Table 11.  Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, Selected Years, 1960-2006, California






Year



Coal a


Natural
Gas b
Petroleum

Fuel
Ethanol d

Retail
Electricity
Sales





Net
Energy





Electrical System
Energy Losses e






Total d
Aviation
Gasoline a
Distillate
Fuel Oil a
Jet
Fuel a

LPG a,c

Lubricants a
Motor
Gasoline d
Residual
Fuel Oil a

Total 
Thousand
Short Tons
Billion
Cubic Feet

Thousand Barrels
Thousand
Barrels
Million
Kilowatthours
1960
23 11 5,383 15,313 25,818 214 2,327 132,768 38,610 220,432 0   66 – –   – – – –  
1961
10 12 3,438 15,824 28,078 179 2,265 138,439 43,746 231,969 0   65 – –   – – – –  
1962
6 16 4,943 18,453 31,849 211 2,246 144,190 35,141 237,031 0   66 – –   – – – –  
1963
6 14 4,366 20,127 33,606 220 2,245 154,018 30,525 245,107 0   66 – –   – – – –  
1964
7 17 3,855 20,777 36,368 199 2,358 159,526 33,303 256,386 0   66 – –   – – – –  
1965
8 16 3,342 21,032 40,150 208 2,772 166,346 35,109 268,960 0   66 – –   – – – –  
1966
6 30 3,190 22,150 44,127 175 2,880 174,862 37,120 284,504 0   66 – –   – – – –  
1967
5 18 2,832 23,044 52,666 225 2,657 180,275 36,408 298,108 0   65 – –   – – – –  
1968
5 17 2,848 26,654 60,607 240 2,918 192,577 35,629 321,472 0   65 – –   – – – –  
1969
4 17 2,358 29,123 61,225 223 2,412 201,444 34,084 330,868 0   65 – –   – – – –  
1970
4 17 2,184 29,448 59,614 305 2,457 210,641 27,982 332,632 0   65 – –   – – – –  
1971
2 19 2,036 35,743 62,721 373 2,497 216,207 26,643 346,221 0   65 – –   – – – –  
1972
2 19 2,075 32,654 63,375 422 2,674 229,837 20,867 351,905 0   80 – –   – – – –  
1973
2 20 2,038 35,776 62,752 377 2,553 237,753 20,397 361,646 0   192 – –   – – – –  
1974
1 19 1,979 31,762 60,185 398 2,445 232,563 17,187 346,519 0   154 – –   – – – –  
1975
(s) 20 1,640 30,528 62,509 390 2,386 238,548 20,056 356,057 0   265 – –   – – – –  
1976
(s) 16 1,570 32,930 60,713 437 2,650 249,108 28,500 375,909 0   294 – –   – – – –  
1977
(s) 15 1,647 36,550 61,331 479 2,802 262,600 35,888 401,295 0   236 – –   – – – –  
1978
0 15 1,754 41,759 63,405 579 3,009 274,031 45,725 430,262 0   223 – –   – – – –  
1979
0 18 1,682 41,416 64,910 788 3,149 265,805 47,845 425,595 0   226 – –   – – – –  
1980
0 15 285 41,801 62,224 522 2,804 250,100 66,673 424,409 0   203 – –   – – – –  
1981
0 15 132 44,931 59,074 1,082 2,689 249,951 63,449 421,308 405 [f R ] 234 – –   – – – –  
1982
0 13 1,145 41,786 56,541 983 2,452 247,203 52,103 402,214 1,091 [R ] 256 – –   – – – –  
1983
