According to our calculations based on the September 2011 Short-Term Energy Outlook, the average household will spend about $2,175 on residential energy consumption and about $3,375 on transportation energy consumption in 2011, for a total of about $5,550. This is about 14% higher than our calculations for 2010 and about 21% higher than our calculations for 2009. Transportation costs are expected to be about 24% higher than they were in 2010 and residential energy costs are about 1% higher than they were in 2010. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
DOE EIA data was used as a basis and for some calculations.
Residential: about $2,175
Transportation: about $3,375
Total: about $5,550
In 2010, it was:
Residential: about $2,175
Transportation: about $2,700
Total: about $4,875
In 2009, it was:
Residential: about $2,200
Transportation: about $2,400
Total: about $4,600
(not all totals may sum due to rounding)