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Energy Information About the State

What is California’s Energy Profile?

Information and resources on the State of California and its energy use.

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Consumption Ranking

California ranks # 49th in Total Energy Per Capita.

Production Rankings

California ranks # 12th in Total Energy Production

Energy Prices

California ranks # 2nd nationally in electricity prices and # 22nd nationally in natural gas prices.

Carbon Emissions

California ranks # 2nd nationally in carbon emissions.

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Quick Facts
  • In 2023, California was the seventh-largest producer of crude oil among the 50 states, and the state ranked third in crude oil refining capacity.
  • California is the largest consumer of jet fuel and second-largest consumer of motor gasoline among the 50 states.
  • California is the second-largest total energy consumer among the states, after Texas, but its per capita energy consumption is the fourth-lowest in the nation.
  • In 2023, renewable resources, including hydroelectric power and small-scale solar power, supplied 54% of California’s in-state electricity generation. Natural gas fueled another 39% and nuclear power provided almost all the rest.
  • In 2023, California was the fourth-largest electricity producer in the nation. It is also the nation’s third-largest electricity consumer and imports more electricity than any other state.
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Washington leads the nation in electricity generation from hydroelectric power and accounted for about 31% of the nation’s total hydroelectric generation in 2022.48 The state was second in the nation, after Texas, in utility-scale renewable generation from all sources. In 2022, Washington produced one-tenth of the nation’s total renewable-sourced utility-scale electricity generation

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Renewable Energy Credits

Carbon Offset Solution

In 2022, hydroelectric power accounted for 67% of Washington’s total electricity net generation from both utility-scale (1 megawatt or larger) and small-scale (less than 1 megawatt) facilities.22 Washington typically contributes between one-fourth and one-third of all conventional hydroelectric generation in the nation annually, and 9 of the state’s 10 largest power plants by capacity and 7 of the 10 by actual generation are hydroelectric facilities.

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Automated Demand Response

Washington has no natural gas reserves or production.93 However, the state has one underground natural gas storage field, the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Facility located in western Washington. It has a total storage capacity of about 47 billion cubic feet.94,95,96 Canada supplies most of the natural gas that Washington uses. Almost two-thirds of the natural gas that enters the state comes from Idaho and most of that is originally from Canada

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Utility Cost Recovery

Washington has no natural gas reserves or production.93 However, the state has one underground natural gas storage field, the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Facility located in western Washington. It has a total storage capacity of about 47 billion cubic feet.94,95,96 Canada supplies most of the natural gas that Washington uses. Almost two-thirds of the natural gas that enters the state comes from Idaho and most of that is originally from Canada

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Midstream Efficiency Incentives

Washington has no natural gas reserves or production.93 However, the state has one underground natural gas storage field, the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Facility located in western Washington. It has a total storage capacity of about 47 billion cubic feet.94,95,96 Canada supplies most of the natural gas that Washington uses. Almost two-thirds of the natural gas that enters the state comes from Idaho and most of that is originally from Canada

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Community Solar

Washington has no natural gas reserves or production.93 However, the state has one underground natural gas storage field, the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Facility located in western Washington. It has a total storage capacity of about 47 billion cubic feet.94,95,96 Canada supplies most of the natural gas that Washington uses. Almost two-thirds of the natural gas that enters the state comes from Idaho and most of that is originally from Canada

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Green Energy Procurement

Washington has no natural gas reserves or production.93 However, the state has one underground natural gas storage field, the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Facility located in western Washington. It has a total storage capacity of about 47 billion cubic feet.94,95,96 Canada supplies most of the natural gas that Washington uses. Almost two-thirds of the natural gas that enters the state comes from Idaho and most of that is originally from Canada

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