0 10 1,167 43,786 57,359 1,159 2,567 253,326 48,269 407,634 1,105 [R ] 249 – –   – – – –  
1984
0 11 1,047 46,926 66,640 1,717 2,738 261,804 48,625 429,498 889 [R ] 248 – –   – – – –  
1985
0 14 1,354 49,892 67,028 1,225 2,552 262,544 43,340 427,934 421 [R ] 266 – –   – – – –  
1986
0 12 1,338 53,105 75,176 931 2,495 274,637 36,709 444,391 403 [R ] 265 – –   – – – –  
1987
0 19 1,084 46,478 79,857 839 2,821 287,131 47,791 466,000 603 [R ] 262 – –   – – – –  
1988
0 19 1,312 59,753 82,620 902 2,720 298,870 46,857 493,034 1,171 [R ] 272 – –   – – – –  
1989
0 19 1,303 58,801 90,291 887 2,790 305,903 48,719 508,693 1,050 [R ] 275 – –   – – – –  
1990
0 20 1,106 55,598 94,907 923 2,871 300,893 54,206 510,503 1,114 [R ] 315 – –   – – – –  
1991
0 19 1,091 55,829 90,064 760 2,568 293,780 41,867 485,959 1,401 [R ] 345 – –   – – – –  
1992
0 15 1,059 53,885 86,688 650 2,619 310,861 31,923 487,684 156 [R ] 387 – –   – – – –  
1993
0 12 819 49,249 89,244 658 2,666 305,800 32,403 480,840 569 [R ] 408 – –   – – – –  
1994
0 13 793 55,744 98,793 1,006 2,787 304,669 37,738 501,530 802 [R ] 425 – –   – – – –  
1995
0 20 807 57,940 95,305 564 2,739 310,379 44,043 511,777 2,499 [R ] 423 – –   – – – –  
1996
0 19 769 58,960 103,773 481 2,658 315,285 38,983 520,908 2,108 [R ] 429 – –   – – – –  
1997
0 24 836 62,659 103,144 349 2,808 319,727 21,272 510,796 2,113 [R ] 478 – –   – – – –  
1998
0 10 574 62,554 105,385 670 2,940 326,430 17,094 515,648 1,593 [R ] 521 – –   – – – –  
1999
0 11 825 64,787 98,673 384 2,971 335,633 23,223 526,496 1,386 [R ] 540 – –   – – – –  
2000
0 12 723 70,525 103,001 341 2,926 340,681 33,540 551,739 1,579 [R ] 606 – –   – – – –  
2001
0 14 536 71,172 97,216 390 2,681 347,202 24,617 543,814 2,175 [R ] 660 – –   – – – –  
2002
0 12 599 72,375 102,756 501 2,649 364,493 30,534 573,906 2,551 [R ] 591 – –   – – – –  
2003
0 12 601 108,907 99,721 472 2,449 362,405 23,358 597,914 14,204 [R ] 809 – –   – – – –  
2004
0 17 553 77,767 105,408 478 2,481 370,084 27,772 584,543 20,482 [R ] 900 – –   – – – –  
2005
0 20 530 81,307 104,612 842 2,468 375,652 33,924 599,335 21,579 [R ] 846 – –   – – – –  
2006
0 17 461 83,608 106,403 868 2,405 377,390 37,614 608,749 21,574   877 – –   – – – –  
Trillion Btu
1960
0.6 11.0 27.2 89.2 140.7 0.9 14.1 697.4 242.7 1,212.2 0.0   0.2 1,223.9   0.6 1,224.5  
1961
0.3 12.1 17.4 92.2 153.4 0.7 13.7 727.2 275.0 1,279.6 0.0   0.2 1,292.2   0.5 1,292.7  
1962
0.2 16.3 25.0 107.5 174.3 0.8 13.6 757.4 220.9 1,299.6 0.0   0.2 1,316.3   0.5 1,316.8  
