Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (SEDS); U.S. Census Bureau.
Analysis by CEC Economics
Highlight
- Energy consumption per capita in 2023 remained well below 1990 levels across all sectors. Despite the initial post-pandemic rebound, energy consumption per capita in California is still below pre-pandemic levels, largely due to the industrial sector, where energy consumption fell by 9.3% between 2020 and 2023. On a per capita basis, energy consumption in the industrial sector is just three-fifths of the 1990 level. Per capita energy consumption in the other end-use sectors was also significantly below 1990 levels, ranging from 20.1% in the transportation sector to 29.6% in the residential sector.
Challenge
- While energy consumption in the industrial sector has been declining in recent years, the opposite is true for the transportation sector—the largest end-use sector. More than double the next largest end-use sector (industrial), transportation sector energy consumption rose by 3.9% from 2022 to 2023. However, the increase is entirely driven by renewable diesel consumption, which rose 58.0% or 126 trillion BTU from 2022 to 2023. Motor vehicle gasoline (including fuel ethanol) consumption actually fell 0.8% or 12 trillion BTU from 2022 to 2023.
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