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This page contains historical information about energy production and usage in New York. For more current information about energy policy in New York, see this article.
The tables below display information about energy production in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]
Where electricity comes from, December 2014 | |||||||
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State | Petroleum | Natural gas | Coal | Nuclear | Hydroelectric | Other renewable | Total (thousand MWh) |
New York | 0.10% | 38.50% | 1.40% | 34.60% | 19.60% | 5.20% | 10,919 |
Delaware | -- | 95.0% | --0.30% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.10% | 513 |
Maryland | 0.20% | 7.40% | 37.30% | 48.60% | 2.30% | 3.30% | 2,671 |
New Jersey | -- | 48.80% | 1.80% | 46.0% | -- | 2.80% | 5,446 |
Pennsylvania | 0.10% | 29.10% | 27.80% | 38.70% | 0.80% | 3.10% | 17,569 |
United States | 2.88% | 30.30% | 37.21% | 17.38% | 10.22% | 8.83% | 6,279 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates" |
Fossil fuel production | |||||
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State | Crude oil (thousand barrels, December 2014) |
Natural gas (million cubic feet) 2013 |
Coal (thousand short tons, 2013) |
Crude oil refining capacity (barrels per day, January 2014) |
Total energy production (Trillion BTU, 2012) |
New York | 27 | 23,458 | -- | -- | 812 |
Delaware | -- | -- | -- | 182,200 | 4 |
Maryland | -- | 32 | 2,283 | -- | 247 |
New Jersey | -- | -- | -- | 468,000 | 397 |
Pennsylvania | 592 | 3,259,042 | 54,719 | 596,000 | 4,720 |
United States | 235,080 | 24,381,632 | 1,015,135 | 17,924,630 | 74,639 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Profile and Energy Estimates" |
The table below provides information about renewable energy generation in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1][2]
Renewable energy generation, December 2013 | ||||
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State | Rank | Percent renewable | Renewable electricity (GWh) | Total electricity (GWh) |
New York | 12 | 23.50% | 32,030 | 136,275 |
Delaware | 50 | 1.60% | 122 | 7,627 |
Maryland | 30 | 7.0% | 2,647 | 38,015 |
New Jersey | 46 | 2.54% | 1,712 | 67,465 |
Pennsylvania | 38 | 3.98% | 8,823 | 221,709 |
United States | -- | 13.20% | 539,809 | 4,092,935 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "Electric Power Monthly with Data for December 2013" |
The table below provides information about energy spending in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]
Energy spending (in millions of dollars) | |||||
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State | Petroleum 2012 |
Natural gas 2013 |
Coal 2013 |
Per capita spending (not in millions of dollars, 2012) |
Total state spending 2012 |
New York | $35,956 | $9,324 | $263 | $3,327 | $65,134 |
Delaware | $2,180 | $748 | $58 | $4,377 | $4,014 |
Maryland | $13,879 | $1,803 | $681 | $3,840 | $22,595 |
New Jersey | $25,113 | $4,823 | $104 | $4,446 | $39,426 |
Pennsylvania | $33,201 | $6,577 | $3,284 | $4,227 | $53,954 |
United States | $17,664 | $2,656 | $905 | $4,852 | $27,067 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates" |
The table below provides information about energy use in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]
Home heating sources, 2013 | |||||
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State | Natural gas | Fuel oil | Electricity | Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) | Other/none |
New York | 56.40% | 25.0% | 10.60% | 3.60% | 4.40% |
Delaware | 41.0% | 14.20% | 32.50% | 9.70% | 2.60% |
Maryland | 44.20% | 9.90% | 40.10% | 3.10% | 2.70% |
New Jersey | 74.10% | 10.40% | 12.20% | 1.90% | 1.30% |
Pennsylvania | 50.90% | 17.60% | 22.0% | 4.0% | 5.50% |
United States | 46.33% | 8.52% | 33.11% | 6.37% | 6.01% |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates" |
The table below provides information about residential energy prices in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]
Residential energy prices, January 2014 | ||||
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State | Electricity price (cents per kWh) |
Electricity price rank | Natural gas price (dollar per cubic foot) |
Natural gas price rank |
New York | 19.53 | 3 | $11.18 | 13 |
Delaware | 12.48 | 16 | $11.92 | 10 |
Maryland | 13.14 | 13 | $10.49 | 17 |
New Jersey | 15.26 | 10 | $9.69 | 22 |
Pennsylvania | 12.74 | 15 | $10.41 | 18 |
United States | 12.35 | -- | $9.26 | -- |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates" |
The table below provides information about electricity prices in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]
Electricity prices by consumer type, January 2014 (in cents per kWh) | |||