1963
0.2 14.5 22.0 117.2 184.1 0.9 13.6 809.1 191.9 1,338.9 0.0   0.2 1,353.8   0.5 1,354.3  
1964
0.2 17.8 19.5 121.0 199.6 0.8 14.3 838.0 209.4 1,402.5 0.0   0.2 1,420.7   0.5 1,421.3  
1965
0.2 16.8 16.9 122.5 222.2 0.8 16.8 873.8 220.7 1,473.8 0.0   0.2 1,491.0   0.5 1,491.5  
1966
0.1 32.1 16.1 129.0 244.5 0.7 17.5 918.5 233.4 1,559.8 0.0   0.2 1,592.2   0.5 1,592.8  
1967
0.1 19.7 14.3 134.2 292.4 0.9 16.1 947.0 228.9 1,633.8 0.0   0.2 1,653.9   0.5 1,654.4  
1968
0.1 18.0 14.4 155.3 336.6 0.9 17.7 1,011.6 224.0 1,760.4 0.0   0.2 1,778.8   0.5 1,779.3  
1969
0.1 18.5 11.9 169.6 341.1 0.8 14.6 1,058.2 214.3 1,810.6 0.0   0.2 1,829.4   0.5 1,829.9  
1970
0.1 17.9 11.0 171.5 332.9 1.2 14.9 1,106.5 175.9 1,814.0 0.0   0.2 1,832.2   0.5 1,832.7  
1971
0.1 19.7 10.3 208.2 350.3 1.4 15.1 1,135.7 167.5 1,888.6 0.0   0.2 1,908.6   0.5 1,909.1  
1972
(s) 19.7 10.5 190.2 354.4 1.6 16.2 1,207.3 131.2 1,911.4 0.0   0.3 1,931.4   0.7 1,932.1  
1973
(s) 20.7 10.3 208.4 351.4 1.4 15.5 1,248.9 128.2 1,964.1 0.0   0.7 1,985.5   1.6 1,987.1  
1974
(s) 20.0 10.0 185.0 336.7 1.5 14.8 1,221.7 108.1 1,877.7 0.0   0.5 1,898.3   1.3 1,899.6  
1975
(s) 21.4 8.3 177.8 350.2 1.5 14.5 1,253.1 126.1 1,931.4 0.0   0.9 1,953.7   2.2 1,955.9  
1976
(s) 16.7 7.9 191.8 340.2 1.6 16.1 1,308.6 179.2 2,045.4 0.0   1.0 2,063.1   2.4 2,065.5  
1977
(s) 15.6 8.3 212.9 343.5 1.8 17.0 1,379.4 225.6 2,188.5 0.0   0.8 2,205.0   1.9 2,206.9  
1978
0.0 15.5 8.9 243.2 355.5 2.1 18.3 1,439.5 287.5 2,354.9 0.0   0.8 2,371.2   1.8 2,373.0  
1979
0.0 18.7 8.5 241.3 364.2 2.9 19.1 1,396.3 300.8 2,333.0 0.0   0.8 2,352.5   1.8 2,354.4  
1980
0.0 15.9 1.4 243.5 348.7 1.9 17.0 1,313.8 419.2 2,345.5 0.0   0.7 2,362.1   1.7 2,363.8  
1981
0.0 15.7 0.7 261.7 331.3 3.9 16.3 1,313.0 398.9 2,325.8 1.4 [f R ] 0.8 2,343.8 [f ] 1.9 2,345.7 [f ]
1982
0.0 13.5 5.8 243.4 316.7 3.6 14.9 1,298.6 327.6 2,210.4 3.9   0.9 2,228.7   2.1 2,230.8  
1983
0.0 10.6 5.9 255.1 321.5 4.2 15.6 1,330.7 303.5 2,236.4 3.9 [R ] 0.9 2,251.8   2.0 2,253.8  
1984
0.0 11.8 5.3 273.3 373.5 6.2 16.6 1,375.3 305.7 2,355.9 3.1 [R ] 0.8 2,371.7   1.9 2,373.6 [R ]
1985
0.0 15.0 6.8 290.6 375.8 4.4 15.5 1,379.1 272.5 2,344.8 1.5   0.9 2,362.2   2.1 2,364.2 [R ]
1986
0.0 12.8 6.8 309.3 422.1 3.4 15.1 1,442.7 230.8 2,430.2 1.4 [R ] 0.9 2,445.3   2.0 2,447.4  
1987
0.0 19.4 5.5 270.7 448.8 3.1 17.1 1,508.3 300.5 2,553.9 2.1 [R ] 0.9 2,576.4   2.0 2,578.4  
1988
0.0 19.7 6.6 348.1 464.2 3.3 16.5 1,570.0 294.6 2,703.2 4.1 [R ] 0.9 2,728.0 [R ] 2.1 2,730.1 [R ]
