Annual energy production reached a record high in the United States last year, and consumption rose for the first time in five years, the government reported Friday.
In its ''Annual Energy Review 1984,'' the Energy Department placed energy production at 65.5 quadrillion British thermal units--the highest in history. Production rose for every major source of energy, up 4.3 quadrillion btu over the previous year in the largest annual increase ever recorded, the department said.
Consumption rose 4.6 percent to 73.7 quadrillion btu in 1984 for the first increase since 1979, the report said. The record, set in 1979, was 78.9 quadrillion btu.