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U.S. total energy statistics
Preliminary data for 2015, except where noted1| Total primary energy production | 88.6 quadrillion Btu |
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| Total energy consumption | 97.7 quadrillion Btu |
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Carbon dioxide emissions from | 5,271 million metric tons of carbon dioxide |
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| Energy consumption/GDPratio | |
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| Number of households (2009) | 113.6 million |
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Heated by: (2009)
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1Source: Monthly Energy Review, April 2016
More statistics for each energy source
- Crude oil and petroleum statistics
- Natural gas statistics
- Coal statistics
- Nuclear statistics
- Electricity statistics
- Biofuel statistics
- Other renewable energy statistics
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Crude oil and petroleum statistics
Preliminary data for the United States for 2015. Units are in barrels per day (b/d), except where noted.
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Natural gas statistics
Preliminary data for the United States for 2015, except where noted
| U.S. production (dry gas production) | 27,096 billion cubic feet |
| U.S. consumption | 27,474 billion cubic feet |
| U.S. imports | 2,718 billion cubic feet |
| U.S. exports | 1,784 billion cubic feet |
| Average price delivered to consumers | |
| Residential |
$10.38 per thousand cubic feet
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| Commercial |
$7.89 per thousand cubic feet
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| Industrial |
$5.84 per thousand cubic feet
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$3.37 per thousand cubic feet
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| Ranking of state residential prices | Highest—Hawaii, $47.51 per thousand cubic feet Lowest—Idaho, $8.54 per thousand cubic feet |
| Natural gas consumption by end use | |
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| Top-producing state | Texas |
| World dry natural gas production (2013) | 121 trillion cubic feet |
| World consumption (2013) | 122 trillion cubic feet |
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Coal statistics
Data for 2013 except where noted.
| U.S. production | 984.8 million short tons |
| U.S. consumption |
925.1 million short tons
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| Electric utilities |
$45.12 per short ton
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| Coke plants |
$156.99 per short ton
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| Other industrial plants |
$69.167 per short ton
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| Largest producing state |
Wyoming—387.9 million short tons |
| Share produced in Western region | 54% |
| Share produced from surface mining | 65% |
| Demonstrated reserve base | 480 billion short tons (as of January 2014) |
| Imports |
8.9 million short tons
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| Exports |
117.7 million short tons
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| Largest producing coal mine |
North Antelope Rochelle Mine/Peabody Powder River Mining LLC.
111.0 million short tons |
| Leading producing company |
Peabody Energy Corporation
183.3 million short tons |
| Average number of employees/miners | 83,396 employees/miners
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2013 1978 |
5.5 tons/miner-hour 1.8 tons/miner-hour |
| World coal production (2012) |
8,694.8 million short tons
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| World coal consumption (2012) |
8,449.5 million short tons
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U.S. coal consumption by use |
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Electric power sector Other industrial Coke plants Commercial and institutional |
858.4 million short tons 43.3 million short tons 21.5 million short tons 1.9 million short tons |
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U.S. nuclear statistics
Data for 2015 except where noted.
| Total operable nuclear reactors | 99 |
| Nuclear electricity net generation | 797,178 million kilowatthours |
| Nuclear percentage of total annual electricity generation | 19.5% |
| Largest nuclear plant | Palo Verde—3,937 megawatts (three nuclear reactors) |
| Number of states with commercial nuclear power plants | 30 |
| Top five nuclear electricity generating countries—Share of total world nuclear electricity generation | |
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Fuel ethanol statistics
Preliminary data for the United States for 2015.
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14.81 billion gallons 352.52 million barrels |
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-0.75 billion gallons -17.92 million barrels |
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13.94 billion gallons
331.90 million barrels |
Source: Monthly Energy Review, May 2016, Table 10.3
Biodiesel statistics
Preliminary data for the United States for 2015.
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1.26 billion gallons 30.06 million barrels |
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0.25 billion gallons 5.86 million barrels |
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1.48 billion gallons 35.15 million barrels |
Source: Monthly Energy Review, May 2016, Table 10.4
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Preliminary data for the United States for 2015, except where noted.
Generation from utility-scale power plants |
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| Total net generation | 4,087,381 thousand megawatthours |
| Electric utility net generation | 2,331,041 thousand megawatthours |
| Share of total net generation by energy source | |
| Coal | 33% |
| Natural gas | 33% |
| Nuclear | 20% |
| Hydroelectric | 6% |
| Nonhydro renewables | 7% |
| Petroleum and other | 1% |
| Number of electricity generators (2014) | 19,745 |
| Largest power plant by net generation (2014) | Palo Verde (nuclear)—31,320,917 megawatthours |
Generation capacity of utility-scale generators |
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| Total electricity
generating capacity (net summer) |
1,068,422 megawatts |
| Share of capacity by energy source | |
| Natural gas | 47% |
| Conventional | 7% |
| Pumped storage | 2% |
| Nonhydro renewables | 10% |
| Nuclear | 9% |
| Petroleum | 4% |
| Other | <1% |
| Totals may not equal 100% because of independent rounding | Largest power plant by capacity(2014) | Grand Coulee Dam (hydropower)—7,079 megawatts |
Consumption and price |
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| Total electricity consumption (end use) | 3,863,275 thousand megawatthours |
| Share of total electricity consumption by type | |
| Electricity retail sales (total) | 96% |
| Residential sector | 36% |
| Commercial sector | 35% |
| Industrial sector | 25% |
| Transportation sector | <1% |
| Direct use of electricity | 4% |
| Largest utility by retail sales (within state 2014) | Florida Power & Light Company—104,431 thousand megawatthours |
| Retail prices by sector (average annual) | |
| Residential | 12.67 cents per kilowatthour (kWh) |
| Commercial | 10.59 cents per kilowatthour |
| Industrial | 6.89 cents per kilowatthour |
| Transportation | 10.17 cents per kilowatthour |
| Average | 10.42 cents per kilowatthour |
| State retail price rankings (average annual price for all sector) | Highest—Hawaii: 26.17 cents/kWh Lowest—Washington: 7.41 cents/kWh |
| Average residential monthly use (2014) | 911 kilowatthours |
| Average residential monthly bill (2014) | $110.20 |
Emissions |
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| Emissions from power plants (2014) | |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 2,160,342 thousand metric tons |
| Sulfur dioxide (SO2) | 3,485 thousand metric tons |
| Nitrogen oxides NOx | 2,178 thousand metric tons |