
1
MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Information
from
the
North
Carolina
Petroleum
Marketers
Association
(
NCPMA)
Regarding
Heating
Oil
Use
in
North
Carolina
From:
Jeff
Herzog,
Mechanical
Engineer
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
To:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
Air
Docket
A­
2001­
28
Date:
April
21,
2004
On
April
5,
2004,
I
called
Tim
Laughlin
of
NCPMA
to
request
information
regarding
patterns
of
heating
oil
use
in
the
State
of
North
Carolina.
Mr.
Laughlin
sent
me
the
following
EMail
and
attachments
in
response
to
my
request:

Tim
Laughlin
<
tlaughlin@
ncpma.
org>
04/
05/
2004
01:
09
PM
To:
Jeff
Herzog/
AA/
USEPA/
US@
EPA
cc:
Subject:
NC
Fuel
Oil
Use
Jeff,

The
two
largest
heating
oil
Marketers
in
Asheville
get
their
fuel
form
Spartanburg,
SC.
They
said
the
terminal
is
about
60
miles
from
them.

Let
me
know
if
you
need
more
info.

Tim
Laughlin,
PE
Technical
Director
NC
Petroleum
Marketers
Association
7300
Glenwood
Ave.
Raleigh,
NC
27612
Phone:
919­
782­
4411
Fax:
919­
782­
4414
Attachments
to
E­
Mail:
2
Attachment
#
1:

