Table 1. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Northeast Census Region, 1997

Table 1. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Division in the Northeast Census Region, 1997 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Northeast Census Region | | |__________________________________________| | | | | | | | Census Division | | | |______________________________| | Total | | | | | U.S. | Total | Middle Atlantic| New England | |___________|___________|________________|_____________| RSE | | | | | Row RSE Column Factor: | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |Factors ________________________________|___________|___________|________________|_____________|_______ Million Households ______________________________________________________________ | | Total U.S. Households........... 101.5 19.7 14.4 5.3 | NF | Number of Households, Where the | Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 29.6 2.3 1.7 0.6 | 12.3 Natural Gas................... 53.5 9.2 7.7 1.5 | 9.5 Fuel Oil...................... 9.5 7.1 4.4 2.7 | 10.1 Kerosene...................... 1.0 0.4 0.2 Q | 30.2 LPG........................... 4.6 0.2 Q Q | 26.3 ______________________________________________________|_______ 1997 Heating Degree-Days (HDD65) per Household¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | 1997 Heating Degree-Days (HDD65) | per Household, Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 3,225 5,812 5,729 6,028 | 2.2 Natural Gas................... 4,710 5,801 5,773 5,954 | 1.7 Fuel Oil...................... 5,707 5,753 5,162 6,696 | 3.1 Kerosene...................... 4,959 6,647 5,739 7,557 | 8.3 LPG........................... 4,863 6,457 Q Q | 6.7 ______________________________________________________|_______ Physical Units per Household¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Physical Units of Space-Heating | Consumption per Household,² Where | the Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity (kWh)............. 3,760 5,284 5,291 5,265 | 6.2 Natural Gas (thousand cf)..... 65 79 78 81 | 3.3 Fuel Oil (gallons)............ 636 654 616 716 | 5.1 Kerosene (gallons)............ 307 415 389 441 | 14.3 LPG (gallons)................. 585 636 Q Q | 9.7 ______________________________________________________|_______ Dollars per Household (1997)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household,³ Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 270 534 522 565 | 4.9 Natural Gas................... 446 697 685 763 | 3.6 Fuel Oil...................... 629 641 599 707 | 5.3 Kerosene...................... 350 467 441 494 | 15.2 LPG........................... 567 718 Q Q | 8.6 _______________________________________________________________________________________|_______ See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Division in the Northeast Census Region, 1997 (Continued) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Northeast Census Region | | |__________________________________________| | | | | | | | Census Division | | | |______________________________| | Total | | | | | U.S. | Total | Middle Atlantic| New England | |___________|___________|________________|_____________| RSE | | | | | Row RSE Column Factor: | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |Factors ________________________________|___________|___________|________________|_____________|_______ Dollars per Household (2000-2001 Estimates)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household,³ Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 264 523 512 553 | 4.9 Natural Gas................... 678 1,060 1,041 1,160 | 3.6 Fuel Oil...................... 881 897 838 990 | 5.3 Kerosene...................... 489 654 617 692 | 15.2 LPG........................... 726 919 Q Q | 8.6 ______________________________________________________|_______ SAVINGS: Physical Units per Household¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Physical Units of Space-Heating | Consumption per Household | (SAVINGS),² Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity (kWh)............. 215 234 236 232 | 6.4 Natural Gas (thousand cf)..... 3 3 3 4 | 3.2 Fuel Oil (gallons)............ 28 29 29 29 | 5.2 Kerosene (gallons)............ 14 17 17 17 | 13.6 LPG (gallons)................. 27 27 Q Q | 10.6 ______________________________________________________|_______ SAVINGS: Dollars per Household (1997)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household (SAVINGS),³ Where the | Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 16 24 23 25 | 5.5 Natural Gas................... 22 31 30 33 | 3.4 Fuel Oil...................... 28 28 28 29 | 5.6 Kerosene...................... 16 19 20 19 | 15.1 LPG........................... 27 30 Q Q | 10.2 ______________________________________________________|_______ SAVINGS: Dollars per Household (2000-2001 Estimates)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household (SAVINGS),³ Where the | Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 15 23 23 24 | 5.5 Natural Gas................... 33 47 46 50 | 3.4 Fuel Oil...................... 39 40 39 41 | 5.6 Kerosene...................... 23 27 27 26 | 15.1 LPG........................... 35 39 Q Q | 10.2 _______________________________________________________________________________________|_______ See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Division in the Northeast Census Region, 1997 (Continued) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Northeast Census Region | | |__________________________________________| | | | | | | | Census Division | | | |______________________________| | Total | | | | | U.S. | Total | Middle Atlantic| New England | |___________|___________|________________|_____________| RSE | | | | | Row RSE Column Factor: | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |Factors ________________________________|___________|___________|________________|_____________|_______ Percent Savings¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Btu Consumption | per Household (PERCENT),² Where | the Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 5.72 4.44 4.45 4.40 | 1.7 Natural Gas................... 4.76 4.41 4.43 4.35 | 1.2 Fuel Oil...................... 4.44 4.45 4.71 4.09 | 2.2 Kerosene...................... 4.69 4.09 4.45 3.76 | 6.7 LPG........................... 4.65 4.25 Q Q | 4.1 _______________________________________________________________________________________|_______ ¹ Averages are for those households using each of the main space-heating fuels. ² Includes only the space-heating consumption of the space-heating fuel. Not included are: 1) the consumption of the main space-heating fuel for uses other than space heating; 2) the consumption of the main space-heating fuel where it is the secondary, and not the main, space-heating fuel, and; 3) the consumption of other fuels that are used as secondary space-heating fuels. ³ Includes only the space-heating expenditures of the space-heating fuel. Not included are: 1) the expenditures of the main space-heating fuel for uses other than space heating; 2) the expenditures of the main space-heating fuel where it is the secondary, and not the main, space-heating fuel, and; 3) the expenditures of other fuels that are used as secondary space-heating fuels. NF = No applicable RSE row factor. Q = Data withheld either because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were sampled. Notes: • To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the corresponding column and row factors. • Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. • See "Glossary" for definition of terms used in this report. Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Forms EIA-457 A-G of the 1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey. and EIA, Short-Term Integrated Forecasting system database, February 2001.

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