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V O L . X X V I N O. X V I 78 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine 2017 2008 Percent change, 2008–2017 Share of New England total, 2017 Share of U.S. total, 2017 Connecticut 6,080 6,722 −9.6% 21.9% 0.9% Maine 3,977 4,253 −6.5% 14.3% 0.6% Massachusetts 10,591 11,450 −7.5% 38.2% 1.6% New Hampshire 2,851 3,157 −9.7% 10.3% 0.4% Rhode Island 2,657 2,549 4.2% 9.6% 0.4% Vermont 1,560 1,567 −0.4% 5.6% 0.2% New England 27,736 29,697 −6.6% 100.0% 4.2% United States 655,440 637,157 2.9% Petroleum consumption in New England 1 Thousands of gallons per day, 2008–2017 1 Based on deliveries by prime supplier. Some annual data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. S O U R C E : U.S. Energy Information Administration 2007 2016 Percent change, 2007–2016 Residential 694,235 699,321 0.7% Commercial 87,565 97,949 11.9% Industrial 2,820 3,028 7.4% All sectors 784,620 800,298 2.0% Total electric customers in Maine, 2007–2016 S O U R C E : U.S. Energy Information Administration Natural gas prices in Maine Dollars per thousand cubic feet, 2014–2017 Maine electricity sales, by sector Million kilowatt hours, 2017 S O U R C E : U.S. Energy Information Administration S O U R C E : U.S. Energy Information Administration D N O S A J J M A M F J D N O S A J J M A M F J 0 100 200 300 400 500 D N O S A J J M A M F J Residential Commercial Industrial $0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30 D N O S A J J M A M F J D N O S A J J M A M F J D N O S A J J M A M F J D N O S A J J M A M F J Commercial Industrial Residential 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2013 Percent change 2013–2017 CT NM 0 0.00% ME 2,222 1,048 112.02% MA 221 205 7.80% N.H. 414 389 6.43% R.I. 153 3 5000.00% VT 279 236 18.22% New England 3,301 1,880 75.59% U.S. Total 254,254 167,840 51.49% Net electricity generation in New England by wind Thousand megawatt hours NM: Not meaningful due to large relative standard error. S O U R C E : U.S. Energy Information Administration I N F R A S T R U C T U R E / D I S T R I B U T I O N | E N E R G Y First Wind Holdings develops Maine's first wind farm in Maine on Mars Hill in 2006. The wind turbines on Vinalhaven were a controversial addition to the island of 1,343 people in 2009. But, replacing an aging power cable, the Fox Islands Electric Cooperative's three turbines produce enough electricity to power Vinalhaven and its neighbor North Haven. First municipal solar landfill project in Maine completed in Belfast in 2015. Maine had more wind capacity than the other five New England states combined in 2019. 200 200 IDEAS FOR MAINE'S BICENTENNIAL