2000
Census
Home
Heating
in
North
Carolina
by
County
Prepared
by
the
NC
Petroleum
Marketers
Association,
11­
11­
02
County
Total
Homes
Utility
Natural
Gas
Propane
Electricity
Strip
&
Heat
Pump
Heating
Oil
&
Kerosene
Oil
Percent
Of
County
Total
Alamance
51,584
24,211
6,511
16,783
2,996
5.8
Alexander
13,137
136
1,512
7,642
3,130
23.8
Alleghany
4,593
8
623
1,115
2,383
51.9
Anson
9,204
895
3,060
3,090
1,780
19.3
Ashe
10,411
24
808
1,999
6,478
62.2
Avery
6,532
16
964
1,233
3,774
57.8
Beaufort
18,319
2,571
7,282
6,408
1,538
8.4
Bertie
7,743
124
2,873
2,645
1,494
19.3
Bladen
12,897
722
4,643
5,975
1,105
8.6
Brunswick
30,438
300
6,183
21,484
1,910
6.3
Buncombe
85,776
16,638
6,041
32,493
27,106
31.6
Burke
34,528
4,075
2,523
16,555
9,876
28.6
Cabarrus
49,519
19,468
3,085
21,652
4,435
9.0
Caldwell
30,768
3,733
2,629
14,252
8,458
27.5
Camden
2,662
26
685
1,372
533
20.0
Carteret
25,204
179
4,443
18,350
1,679
6.7
Caswell
8,670
336
2,539
3,680
1,433
16.5
Catawba
55,533
11,835
2,942
32,477
6,843
12.3
Chatham
19,741
3,066
5,828
8,044
1,746
8.8
Cherokee
10,336
84
3,016
3,930
2,302
22.3
Chowan
5,580
210
2,261
1,991
965
17.3
Clay
3,847
22
1,656
1,281
633
16.5
Cleveland
37,046
9,633
1,904
18,677
5,554
15.0
Columbus
21,308
385
8,231
9,770
2,441
11.5
Craven
34,582
2,966
6,510
22,388
2,020
5.8
Cumberland
107,358
23,864
11,056
64,766
6,515
6.1
Currituck
6,902
31
1,662
4,104
842
12.2
Dare
12,690
106
1,595
10,072
647
5.1
Davidson
58,156
8,473
4,134
31,816
11,849
20.3
Davie
13,750
1,096
950
8,011
3,012
21.9
Duplin
18,267
335
7,991
8,693
881
4.8
Durham
89,015
35,446
4,569
44,022
4,231
4.7
Edgecomb
20,392
6,276
4,827
7,652
1,146
5.6
Forsyth
123,851
32,646
3,763
63,585
22,223
17.9
Franklin
17,843
497
6,071
8,933
1,621
9.0
Gaston
73,936
35,677
3,628
27,862
5,605
7.6
Gates
3,901
57
1,250
1,588
728
18.7
Graham
3,354
22
800
692
1,571
46.8
Granville
16,654
2,756
4,249
7,397
1,153
6.9
Greene
6,696
376
2,315
3,144
589
8.8
Guilford
168,667
76,608
7,941
71,024
10,715
6.4
Halifax
22,122
4,624
4,933
8,312
3,224
14.6
Harnett
33,800
4,283
7,631
19,724
1,506
4.5
3
Haywood
23,100
168
3,438
6,912
10,997
47.6
Henderson
37,414
9,688
3,317
16,461
6,375
17.0
Hertford
8,953
709
2,157
4,084
1,733
19.4
Hoke
11,373
657
2,598
7,131
726
6.4
Hyde
2,185
73
1,203
577
172
7.9
Iredell
47,360
13,301
3,317
23,027
6,073
12.8
Jackson
13,191
150
3,118
5,846
2,882
21.8
Johnston
46,595
3,641
14,032
25,989
2,182
4.7
Jones
4,061
37
1,338
2,099
482
11.7
Lee
18,466
3,730
2,820
10,502
991
5.4
Lenoir
23,862
5,088
5,274
11,673
1,518
6.4
County
Homes
Gas
Propane
Electricity
Fuel
Oil
Percent
Oil
Lincoln
24,041
2,893
2,102
14,795
3,346
13.9
McDowell
16,604
152
1,565
6,613
7,120
42.9
Macon
12,828
133
3,920
5,268
2,371
18.5
Madison
8,000
43
758
1,477
4,876
61.0
Martin
10,020
332
4,107
3,763
1,387
13.8
Mecklenburg
273,416
142,812
4,009
118,653
6,568
2.4
Mitchell
6,551
30
585
1,016
4,380
66.9
Montgomery
9,848
242
2,469
4,231
2,275
23.1
Moore
30,713
2,028
4,856
19,937
3,002
9.8
Nash
33,644
8,481
8,461
14,107
1,650
4.9
New
Hanover
68,183
8,147
2,861
53,915
2,641
3.9
Northhampton
8,691
168
2,737
3,551
1,822
21.0
Onslow
48,122
362
4,521
40,434
2,080
4.3
Orange
45,863
15,295
5,860
21,758
1,521
3.3
Pamlico
5,178
74
1,530
2,931
500
9.7
Pasquotank
12,907
169
2,836
6,992
2,592
20.1
Pender
16,054
123
2,987
11,785
743
4.6
Perquimans
4,645
111
1,547
1,921
802
17.3
Person
14,085
2,716
3,648
5,394
1,577
11.2
Pitt
52,539
11,320
7,993
30,475
2,107
4.0
Polk
7,908
778
1,269
3,764
1,641
20.8
Randolph
50,659
8,358
8,109
24,797
7,304
14.4
Richmond
17,873
3,688
3,909
7,840
1,978
11.1
Roberson
43,677
6,470
11,413
22,052
2,502
5.7
Rockingham
36,989
10,687
3,684
15,884
5,151
13.9
Rowan
49,940
14,687
2,633
24,173
7,175
14.4
Rutherford
25,191
2,974
3,286
12,167
5,626
22.3
Sampson
22,273
1,597
7,457
10,751
2,020
9.1
Scotland
13,399
2,298
2,445
7,322
1,040
7.8
Stanly
22,223
2,411
4,487
8,452
6,172
27.8
Stokes
17,579
296
2,177
9,842
3,976
22.6
Surry
28,408
163
3,501
13,160
10,205
35.9
Swain
5,137
59
1,234
1,754
1,421
27.7
Transyvania
12,320
2,209
2,342
4,964
2,125
17.2
Tyrell
1,537
25
652
522
237
15.4
Union
43,390
12,680
7,120
19,679
3,002
6.9
Vance
16,199
3,443
2,136
7,779
2,255
13.9
4
Wake
242,040
100,902
17,686
117,273
4,265
1.8
Warren
7,708
93
2,108
3,404
1,576
20.4
Washington
5,367
109
2,246
1,992
773
14.4
Watagua
16,540
176
2,527
5,784
6,990
42.3
Wayne
42,612
5,114
10,422
23,936
2,706
6.3
Wilkes
26,650
159
4,493
12,082
8,419
31.6
Wilson
28,613
10,610
4,578
11,263
1,706
6.0
Yadkin
14,505
58
1,658
7,606
4,412
30.4
Yancey
7,472
24
595
643
5,441
72.8
Totals
3,132,013
757,777
394,275
1,528,885
368,279
11.76
This
does
not
include
wood,
solar,
coal
and
other
sources
of
home
heating.
1980
NC
Oil/
Kerosene
Heated
Homes:
819,883
of
2,043,291
or
41%.
1990
NC
Oil/
Kerosene
heated
Homes:
567,025
of
2,517,026
or
23%.
2000
Census
for
home
heating
has
24.2%
Natural
Gas,
12.6%
Propane,
48.8%
Electric/
Heat
Pump.
For
NC
city/
town
home
heating
census
data
go
to
web
site
at
http://
factfinder.
census.
gov/
servlet/
BasicFactsServlet?_
basicfacts=
1&_
mult1=
22553504&_
geo2=
160&_
geoType1=
91910128&_
current=
1&_
action=_
geoTypeSelected&_
child_
geo_
id=&_
lang=
en
Enter
city/
town
under
"
select
a
place".
(
TL)
Percentage
wise
the
county
with
the
most
oilheat
homes
is
Yancey
at
72.8%,
the
county
with
the
least
oil
heated
homes
is
Wake
at
1.8%
5
Attachment
#
2:

NC
Average
Home
Use:
June
28,
2002
2000
368,279
homes
Fuel
Oil
No.
2
129,960,000
K­
1
83,110,000
Average
Home
Use
578.55
gallons
1998
408,025
homes
Fuel
Oil
No.
2
131,451,000
K­
1
125,513,000
Average
Home
Use
629.78
gallons
1996
447,771
homes
Fuel
Oil
No.
2
181,453,000
K­
1
106,932,000
Average
Home
Use
644.04
gallons
Average
of
2000,
1998,
1996
617.5
gallons
This
would
include
K­
1
consumption
of
homes
that
do
not
use
K­
1
as
the
primary
source
of
heat
(
heat
pumps/
basements/
garages).
Using
national
estimates,
backing
out
K­
1
homes
of
the
NC
Census
at
10%
of
the
market,
we
can
arrive
at
a
an
educated
guess
of
the
average
No
2
fuel
oil
per
No.
2
heated
home.

Average
No
2
Fuel
Use
per
No.
2
Home
400
gallons
per
year
