6.97 15.00 37.13 24.29
2008 15.16 24.74 24.51 27.36 26.44 12.80 22.19 8.59 17.24 45.12 29.57
2009 14.79 16.39 19.76 22.32 19.72 9.91 15.63 6.45 15.03 40.03 25.54
2010 14.13 19.74 22.82 25.30 23.47 14.17 19.53 7.61 15.74 38.39 25.86
2011 13.02 26.03 26.30 29.58 30.07 17.66 25.49 9.15 16.12 36.25 25.27
2012 11.95 26.73 21.98 31.66 31.05 19.48 25.98 10.19 15.24 34.78 24.52
2013 12.00 25.54 21.30 31.60 30.30 20.08 24.93 9.98 15.03 37.86 25.10
2014 12.53 25.17 22.93 31.99 29.12 18.81 24.80 9.73 16.07 42.67 26.53
2015 11.66 15.65 14.83 17.13 20.59 10.40 16.43 6.71 12.92 46.24 27.01
2016 10.83 13.13 13.72 13.66 18.53 7.65 14.42 5.73 11.68 43.60 26.16
2017 10.97 14.95 17.89 [R ] 17.08 20.81 10.41 17.01 [R ] 6.41 12.30 [R ] 44.54 26.65 [R ]
2018 12.60 19.47 19.39 [R ] 24.67 23.22 20.44 [R ] 7.09 14.39 [R ] 48.59 28.84 [R ]
2019 12.50 18.13 15.67 [R ] 23.04 21.76 12.82 18.58 [R ] 6.82 13.80 [R ] 48.02 28.44
2020 11.96 12.55 14.89 [R ] 14.96 18.32 10.08 15.17 [R ] 5.64 12.59 [R ] 46.73 28.21 [R ]
2021 12.83 19.37 22.36 [R ] 23.63 24.91 15.08 21.16 [R ] 6.77 15.13 [R ] 45.45 28.17 [R ]
2022 14.81 31.61 23.73 39.51 33.54 24.83 30.87 10.48 19.24 47.57 31.78
Expenditures in million dollars
1970 0.1 7.5 9.4 0.3 (s) 0.6 2.7 12.9 (s) 20.5 30.8 51.2
1971 0.1 7.3 10.4 0.3 (s) 0.6 4.6 15.9 (s) 23.3 35.4 58.6
1972 0.1 8.6 10.9 0.3 (s) 0.6 4.8 16.6 (s) 25.3 42.1 67.4
1973 0.1 8.8 12.2 0.3 (s) 0.6 4.8 18.0 (s) 26.9 47.7 74.5
1974 0.1 9.4 18.4 0.4 (s) 0.9 10.0 29.7 (s) 39.2 65.3 104.5
1975 0.2 11.6 19.3 0.6 (s) 1.0 6.9 27.7 (s) 39.5 74.4 113.9
1976 0.1 9.8 22.4 0.7 (s) 1.0 8.9 33.1 (s) 43.0 78.8 121.8
1977 0.1 10.4 25.0 0.8 (s) 1.1 10.8 37.8 (s) 48.4 89.2 137.5
1978 0.1 15.7 24.9 0.7 (s) 1.2 7.3 34.1 (s) 50.0 95.2 145.2
1979 0.1 19.1 33.4 0.6 (s) 1.6 5.4 41.0 (s) 60.2 111.9 172.1
1980 0.1 34.5 23.2 0.9 2.5 4.5 31.1 0.2 65.8 132.0 197.9
1981 0.2 40.0 18.0 1.1 (s) 2.9 5.7 27.8 0.2 68.2 162.2 230.4
1982 0.3 49.1 19.8 1.1 0.1 3.0 6.4 30.4 0.2 80.0 154.2 234.2
1983 0.3 49.6 24.4 1.4 0.1 2.0 8.2 36.1 0.2 86.1 170.3 256.4
1984 0.3 48.8 28.4 1.4 0.6 1.3 13.8 45.6 0.1 94.8 181.1 275.9
1985 0.2 50.6 19.9 5.0 0.2 1.5 17.2 43.8 0.2 94.8 181.0 275.7
1986 0.2 42.9 24.8 4.4 0.2 1.3 20.5 51.2 0.1 94.5 178.1 272.6
1987 0.2 52.0 30.7 5.1 0.2 1.5 10.9 48.5 0.1 100.7 190.2 290.9
