claim: "californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average"
author: barack obama
evidence_1: efforts produce huge benefits. low per capita consumption: thanks in part to ·  california's wide-ranging energy-saving efforts, the state has kept per capita  electricity consumption nearly flat over the past 40 years while the other 49 states  increased their average per capita use by more than 50 percent, as shown in  figure.
evidence_2: aug 12, 2013 ... the average californian uses about 33 percent less electricity at home than the  average american in the rest of the country. ... since 1960, household electricity  use in the rest of the united states has more than tripled, climbing past 12,000  kwh per person on average (although it has plateaued of late).
evidence_3: aug 4, 2011 ... “in the late 1970s, the state of california enacted tougher energy-efficiency  policies. over the next three decades, those policies helped create almost 1.5  million jobs. and today, californians consume 40 percent less energy per person  than the national average – which, over time, has prevented the need ...
evidence_4: 40. 60. 80. 100. us. pac. ca. site consumption million btu. $0. $500. $1,000.  $1,500. $2,000. $2,500. us. pac. ca. expenditures dollars. all energy ...  california households use 62 million btu of energy per home, 31% less than the.  u.s. average. the lower than average site consumption results in households.
evidence_5: jul 5, 2017 ... average energy consumption for california households is 62 million british  thermal units (btu) per home, which is less than 31 percent of the 2009 national  average of 89.6 btus per home. this lower average consumption results in  energy bills that are 30 percent less in california compared to the national ...