Interested in average household energy consumption in 2011

[IntegrateMe]

Particularly, what do the figures look like for the amount of energy consumed per household in 2011? As a comparison, how much energy have you consumed in 2011?

Also, I'm interested to know what kind of fuels or carriers are most often used. I'm tempted to believe that coal is probably one of the bigger fuel supplies and DTE products are more readily installed in consumers' homes.

Thanks for any insight you guys can provide, looking forward to reading some interesting posts.

 

[gmax137]

I think it is too soon to have any 2011 data. How's this for 2009:

First results from EIA's 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS)

The 2009 RECS collected home energy characteristics data from over 12,000 U.S. households. This report highlights findings from the survey, with details presented in the Household Energy Characteristics tables.

How we use energy in our homes has changed substantially over the past three decades. Over this period U.S. homes on average have become larger, have fewer occupants, and are more energy-efficient. In 2005, energy use per household was 95 million British thermal units (Btu) of energy compared with 138 million Btu per household in 1978, a drop of 31 percent.

from US EIA
http://38.96.246.204/consumption/residential/reports/2009overview.cfm

I have not read it so I don't know how they came up with the numbers or what they mean. 95E6 Btu per year is equal to about 3.2 kW; or 75 kW-hr/day. This is clearly more than just electric usage which is closer to 1 kW per household.

edit - plus you need to consider whether this is energy use in the home or 'primary' energy - that is, does it include conversion efficiencies (heat rate of the power plant for example).