9-19. SC Annual Gasoline Consumption and Average Retail Price: 1986 – 1996

          CONSUMPTION       PERCENT     PRICE (CENTS      PERCENT
 YEAR  (THOUSAND GALLONS)   CHANGE     PER GALLON) 1/     CHANGE

1986 1,661,798 1.9 0.76 -18.9 1987 1,588,587 -4.4 0.86 13.2 1988 1,564,034 -1.5 0.85 -1.2 1989 1,745,555 11.6 0.98 15.3 1990 1,805,128 3.4 1.16 18.4 1991 1,840,515 2.0 1.07 -7.8 1992 1,877,374 2.0 1.02 -4.7 1993 1,927,820 0.4 0.99 -2.9 1994 2,460,124 27.6 1.06 7.1 1995 2,450,254 -0.4 1.05 -0.9 1996 2,473,229 0.9 1.19 13.3
1/: 1986-1987 data represent full-service and self-service average.

Source: State Energy Office, February 1998.

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