Table 4. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Division in the West Census Region, 1997

Table 4. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Division in the West Census Region, 1997 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | West Census Region | | |__________________________________________| | | | | | | | Census Division | | | |______________________________| | Total | | | | | U.S. | Total | Mountain | Pacific | |___________|___________|________________|_____________| RSE | | | | | Row RSE Column Factor: | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 |Factors ________________________________|___________|___________|________________|_____________|_______ Million Households ______________________________________________________________ | | Total U.S. Households........... 101.5 21.8 6.2 15.6 | NF | Number of Households, Where the | Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 29.6 7.1 1.7 5.4 | 7.0 Natural Gas................... 53.5 12.7 4.0 8.7 | 3.6 Fuel Oil...................... 9.5 0.2 Q Q | 22.4 Kerosene...................... 1.0 Q Q Q | 35.6 LPG........................... 4.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 | 24.9 ______________________________________________________|_______ 1997 Heating Degree-Days (HDD65) per Household¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | 1997 Heating Degree-Days (HDD65) | per Household, Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 3,225 3,354 3,524 3,302 | 6.2 Natural Gas................... 4,710 3,136 5,262 2,157 | 4.5 Fuel Oil...................... 5,707 5,258 Q Q | 6.9 Kerosene...................... 4,959 Q Q Q | 18.8 LPG........................... 4,863 5,150 6,513 3,768 | 7.5 ______________________________________________________|_______ Physical Units per Household¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Physical Units of Space-Heating | Consumption per Household,² Where | the Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity (kWh)............. 3,760 3,518 3,044 3,662 | 5.6 Natural Gas (thousand cf)..... 65 39 59 29 | 5.0 Fuel Oil (gallons)............ 636 595 Q Q | 13.0 Kerosene (gallons)............ 307 Q Q Q | 22.6 LPG (gallons)................. 585 507 635 377 | 7.2 ______________________________________________________|_______ Dollars per Household (1997)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household,³ Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 270 221 214 224 | 5.4 Natural Gas................... 446 225 306 188 | 4.4 Fuel Oil...................... 629 676 Q Q | 15.2 Kerosene...................... 350 Q Q Q | 22.7 LPG........................... 567 495 556 434 | 6.1 _______________________________________________________________________________________|_______ See footnotes at end of table.

Table 4. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Division in the West Census Region, 1997 (Continued) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | West Census Region | | |__________________________________________| | | | | | | | Census Division | | | |______________________________| | Total | | | | | U.S. | Total | Mountain | Pacific | |___________|___________|________________|_____________| RSE | | | | | Row RSE Column Factor: | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 |Factors ________________________________|___________|___________|________________|_____________|_______ Dollars per Household (2000-2001 Estimates)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household,³ Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 264 217 210 219 | 5.4 Natural Gas................... 678 342 464 285 | 4.4 Fuel Oil...................... 881 946 Q Q | 15.2 Kerosene...................... 489 Q Q Q | 22.7 LPG........................... 726 634 711 555 | 6.1 ______________________________________________________|_______ SAVINGS: Physical Units per Household¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Physical Units of Space-Heating | Consumption per Household | (SAVINGS),² Where the Main | Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity (kWh)............. 215 213 169 227 | 5.0 Natural Gas (thousand cf)..... 3 2 3 2 | 4.1 Fuel Oil (gallons)............ 28 30 Q Q | 13.8 Kerosene (gallons)............ 14 Q Q Q | 18.4 LPG (gallons)................. 27 24 25 23 | 6.4 ______________________________________________________|_______ SAVINGS: Dollars per Household (1997)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household (SAVINGS),³ Where the | Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 16 15 13 16 | 5.3 Natural Gas................... 22 16 14 16 | 4.4 Fuel Oil...................... 28 35 Q Q | 16.7 Kerosene...................... 16 Q Q Q | 19.7 LPG........................... 27 24 22 27 | 7.1 ______________________________________________________|_______ SAVINGS: Dollars per Household (2000-2001 Estimates)¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Expenditures per | Household (SAVINGS),³ Where the | Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 15 15 12 15 | 5.3 Natural Gas................... 33 24 22 25 | 4.4 Fuel Oil...................... 39 48 Q Q | 16.7 Kerosene...................... 23 Q Q Q | 19.7 LPG........................... 35 31 28 34 | 7.1 _______________________________________________________________________________________|_______ See footnotes at end of table.

Table 4. Dollars Saved per Household for a 1° F Lower Thermostat Setting by Division in the West Census Region, 1997 (Continued) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | West Census Region | | |__________________________________________| | | | | | | | Census Division | | | |______________________________| | Total | | | | | U.S. | Total | Mountain | Pacific | |___________|___________|________________|_____________| RSE | | | | | Row RSE Column Factor: | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 |Factors ________________________________|___________|___________|________________|_____________|_______ Percent Savings¹ ______________________________________________________________ | | Space-Heating Btu Consumption | per Household (PERCENT),² Where | the Main Space-Heating Fuel Is: | Electricity................... 5.72 6.06 5.54 6.19 | 2.5 Natural Gas................... 4.76 6.44 4.42 8.33 | 2.8 Fuel Oil...................... 4.44 5.01 Q Q | 5.0 Kerosene...................... 4.69 Q Q Q | 12.2 LPG........................... 4.65 4.67 3.91 5.99 | 3.7 _______________________________________________________________________________________|_______ 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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