Excluding Federal offshore areas, California ranked third in the Nation in crude oil production in 2011, despite an overall decline in production rates since the mid-1980s.
California also ranked third in the Nation in 2011 in refining capacity, with a combined capacity of almost 2 million barrels per calendar day from its 20 operable refineries.
In 2010, California’s per capita energy consumption ranked 48th in the Nation; the State’s low ranking was due in part to its mild climate and energy efficiency programs.
In 2011, California ranked third in the Nation in conventional hydroelectric generation, first in net electricity generation from other renewable energy resources, and first as a producer of electricity from geothermal energy.
In 2010, California, with two nuclear power plants, ranked tenth in net electricity generation from nuclear power plants and eighth in nuclear net summer capacity.
