Table 3.  Commercial Sector Energy Price and Expenditure Estimates, Selected Years, 1970-2007, District of Columbia







Year
Primary Energy




Retail Electricity




Total
Energy f,g,h



Coal


Natural
Gas a
Petroleum Biomass


Total f,g,h
Distillate
Fuel Oil

Kerosene

LPG b
Motor
Gasoline c
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total d
Wood and
Waste e,f
Prices in Nominal Dollars per Million Btu
1970
0.11 1.09   1.12 1.33 1.03 2.86 0.46 0.61   0.73   0.72   6.86 1.41  
1971
0.47 1.13   1.14 1.34 0.96 2.93 0.67 0.77   0.77   0.86   7.43 1.65  
1972
0.23 1.20   1.14 1.34 1.04 3.01 0.64 0.78   0.78   0.92   7.76 1.90  
1973
0.33 1.24   1.32 1.54 1.01 3.12 0.75 0.92   0.88   1.02   8.21 2.17  
1974
1.05 1.41   2.23 2.53 2.09 4.49 1.97 2.11   1.38   1.80   11.64 3.55  
1975
1.25 1.96   2.39 2.70 2.75 4.85 2.02 2.28   1.45   2.11   12.49 4.63  
1976
1.10 2.13   2.57 2.85 3.07 5.08 1.88 2.38   1.55   2.21   13.35 4.84  
1977
2.68   2.98 3.54 3.41 5.39 2.23 2.73   1.75   2.70   14.93 5.66  
1978
2.92   3.20 3.32 3.98 5.46 2.10 2.84   1.85   2.89   16.19 6.45  
1979
3.12   4.66 4.04 3.78 7.02 3.31 4.69   2.66   3.48   16.67 7.12  
1980
1.19 4.21   6.55 8.50 5.13 9.97 4.43 6.60   3.70   4.39   18.41 8.51  
1981
1.39 5.05   8.28 6.89 5.91 11.16 4.92 7.87   4.56   5.04   20.77 9.73  
1982
1.37 6.17   7.94 8.31 6.00 10.54 4.33 7.46   4.42   5.83   21.72 10.36 [R ]
1983
1.33 7.37   7.19 7.36 6.43 9.83 4.32 6.28   4.28   6.45   22.19 10.41  
1984
1.30 6.95   6.83 8.34 6.13 9.83 5.48 6.57   4.36   6.33   21.89 11.85  
1985
1.33 6.62   6.53 8.50 11.53 10.28 5.16 6.34   4.19   5.87   22.82 12.67  
1986
1.33 5.84   4.76 6.44 11.00 8.23 3.34 4.14   3.36   4.81   21.78 11.11  
1987
1.31 4.94   4.82 5.93 10.48 8.05 3.50 4.15   3.20   4.44   20.19 10.61  
1988
1.33 4.98   4.43 5.55 10.87 8.63 3.23 4.21   3.23   4.68   19.29 11.20  
1989
1.28 5.25   5.11 5.16 9.74 9.50 3.70 4.98   3.57   4.97   18.37 10.93  
1990
1.14 5.59   6.64 6.49 10.95 10.24 3.91 6.18   3.53   5.43   18.55 11.59  
1991
1.34 5.14   5.62 6.08 11.75 9.85 3.38 5.20   3.38   4.92   19.42 11.44  
1992
1.30 5.32   5.04 5.65 10.07 10.33 3.11 4.61   3.09   4.96   20.17 11.76  
1993
1.27 5.71   4.93 5.48 9.88 10.36 2.92 4.67   3.02   5.22   20.89 12.18  
1994
1.27 6.09   4.80 5.31 11.11 10.48 2.92 4.81   2.93   5.47   20.92 13.94  
1995
1.25 6.01   4.60 4.97 10.80 10.79 3.16 4.94   2.87   5.67   20.89 13.86  
1996
1.29 7.30   5.47 5.90 12.06 11.33 3.11 5.39   3.29   6.61   21.61 14.65  
1997
1.30 7.22   5.50 5.88 11.58 11.12 3.38 5.81   3.28   6.72   21.71 14.77  
1998
1.29 7.17   4.29 4.29 10.27 9.98 2.30 5.42   2.84   6.76   21.70 15.16  
1999
1.28 7.23   4.54 5.24 10.47 10.35 2.71 5.00   2.91   6.83   21.84 15.34  
2000
1.26 9.38   7.27 8.68 13.43 13.67 4.49 8.03   4.37   9.02   22.07 16.26  
2001
1.42 11.72   6.57 7.94 14.21 13.57 4.00 8.48   4.17   10.63   21.77 16.87  
2002
1.59 10.06   6.22 7.42 12.76 12.31 9.92   3.79 [R ] 9.99   21.40 16.44  
2003
1.54 12.40   7.85 9.50 14.97 14.35 10.25   4.54   11.95   21.55 17.54  
2004
2.02 13.24   9.29 11.26 16.79 15.79 10.97   5.16   12.52   21.83 17.92  
2005
2.30 12.52   13.60 15.08 18.87 19.48 15.68   6.83   12.62   26.74 20.78  
2006
14.31   16.03 17.90 21.02 22.70 17.00   7.87   14.62   32.72 25.60  
2007
2.45 13.34   17.54 19.98 23.01 23.54 17.95   8.64   13.52   35.20 26.46  
  Expenditures in Million Nominal Dollars
1970
(s) 12.9   8.5 0.1 (s) 1.0 14.8 24.3   (s)   37.3   45.3 82.6  
1971
