Table 8.  Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, Selected Years, 1960-2006, Alabama
Year	Coal a	Natural Gas b		Petroleum					Wood a		Geothermal	Solar/PV d		Retail Electricity Sales	Net Energy		Electrical System Energy Losses e		Total
				Distillate Fuel Oil a	Kerosene a		LPG a,c	Total
	Thousand Short Tons	Billion Cubic Feet		Thousand Barrels					Thousand Cords					Million Kilowatthours
1960	162	41		36	163		2,101	2,300	1,084		– –	– –		4,129	– –		– –		– –
1961	112	39		18	103		2,265	2,386	1,011		– –	– –		4,291	– –		– –		– –
1962	180	42		24	60		2,348	2,432	952		– –	– –		4,911	– –		– –		– –
1963	182	48		24	89		2,557	2,670	896		– –	– –		5,240	– –		– –		– –
1964	85	51		33	110		2,815	2,957	828		– –	– –		5,739	– –		– –		– –
1965	56	48		24	169		2,672	2,865	765		– –	– –		6,150	– –		– –		– –
1966	59	48		26	273		3,133	3,431	717		– –	– –		6,631	– –		– –		– –
1967	52	46		21	124		3,292	3,437	661		– –	– –		7,117	– –		– –		– –
1968	52	52		25	161		4,360	4,546	617		– –	– –		9,115	– –		– –		– –
1969	71	55		27	245		5,066	5,338	566		– –	– –		10,257	– –		– –		– –
1970	71	56		36	236		4,920	5,192	515		– –	– –		11,527	– –		– –		– –
1971	52	55		35	156		5,271	5,462	479		– –	– –		12,237	– –		– –		– –
1972	51	53		56	106		5,782	5,944	446		– –	– –		13,348	– –		– –		– –
1973	35	56		67	247		5,272	5,586	415		– –	– –		14,704	– –		– –		– –
1974	12	55		79	137		4,273	4,489	456		– –	– –		14,687	– –		– –		– –
1975	6	52		74	134		3,916	4,124	530		– –	– –		13,409	– –		– –		– –
1976	3	57		121	117		4,469	4,707	591		– –	– –		14,087	– –		– –		– –
1977	8	57		109	158		4,765	5,032	643		– –	– –		15,247	– –		– –		– –
1978	42	57		98	196		3,879	4,173	577		– –	– –		15,739	– –		– –		– –
1979	31	53		89	136		2,377	2,602	596		– –	– –		15,029	– –		– –		– –
1980	48	52		13	198		2,589	2,800	817		– –	– –		16,469	– –		– –		– –
1981	16	50		17	185		2,683	2,885	931		– –	– –		15,912	– –		– –		– –
1982	21	47		55	534		2,293	2,882	1,289		– –	– –		15,782	– –		– –		– –
1983	21	48		45	601		2,727	3,373	1,034		– –	– –		15,814	– –		– –		– –
1984	27	51		36	80	[R ]	2,014	2,813	1,413		– –	– –		17,012	– –		– –		– –
1985	27	44		24	73		2,088	2,184	1,456		– –	– –		17,182	– –		– –		– –
1986	30	45		29	64		2,389	2,481	1,326		– –	– –		18,259	– –		– –		– –
1987	30	49		19	60		2,834	2,913	1,082		– –	– –		19,294	– –		– –		– –
1988	33	49		27	129		2,774	2,930	1,155		– –	– –		19,641	– –		– –		– –
1989	15	48		24	81		3,037	3,142	1,168		– –	– –		19,842	– –		– –		– –
1990	21	45		17	38		2,688	2,743	757		– –	– –		20,719	– –		– –		– –
1991	3	46		14	61		2,312	2,386	793		– –	– –		21,293	– –		– –		– –
1992	16	50		8	30		2,213	2,252	832		– –	– –		21,137	– –		– –		– –
1993	7	51		12	43		2,861	2,916	634		– –	– –		22,628	– –		– –		– –