1988 0.2 48.4 27.0 4.4 0.1 1.6 11.0 44.1 0.1 92.8 196.0 288.7
1989 0.2 56.2 27.8 4.3 0.1 1.8 8.7 42.8 0.3 99.4 211.0 310.5
1990 0.3 50.1 32.4 4.5 0.1 2.0 12.6 51.6 0.6 102.5 240.4 342.9
1991 0.2 49.8 31.4 5.1 (s) 1.9 10.8 49.2 0.6 99.8 264.3 364.1
1992 0.3 57.4 23.8 4.0 0.1 1.7 8.8 38.4 0.5 96.5 268.9 365.4
1993 0.1 65.3 22.1 4.8 0.1 0.5 11.3 38.7 0.7 104.8 278.3 383.1
1994 0.1 91.3 29.3 4.7 0.1 0.5 11.1 45.7 0.6 137.8 274.6 412.3
1995 0.1 77.3 23.7 4.3 0.8 0.5 9.4 38.7 0.6 116.8 283.5 400.3
1996 0.2 92.2 28.8 6.0 0.1 0.5 15.2 50.6 0.7 143.7 284.0 427.7
1997 0.2 101.0 25.3 5.3 1.8 0.6 13.0 46.1 0.6 147.9 300.8 448.7
1998 0.1 93.2 17.6 5.5 1.8 0.5 6.9 32.3 0.5 126.1 273.3 399.4
1999 0.1 94.8 15.1 3.9 1.5 0.5 6.6 27.7 0.5 123.1 280.5 403.6
2000 0.1 110.9 30.8 5.3 1.1 0.6 12.2 50.1 0.8 162.0 320.3 482.3
2001 0.1 136.9 27.5 4.8 5.5 2.7 12.9 53.4 0.7 191.0 389.5 580.6
2002 0.2 115.4 26.8 5.2 3.1 3.6 9.6 48.2 0.6 164.4 300.9 465.3
2003 0.2 117.8 49.7 7.0 0.3 4.0 12.5 73.5 0.8 192.3 352.1 544.4
2004 0.2 132.9 50.8 6.1 0.4 0.9 13.4 71.7 0.9 205.6 373.0 578.6
2005 0.2 147.1 57.5 6.8 0.8 1.1 20.3 86.7 0.3 234.3 425.0 659.3
2006 0.2 158.6 58.5 5.5 1.0 1.1 14.6 80.7 0.3 239.8 486.2 726.0
2007 0.1 167.7 72.0 7.2 0.1 1.2 13.6 94.0 0.4 262.2 470.1 732.3
2008 168.4 82.5 8.6 0.2 1.4 13.1 105.8 0.5 274.7 569.7 844.4
2009 162.4 80.7 6.9 (s) 1.0 9.4 98.0 0.8 261.2 504.1 765.3
2010 151.2 78.9 7.3 0.1 1.2 5.7 93.2 0.9 245.3 483.8 729.1
2011 144.5 79.2 9.9 0.1 1.5 4.9 95.6 1.0 241.2 452.7 693.9
2012 124.2 72.4 7.0 (s) 1.5 3.0 84.0 1.0 209.2 432.0 641.1
2013 143.9 80.2 8.3 (s) 1.5 3.2 93.2 1.2 238.3 473.7 712.0
2014 169.9 123.1 10.1 0.1 1.4 3.9 138.5 1.2 309.6 532.6 842.2
2015 144.1 48.9 6.2 (s) 20.8 1.9 77.9 1.1 223.1 584.5 807.6
2016 119.9 28.8 5.8 (s) 18.8 1.2 54.6 0.9 175.4 543.2 718.6
2017 128.1 30.6 7.2 [R ] (s) 21.5 0.1 59.4 [R ] 1.0 188.5 [R ] 547.5 736.1 [R ]
2018 165.3 42.7 14.9 [R ] 0.1 24.4 82.1 [R ] 0.8 248.2 [R ] 613.1 861.2 [R ]
2020 133.0 14.8 12.5 [R ] 0.1 19.5 0.1 47.0 [R ] 0.8 180.8 [R ] 566.2 747.0 [R ]
2021 148.4 53.2 17.2 [R ] 0.1 26.8 (s) 97.3 [R ] 0.9 246.6 [R ] 558.9 805.5 [R ]
2022 170.1 85.0 16.2 0.1 36.6 0.1 138.0 1.4 309.5 607.9 917.4
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/