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State | Residential | Commercial | Industrial |
New York | 19.53 | 16.37 | 7.41 |
Delaware | 12.48 | 10.93 | 10.67 |
Maryland | 13.14 | 11.52 | 11.51 |
New Jersey | 15.26 | 13.88 | 15.11 |
Pennsylvania | 12.74 | 10.38 | 8.49 |
United States | 12.35 | 9.34 | 6.76 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates" |
The graph below displays the average residential, commercial, and industrial electricity prices from 2000 to 2014 in New York.[1][3]
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) tracks energy efficiency at the state level. The table below presents ACEEE's energy efficiency assessments for New York and surrounding states.[4][5]
State energy efficiency ratings, 2014 | ||
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State | Rank | Score |
New York | 7 | 35.0 |
Delaware | 25 | 17.0 |
Maryland | 9 | 30.0 |
New Jersey | 19 | 21.0 |
Pennsylvania | 20 | 20.5 |
United States | -- | 19.17 |
Source: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, "2014 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard Executive Summary" |
The table below provides information about oil and natural gas leases on federal lands in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[6][7][8][9][10]
Oil and gas leasing on BLM lands by state, 2013 | ||||
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State | Active permits on BLM lands (FY 2013) | Total acres under lease (FY 2013) | State percentage of total permits | State percentage of total acres |
New York | 5 | 1,183 | 0.01% | 0.00% |
Pennsylvania | 69 | 4,761 | 0.15% | 0.01% |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
New Jersey | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Total United States | 47,427 permits | 36,092,482 acres | -- | -- |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
The tables below provide information about energy consumption and spending in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[1]
Consumption and expenditures: summary and comparisons | ||||||||||||||
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Type | New York | Pennsylvania | U.S. Figures | |||||||||||
Figure | U.S. rank* | Figure | U.S. rank* | Totals | ||||||||||
Population | 19.7 million | 3 | 12.8 million | 6 | 313.9 million | |||||||||
Per capita income average | $52,095 | 5 | $43,616 | 20 | $42,693 | |||||||||
Total consumption | 3,615 trillion BTU | 8 | 3,725 trillion BTU | 7 | 97,301 quadrillion BTU | |||||||||
Per capita energy consumption | 185 million BTU | 50 | 292 million BTU | 32 | 312 million BTU | |||||||||
Total spending on energy | $65,877 million | 4 | $55,164 | 5 | $1,394,088 million | |||||||||
Per capita spending on energy | $3,378 | 51 | $4,329 | 29 | $4,474 | |||||||||
Price of residential natural gas, dollar per thousand cubic feet | $16.35 | 13 | $15.59 | 16 | $12.48 | |||||||||
Price of electricity, cents per kWh | 18.89 | 2 | 13.14 | 17 | 12.31 | |||||||||
Total carbon dioxide emissions, million metric tons (2010) | 172.8 | 10 | 256.6 | 3 | 5,631 | |||||||||
*Rank is from highest to lowest. |
Consumption of energy for heating homes in New York | ||||
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Source | New York 2011 | U.S. average 2011 | ||
Natural gas | 55.8% | 49.5% | ||
Fuel oil | 27.5% | 6.5% | ||
Electricity | 9.8% | 35.4% | ||
Liquid Petroleum Gases (LPG) | 3.1% | 5% | ||
Other/none | 3.6% | 3.6% |
The tables below provide information about energy production and transmission in New York. Information from surrounding states is provided for additional context.[11]
Energy production by type in New York, 2011 | ||||
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Type | Amount generated (trillion BTU) |
% of state | % of USA | |
Crude oil | 2.1 | 0.24% | 0.02% | |
Natural gas | 31.9 | 3.65% | 0.12% | |
Nuclear | 446.8 | 51.17% | 5.4% | |
Biofuels | 23.2 | 2.66% | 1.21% | |
Other | 369.1 | 42.27% | 5.18% |
Where electricity comes from in New York | ||||
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Type | Amount generated (MWh) | % of state** | % of U.S.** | |
Petroleum-fired | 19,000 | 0.18% | 0.06% | |
Natural gas-fired | 3,558,000 | 34.32% | 0.35% | |
Coal-fired | 201,000 | 1.94% | 0.01% | |
Nuclear | 3,992,000 | 38.51% | 0.51% | |
Hydroelectric | 2,005,000 | 19.34% | 0.63% | |
Other renewables | 513,000 | 4.95% | 0.25% | |
Total net electricity generation | 10,367,000 | 100% | 0.25% | |
**Note: Because the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) does not include all of a state's energy production in these figures, the EIA totals do not equal 100 percent. Instead, we have generated our own percentages. |
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