1994	2	50		11	29		2,798	2,839	602		– –	– –		23,159	– –		– –		– –
1995	1	50		10	66		2,849	2,926	602		– –	– –		24,314	– –		– –		– –
1996	5	57		10	64		2,922	2,996	625		– –	– –		25,634	– –		– –		– –
1997	8	48		40	57		3,008	3,106	329		– –	– –		24,893	– –		– –		– –
1998	1	47		6	40		2,591	2,638	292		– –	– –		27,327	– –		– –		– –
1999	3	43		6	44		4,669	4,720	307		– –	– –		27,048	– –		– –		– –
2000	6	47		12	46		4,925	4,983	330		– –	– –		28,756	– –		– –		– –
2001	2	49		39	39		3,970	4,047	266		– –	– –		27,802	– –		– –		– –
2002	(s)	46		37	22		3,372	3,430	270		– –	– –		30,022	– –		– –		– –
2003	(s)	47		7	49		2,633	2,690	284		– –	– –		29,416	– –		– –		– –
2004	(s)	44		13	67		2,783	2,863	291		– –	– –		30,109	– –		– –		– –
2005	(s)	42		14	75		1,818	1,907	320	[R ]	– –	– –		31,315	– –		– –		– –
2006	2	38		9	50		2,020	2,079	291		– –	– –		32,277	– –		– –		– –
Trillion Btu
1960	4.0	42.3		0.2	0.9		8.4	9.6	21.7		0.0	0.0		14.1	91.6		34.8		126.5
1961	2.8	39.9		0.1	0.6		9.1	9.8	20.2		0.0	0.0		14.6	87.4		35.6		122.9
1962	4.5	43.7		0.1	0.3		9.4	9.9	19.0		0.0	0.0		16.8	93.8		40.3		134.1
1963	4.5	48.9		0.1	0.5		10.3	10.9	17.9		0.0	0.0		17.9	100.2		42.8		142.9
1964	2.1	53.3		0.2	0.6		11.3	12.1	16.6		0.0	0.0		19.6	103.6		46.5		150.2
1965	1.4	49.7		0.1	1.0		10.7	11.8	15.3		0.0	0.0		21.0	99.2		50.1		149.3
1966	1.5	49.3		0.2	1.5		12.6	14.3	14.3		0.0	0.0		22.6	102.0		54.2		156.2
1967	1.3	47.0		0.1	0.7		12.6	13.5	13.2		0.0	0.0		24.3	99.2		58.0		157.2
1968	1.3	53.4		0.1	0.9		16.6	17.7	12.3		0.0	0.0		31.1	115.9		74.2		190.1
1969	1.7	56.6		0.2	1.4		19.3	20.8	11.3		0.0	0.0		35.0	125.5		83.5		209.0
1970	1.7	57.5		0.2	1.3		18.6	20.1	10.3		0.0	0.0		39.3	129.0		95.2		224.2
1971	1.2	56.6		0.2	0.9		19.9	21.0	9.6		0.0	0.0		41.8	130.1		100.7		230.8
1972	1.2	55.1		0.3	0.6		21.7	22.7	8.9		0.0	0.0		45.5	133.4		109.2		242.6
1973	0.8	57.3		0.4	1.4		19.7	21.5	8.3		0.0	0.0		50.2	138.1		119.3		257.4
1974	0.3	56.6		0.5	0.8		15.9	17.2	9.1		0.0	0.0		50.1	133.3		121.4		254.7
1975	0.1	53.8		0.4	0.8		14.5	15.7	10.6		0.0	0.0		45.8	126.0		110.0		236.1
1976	0.1	58.5		0.7	0.7		16.6	18.0	11.8		0.0	0.0		48.1	136.4		115.3		251.7
1977	0.2	58.1		0.6	0.9		17.5	19.1	12.9		0.0	0.0		52.0	142.2		124.7		266.9
1978	1.0	58.6		0.6	1.1		14.2	15.9	11.5		0.0	0.0		53.7	140.8		130.3		271.1
1979	0.7	53.9		0.5	0.8		8.7	10.0	11.9		0.0	0.0		51.3	127.9		122.7		250.6
1980	1.2	54.1		0.1	1.1		9.5	10.7	16.3		0.0	0.0		56.2	138.5		135.4	[R ]	273.9	[R ]
1981	0.4	52.0		0.1	1.0		9.8	10.9	18.6		0.0	0.0		54.3	136.2		127.6		263.8
1982	0.5	49.4		0.3	3.0		8.3	11.6	25.8		0.0	0.0		53.8	141.1		127.7	[R ]	268.9
1983	0.5	50.1		0.3	3.4		9.9	13.5	20.7		0.0	0.0		54.0	138.8		127.4		266.2
1984	0.7	52.2		0.2	0.5	[R ]	7.2	11.8	28.3		0.0	0.0		58.0	150.9		133.0		283.9	[R ]
