Table 3.  Commercial Buildings Fuel Oil Consumption, 1995
(Trillion Btu)

Fuel Oil Consumed for All Purposes

United States

Northeast

Commercial sector, including non-building uses

460

225

Buildings using fuel oil for any purpose

235

168

Buildings using fuel oil as main heating fuel

196

151

Buildings using fuel oil as main heating fuel that can switch fuel

57

52

Sources: Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data Report 1997, DOE/EIA-0214(97)(Washington, DC, September 1999) and Energy Information Administration, 1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, Public Use Data, http://www.eia.doe.gov/ emeu/cbecs/.

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