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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 81 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

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