 |
Average Prices of Selected Fuels and
Electricity, 1980–2006
(In dollars per unit, except electricity, in cents
per kWh. Represents price to end-users, except as noted)
| Type |
1980 |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Crude oil, composite (bbl)1 |
28.07 |
22.22 |
17.23 |
20.71 |
19.04 |
12.52 |
17.51 |
28.26 |
22.95 |
24.1 |
28.5 |
37.0 |
50.3 |
60.2 |
| Motor gasoline (gal.):2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Unleaded regular |
1.25 |
1.16 |
1.15 |
1.23 |
1.23 |
1.06 |
1.17 |
1.51 |
1.46 |
1.36 |
1.59 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
| Unleaded premium |
n.a. |
1.35 |
1.34 |
1.41 |
1.42 |
1.25 |
1.36 |
1.69 |
1.66 |
1.56 |
1.78 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
| No. 2 heating oil (gal.) |
0.97 |
1.06 |
0.87 |
0.99 |
0.98 |
0.85 |
0.88 |
1.31 |
1.25 |
1.13 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
1.71 |
1.97 |
| No. 2 diesel fuel (gal.) |
0.82 |
0.73 |
0.56 |
0.68 |
0.64 |
0.49 |
0.58 |
0.94 |
0.84 |
0.76 |
0.94 |
1.24 |
1.79 |
2.08 |
| Residual fuel oil (gal.) |
0.61 |
0.44 |
0.39 |
0.46 |
0.42 |
0.31 |
0.37 |
0.6 |
0.53 |
0.57 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.05 |
1.22 |
| Natural gas, residential (1,000
cu/ft) |
3.68 |
5.8 |
6.06 |
6.34 |
6.94 |
6.82 |
6.69 |
7.76 |
9.63 |
7.91 |
9.52 |
10.7 |
12.84 |
13.76 |
| Electricity, residential (kWh) |
5.36 |
7.83 |
8.4 |
8.36 |
8.43 |
8.26 |
8.16 |
8.24 |
8.62 |
8.46 |
8.74 |
8.9 |
9.45 |
10.40 |
NOTE: n.a. = not available.
1. Refiner acquisition cost.
2. Average, all service.
Source: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Monthly Energy Review. From Statistical
Abstract of the United States, 2008.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
|
|