1989
0.0 20.0 6.6 342.5 507.8 3.3 16.9 1,606.9 306.3 2,790.2 3.7 [R ] 0.9 2,814.9   2.2 2,817.0 [R ]
1990
0.0 20.8 5.6 323.9 534.7 3.3 17.4 1,580.6 340.8 2,806.2 3.9 [R ] 1.1 2,832.0 [R ] 2.5 2,834.5 [R ]
1991
0.0 19.0 5.5 325.2 508.1 2.7 15.6 1,543.2 263.2 2,663.6 5.0   1.2 2,688.7 [R ] 2.7 2,691.4 [R ]
1992
0.0 15.6 5.3 313.9 489.5 2.4 15.9 1,633.0 200.7 2,660.7 0.6   1.3 2,678.1 [R ] 3.0 2,681.2  
1993
0.0 12.8 4.1 286.9 504.7 2.4 16.2 1,606.4 203.7 2,624.4 2.0   1.4 2,638.6   3.2 2,641.8  
1994
0.0 13.0 4.0 324.7 560.1 3.7 16.9 1,593.4 237.3 2,740.1 2.8 [R ] 1.5 2,754.5   3.3 2,757.8  
1995
0.0 20.0 4.1 337.5 540.4 2.0 16.6 1,618.6 276.9 2,796.1 8.8 [R ] 1.4 2,817.6   3.3 2,820.8  
1996
0.0 20.1 3.9 343.4 588.4 1.7 16.1 1,644.5 245.1 2,843.2 7.5   1.5 2,864.7   3.3 2,868.0  
1997
0.0 24.4 4.2 365.0 584.8 1.3 17.0 1,666.7 133.7 2,772.8 7.5 [R ] 1.6 2,798.9   3.7 2,802.6  
1998
0.0 10.9 2.9 364.4 597.5 2.4 17.8 1,701.4 107.5 2,793.9 5.6 [R ] 1.8 2,806.5   4.0 2,810.6  
1999
0.0 11.6 4.2 377.4 559.5 1.4 18.0 1,749.0 146.0 2,855.4 4.9   1.8 2,868.9   4.2 2,873.1  
2000
0.0 11.5 3.7 410.8 584.0 1.2 17.7 1,774.9 210.9 3,003.3 5.6   2.1 3,016.9   4.7 3,021.6  
2001
0.0 13.8 2.7 414.6 551.2 1.4 16.3 1,808.9 154.8 2,949.9 7.7 [R ] 2.3 2,965.9   5.0 2,971.0  
2002
0.0 12.2 3.0 421.6 582.6 1.8 16.1 1,898.3 192.0 3,115.4 9.0 [R ] 2.0 3,129.6   4.5 3,134.1  
2003
0.0 12.3 3.0 634.4 565.4 1.7 14.9 1,887.0 146.9 3,253.3 50.3 [R ] 2.8 3,268.4   6.1 3,274.5  
2004
0.0 17.1 2.8 453.0 597.7 1.7 15.0 1,930.0 174.6 3,174.8 72.5 [R ] 3.1 3,195.0   6.8 3,201.8  
2005
0.0 20.6 2.7 473.6 593.1 3.0 15.0 1,960.2 213.3 3,260.9 76.4 [R ] 2.9 3,284.3   6.3 3,290.7  
2006
0.0 17.4 2.3 487.0 603.3 3.1 14.6 1,969.2 236.5 3,316.1 76.3   3.0 3,336.5   6.5 3,343.0  
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 1980 and 1981 due to the expanded coverage of renewable energy
sources beginning in 1981.
bTransportation use of natural gas is gas consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors, and, since
1990, is also natural gas consumed as vehicle fuel.
– – = 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.
dBeginning in 1993, fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline is included in motor gasoline.  Fuel ethanol is also shown
separately to display the use of renewable energy by the transportation sector.  It is counted only once in the total.
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.