Purchased
Energy: In 1998, Total Energy Purchases Remained Flat. Electricity
Purchases
Climbed as Residual Fuel Oil, Coal, and "Other" Energy Source
Purchases Fell
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Purchased electricity was 13 percent higher in 1998 than it was in 1994. See Purchased Expenditures. Other energy sources such as wood waste, hydrogen, or waste oils and tars, were 40 percent lower in 1998 as compared to 1994. With the exception of the petroleum industry, the major industries--including food and primary metals--had large reductions in these energy sources. In 1998, almost one half (42 percent) of the utility-supplied electricity was purchased by only three manufacturing industries--paper, chemicals, and primary metals. |
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In 1994 the chemical industry purchased most of the nonutility supplied electricity (79%). In 1998, 90 percent of the nonutility supplied electricity was purchased by other industries as the chemical industry's share fell to 10 percent. Although electricity purchased from a nonutility was more than 3 times higher in 1998 than in 1994, it is still only 9 percent of the total. Natural gas purchases have been deregulated for several years--in 1998, 68 percent of purchases came from nonutilities. Steam purchases from nonutilities almost doubled--a growth in the outsourcing of onsite steam production may have assisted this increase. |
For specific questions about "Purchased Energy", please contact:
Stephanie
J. Battles
stephanie.battles@eia.doe.gov
Phone:
202-586-7237
Fax:
202-586-0018
For specific questions about the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, please contact:
Robert Adler, Survey Manager
robert.adler@eia.doe.gov
Phone: 202-586-1134
Fax: 202-586-0018
Release Date: July 31, 2002