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Purchased Energy: In 1998, Total Energy Purchases Remained Flat. Electricity Purchases Climbed as Residual Fuel Oil, Coal, and "Other" Energy Source Purchases Fell

Quantity of Purchased Electricity by Supplier Source, 1994 - 1998
(Billion kWh)

 

1994

1998

Total Electricity

788

892

Utility Electricity

766

815

Nonutility Electricity

22

77

Purchased Electricity, Natural Gas, and Steam by
 Supplier Source, 1998 
(Percent of Total Energy Source)
Pie Chart shows utility electricity 91% in 1998. Pie Chart shows nonutility natural gas to be 68% in 1998. Pie Chart shows nonutility steam to be 57% in 1998.
Electricity Natural Gas Steam
 

Quantity of Purchased Steam by Supplier Source, 1994 - 1998
(Trillion Btu)

 

1994

1998

Total Steam

243

490

Utility Steam

96

213

Nonutility Steam

147

277

blueball.gif (910 bytes)Purchased electricity was 13 percent higher in 1998 than it was in 1994. See Purchased Expenditures.

blueball.gif (910 bytes)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. 

blueball.gif (910 bytes)In 1998, almost one half (42 percent) of the utility-supplied electricity was purchased by only three manufacturing industries--paper, chemicals, and primary metals. 

Total Quantity of Purchased Energy Sources 1994 - 1998
(Btu or Physical Units)

Energy Source

1994

1998

Total (trillion Btu)

16,605

16,281

Electricity (billion kWh)

788

892

Residual Fuel Oil (million bbl)

67

49

Distillate Fuel Oil (million bbl)

26

24

Natural Gas (billion cu ft)

6,490

6,817

LPG (million bbl)

328

471

Coal (million short tons)

87

78

Coke and Breeze (million short tons)

15

18

Other (trillion Btu)

3,025

1,812

 
Notes: See fuel consumption for a comparison of net electricity using the 1998 SIC and NAICS classifications showing very little difference in the estimates; all of the 1994-1998 comparisons are statistically significant. Exceptions are noted by "NS."
Table and Graph Notes and Data Source
 

blueball.gif (910 bytes)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.

blueball.gif (910 bytes)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.

blueball.gif (910 bytes) Natural gas purchases have been deregulated for several years--in 1998, 68 percent of purchases came from nonutilities.

blueball.gif (910 bytes) Steam purchases from nonutilities almost doubled--a growth in the outsourcing of onsite steam production may have assisted this increase.

 

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Release Date:  July 31, 2002