Is Oil used to power homes?

Question

How much oil (the black stuff not natural gas) is used (refined on not) in power plants to generate electricity?

Answer 1

In the north east area oil is used to heat a lot of homes including mine

Answer 2

Power produced from oil, such as gasoline and diesel or bunker fuel, is very, very small compared to all of the other energy sources for electrical power.  

Answer 3

Electricity is produced by using several sources of energy, oil, gas, coal, nuclear power, wind power, water power.