Highlight
- California’s total statewide energy consumption was 5.9 percent higher in 2018 than in 1990, but energy consumption per capita declined 19.6 percent. Meanwhile, total and per capita energy consumption for the rest of the U.S. were 21.1 percent higher and 7.4 percent lower in 2018 than in 1990, respectively. Year-over-year, total and per capita energy consumption jumped 3.9 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively, from 2017 to 2018 in the rest of the U.S. while the increases were more modest in California, where total and per capita energy consumption increased 1.3 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively.
Challenge
- As the economy entered late-stage expansion, both total and per capita energy consumption—especially in the transportation sector—had been increasing in California since 2014. Moreover, energy consumption had been rising faster in California than the rest of the U.S. From 2014 to 2018, total energy consumption increased 5.6 percent in California and 2.7 percent in the rest of the U.S. and per capita energy consumption increased 3.3 percent in California while staying flat in the rest of the U.S.
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