1985	0.7	45.4		0.1	0.4		7.5	8.1	29.1		0.0	0.0		58.6	141.8		135.0	[R ]	276.8	[R ]
1986	0.7	46.3		0.2	0.4		8.7	9.2	26.5		0.0	0.0		62.3	145.0		140.6		285.7
1987	0.8	50.7		0.1	0.3		10.4	10.8	21.6		0.0	0.0		65.8	149.8		146.6	[R ]	296.4
1988	0.8	50.3		0.2	0.7		10.1	11.0	23.1		0.0	0.0		67.0	152.3		149.2	[R ]	301.5	[R ]
1989	0.4	49.6		0.1	0.5		11.2	11.8	23.4		f (s)	0.1	[f ]	67.7	152.9	[f ]	157.5		310.4	[f ]
1990	0.5	46.7		0.1	0.2		9.7	10.1	15.1		(s)	0.1		70.7	143.2	[R ]	163.5		306.7	[R ]
1991	0.1	47.3	[R ]	0.1	0.3		8.4	8.8	15.9		(s)	0.2		72.7	144.9		166.7		311.5	[R ]
1992	0.4	51.0		(s)	0.2		8.0	8.2	16.6		(s)	0.2		72.1	148.6		164.3		312.8	[R ]
1993	0.2	52.8	[R ]	0.1	0.2		10.3	10.6	12.7		(s)	0.2		77.2	153.7	[R ]	176.1	[R ]	329.8	[R ]
1994	(s)	51.2	[R ]	0.1	0.2		10.2	10.4	12.0		(s)	0.2		79.0	152.9		178.0	[R ]	330.9	[R ]
1995	(s)	51.0		0.1	0.4		10.3	10.8	12.0		(s)	0.2		83.0	157.0		188.4	[R ]	345.4
1996	0.1	58.4		0.1	0.4		10.6	11.0	12.5		(s)	0.2		87.5	169.6		198.9		368.5	[R ]
1997	0.2	50.5		0.2	0.3		10.9	11.4	6.6		(s)	0.1		84.9	153.8		192.4	[R ]	346.2	[R ]
1998	(s)	48.4		(s)	0.2		9.4	9.6	5.8		(s)	0.1		93.2	157.3		211.4	[R ]	368.7	[R ]
1999	0.1	44.2		(s)	0.2		16.9	17.2	6.1		(s)	0.1		92.3	160.0		211.1		371.1	[R ]
2000	0.1	49.5		0.1	0.3		17.8	18.1	6.6		(s)	0.1		98.1	172.6		223.2		395.8	[R ]
2001	(s)	50.8		0.2	0.2		14.3	14.8	5.3		(s)	0.1		94.9	166.0		211.4	[R ]	377.4	[R ]
2002	(s)	49.5		0.2	0.1		12.2	12.5	5.4		(s)	0.1		102.4	170.0		228.3	[R ]	398.3	[R ]
2003	(s)	46.2		(s)	0.3		9.6	9.9	5.7		(s)	0.1		100.4	162.2		221.5	[R ]	383.7	[R ]
2004	(s)	45.9		0.1	0.4		10.1	10.5	5.8		(s)	0.1		102.7	165.1		227.3	[R ]	392.4	[R ]
2005	(s)	43.4		0.1	0.4		6.6	7.1	6.4	[R ]	(s)	0.1		106.8	163.9	[R ]	233.7	[R ]	397.6	[R ]
2006	0.1	39.2		0.1	0.3		7.3	7.6	5.8		(s)	0.1		110.1	163.0		238.1		401.1
aThe continuity of these data series estimates may be affected by changing data sources and estimation methodologies.  See the Technical Notes for each type of energy. fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of renewable energy sources beginning in 1989. bPhysical unit data include supplemental gaseous fuels (SGF) for all years; Btu data exclude SGF for 1980 forward. – – = Not applicable. cLiquefied petroleum gases. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05. dSolar thermal and photovoltaic energy.  Includes small amounts consumed by the commercial sector that cannot be separately identified.  See Section 5 of the Technical Notes for explanation of estimation methodology. Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. eIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical system energy losses. Sources:  Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.