Table 3.3 Consumer Price Estimates for Energy by Source, 1970-2004 (Nominal Dollars per Million Btu)

Table 3.3 Consumer Price Estimates for Energy by Source, 1970-2004
(Nominal Dollars ¹ per Million Btu)

Year

Primary Energy ²

Electric
Power
Sector ¹⁰^,11

Retail
Electricity ¹²

Total
Energy ⁸^,9^,13

Coal

Natural
Gas ³

Petroleum

Nuclear
Fuel

Biomass ⁷

Total ⁸^,9

Distillate
Fuel Oil

Jet
Fuel

LPG ⁴

Motor
Gasoline ⁵

Residual
Fuel Oil

Other ⁶

Total

1970

0.38

0.59

1.16

0.73

1.46

2.85

0.42

1.38

1.72

0.18

1.29

1.08

0.32

4.98

1.65

1971

.42

.63

1.22

.77

1.49

2.90

.58

1.45

1.79

.18

1.31

1.15

.38

5.30

1.76

1972

.45

.68

1.22

.79

1.52

2.88

.62

1.49

1.78

.18

1.33

1.18

.42

5.54

1.84

1973

.48

.73

1.46

.92

2.02

3.10

.75

1.58

1.97

.19

1.39

1.29

.47

5.86

2.02

1974

.88

.89

2.44

1.58

2.81

4.32

1.82

2.60

3.06

.20

1.50

1.94

.87

7.42

2.87

1975

1.03

1.18

2.60

2.05

2.97

4.65

1.93

2.94

3.35

.24

1.50

2.19

.96

8.61

3.33

1976

1.04

1.46

2.77

2.25

3.21

4.84

1.90

3.08

3.47

.25

1.53

2.34

1.03

9.13

3.57

1977

1.11

1.76

3.11

2.59

3.65

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

3.60

5.24

2.08

3.45

3.84

.30

1.61

2.71

1.26

10.92

4.23

1979

1.36

2.31

4.69

3.90

4.50

7.11

2.83

4.70

5.23

.34

1.88

3.47

1.49

11.78

5.21

1980

1.46

2.86

6.70

6.36

5.64

9.84

3.88

7.04

7.40

.43

2.26

4.57

^R1.77

13.95

6.89

1981

1.64

3.43

8.03

7.57

6.18

10.94

4.91

8.67

8.68

.48

2.52

5.24

2.02

16.14

8.03

1982

1.73

4.23

7.78

7.23

6.66

10.39

4.65

7.87

8.40

.54

2.60

5.32

2.03

18.16

8.46

1983

1.70

4.72

7.32

6.53

7.17

9.12

4.50

7.60

7.77

.58

2.44

5.11

2.00

18.62

8.39

1984

1.71

4.75

7.37

6.25

6.93

8.89

4.75

7.67

7.68

.67

2.53

5.03

2.00

18.50

8.28

1985

1.69

4.61

7.22

5.91

6.55

9.01

4.30

7.55

7.63

.71

2.47

4.92

1.88

19.05

8.37

1986

1.62

4.07

5.68

3.92

6.44

6.79

2.37

5.80

5.73

.70

2.12

3.97

^R1.59

19.05

7.30

1987

1.53

3.77

5.97

4.03

6.07

7.23

2.86

5.63

6.04

.71

2.07

3.99

1.55

18.74

7.34

1988

1.50

3.78

5.83

3.80

5.88

7.33

2.35

5.26

5.91

.73

2.09

3.89

1.47

18.68

7.26

1989

1.48

3.82

6.43

4.39

5.54

8.02

2.72

5.50

6.43

.70

1.42

4.07

^R1.51

18.98

7.55

1990

1.49

3.82

7.68

5.68

6.77

9.12

3.17

5.82

7.47

.67

1.32

4.45

^R1.48

19.32

8.25

1991

1.48

3.74

7.29

4.83

6.81

8.93

2.62

5.74

7.20

.63

1.39

4.28

1.39

19.84

8.20

1992

1.45

3.83

7.09

4.52

6.21

8.96

2.28

5.52

7.07

.59

1.32

4.24

1.37

20.06

8.13

1993

1.42

4.10

7.08

4.29

6.23

8.83

2.26

5.50

7.01

.56

1.28

4.25

1.39

20.38

8.25

1994

1.39

4.08

6.99

3.95

6.66

8.96

2.32

5.47

7.06

.56

1.39

4.27

1.35

20.33

8.30

1995

1.37

3.73

6.98

4.00

6.56

9.22

2.46

5.74

7.29

.54

1.40

4.23

1.28

20.29

8.28

1996

1.33

4.25

7.87

4.82

8.03

9.85

2.80

6.19

8.02

.51

1.25

4.63

1.34

20.16

8.75

1997

1.32

4.53

7.66

4.53

7.43

9.81

2.93

5.88

7.86

.51

1.15

^R4.65

1.36

20.13

8.80

1998

1.29

4.13

6.57

3.35

6.01

8.45

2.15

5.04

6.64

.50

1.27

4.07

1.30

19.80

8.20

1999

1.27

4.16

7.19

4.01

6.65

9.31

2.51

5.30

7.33

.48

1.34

4.36

1.31

19.52

8.53

2000

1.24

5.62

9.86

6.60

10.20

12.01

4.32

6.97

9.91

.46

1.58

5.71

1.64

20.03

10.33

2001

1.29

6.87

9.17

5.72

9.61

11.35

3.99

6.37

9.32

.44

1.61

5.79

1.78

21.49

10.73

2002

^R1.31

5.27

8.63

5.33

8.15

10.67

^R3.91

^R6.58

8.82

^R.43

^R1.62

5.23

1.51

21.21

10.07

2003

1.32

7.00

10.04

6.46

10.41

12.34

4.75

7.60

10.32

.42

1.78

6.26

1.80

21.81

11.41

2004

1.41

7.95

12.22

8.93

12.32

14.57

4.92

8.46

12.22

.42

2.03

7.35

1.96

22.40

12.91

¹See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary.

¹⁰Electricity-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.

²Consumption-weighted average prices for all sectors, including the electric power sector.

¹¹Consumption-weighted average electric power sector price for coal, natural gas, petroleum, nuclear
fuel, wood, waste, and electricity imports.

³Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels.

¹²Retail electricity prices paid by ultimate customers, reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996,
other energy service providers.

⁴Liquefied petroleum gases.

¹³Consumption-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.

⁵Beginning in 1993, includes ethanol blended into motor gasoline.

R=Revised.

⁶Consumption-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.

⁷Wood and waste; excludes ethanol and biodiesel.

Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/_seds.html.

⁸Includes coal coke imports and exports, which are not separately displayed. In 2004, coal coke
imports averaged 7.23 dollars per million Btu, and coal coke exports averaged 3.28 dollars per million Btu.

Source: Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Data 2004: Prices and Expenditures" (June
2007), U.S. Table 1.

⁹Includes electricity imports, which are not separately displayed. Also, in 1981-1992, includes ethanol
blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor gasoline data for those years.