0.2 14.6   6.7 0.2 (s) 1.2 19.7 27.8   (s)   42.6   50.2 92.7  
1972
0.1 16.7   6.9 0.1 (s) 1.3 14.1 22.4   (s)   39.1   55.7 94.8  
1973
0.1 16.8   8.3 0.1 (s) 1.3 15.0 24.6   (s)   41.5   63.3 104.9  
1974
0.6 19.1   13.3 0.1 (s) 1.8 23.0 38.2   (s)   57.8   80.8 138.7  
1975
0.3 24.4   13.0 0.1 (s) 2.0 13.4 28.4   (s)   53.1   100.4 153.5  
1976
0.5 30.7   14.4 (s) (s) 2.1 8.3 24.7   (s)   55.9   104.1 160.0  
1977
35.4   16.2 (s) (s) 2.1 10.7 29.1   (s)   64.4   113.7 178.1  
1978
36.8   17.0 (s) (s) 2.1 8.0 27.1   (s)   63.9   131.4 195.3  
1979
50.1   18.5 (s) (s) 2.5 1.7 22.7   (s)   72.8   132.6 205.4  
1980
2.5 58.0   24.7 (s) (s) 2.1 1.0 27.9   0.1   88.5   154.3 242.8  
1981
2.6 76.8   13.5 (s) (s) 2.6 2.4 18.6   0.1   98.1   171.9 270.0  
1982
3.5 99.7 [R ] 20.8 (s) (s) 3.1 3.0 26.9   0.1   130.2 [R ] 193.7 323.8 [R ]
1983
3.4 118.6   41.6 0.2 (s) 2.2 13.3 57.4   0.1   179.5   207.0 386.5  
1984
2.6 82.2   46.5 0.3 (s) 8.2 23.1 78.1 [R ] 0.1   163.0 [R ] 309.3 472.3 [R ]
1985
3.6 80.1   31.8 2.6 (s) 1.5 9.3 45.2   0.1   129.0   336.2 465.2  
1986
1.4 70.6   30.5 (s) (s) 2.1 21.0 53.6   0.1   125.7   335.6 461.3  
1987
1.8 70.1   20.8 (s) (s) 0.9 18.1 39.8   0.1   111.8   327.3 439.1  
1988
0.8 75.5   16.2 0.1 (s) 1.0 4.5 21.8   0.1   98.2   326.7 425.0  
1989
1.5 83.4   17.9 1.4 (s) 1.1 3.0 23.3   0.2   108.4   320.9 429.3  
1990
1.6 75.9   23.0 0.3 (s) 3.8 5.4 32.5   0.2   110.2   332.4 442.5  
1991
1.8 80.4   22.2 0.1 (s) 1.8 4.7 28.9   0.2   111.3   358.9 470.2  
1992
1.3 86.3   18.8 0.1 (s) 1.6 5.2 25.7   0.2   113.5   372.7 486.3  
1993
1.3 93.3   24.5 0.1 (s) 1.8 3.8 30.2   0.3   125.0   399.4 524.5  
1994
1.3 90.8   28.3 0.2 (s) 3.6 3.1 35.2   0.3   127.5   591.7 719.2  
1995
0.2 103.0   22.2 3.6 (s) 5.7 2.6 34.1   0.3   137.5   589.9 727.4  
1996
0.7 120.5   30.6 3.4 (s) 1.2 1.9 37.1   0.3   158.5   597.8 756.3  
1997
1.1 132.7   16.2 6.7 (s) 2.8 0.7 26.5   0.3   160.7   602.4 763.0  
1998
0.2 124.1   7.9 7.1 (s) 8.9 0.1 24.0   0.2   148.5   611.7 760.2  
1999
0.2 131.6   8.9 6.7 (s) 1.2 (s) 16.9   0.2   148.9   622.4 771.3  
2000
0.2 170.7   23.8 12.0 (s) 3.8 (s) 39.6   0.3   210.9   643.1 854.0  
2001
0.9 198.9   20.7 9.3 (s) 17.9 (s) 48.0   0.2   248.0   647.5 895.5  
2002
0.1 188.8   10.7 (s) (s) 32.8 43.5   0.2   232.7   648.3 881.0  
2003
0.2 217.7   17.0 (s) (s) 18.2 35.2   0.2   253.3   635.4 888.7  
2004
1.3 236.4   24.7 (s) (s) 14.7 39.5   0.3   277.5   669.9 947.4  
2005
2.0 232.9   32.0 0.2 (s) 25.1 57.3   0.4   292.6 [R ] 848.3 1,140.8  
2006
251.0   32.5 0.3 (s) 7.8 40.6   0.4   292.0   1,008.2 1,300.2  
2007
1.0 261.1   31.0 0.1 (s) 3.0 34.2   0.5   296.8   1,143.4 1,440.2  
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels. gThere are no direct fuel costs for hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, or solar thermal energy.
bLiquefied petroleum gases. hFrom 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor
gasoline column.
cBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.05 million nominal dollars.
dIncludes small amounts of petroleum coke not shown separately. 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.
eWood, wood-derived fuels, and waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Web Page:  All data available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/_seds.html under "Complete Data Files."
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of the
use of wood and waste beginning in 1989.
Sources:  Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.