Table 5.1.B. Coal: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2012 - 2022 (Thousand Tons)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2012 19,333 0 2,790 1,143 15,400
2013 18,350 0 2,416 843 15,090
2014 18,107 978 1,821 861 14,448
2015 16,632 1,032 1,980 635 12,985
2016 16,586 2,979 1,336 572 11,700
2017 14,667 2,802 1,158 515 10,192
2018 13,813 2,268 1,356 490 9,700
2019 12,397 2,062 1,161 443 8,731
2020 10,402 1,635 715 401 7,651
2021 11,301 2,153 667 447 8,034
2022 11,356 2,269 731 448 7,908
Year 2020
January 1,057 167 69 43 778
February 974 146 64 44 719
March 864 111 56 38 660
April 763 93 58 26 586
May 758 112 49 26 571
June 743 122 48 27 546
July 850 162 52 27 609
August 837 158 57 30 592
September 813 131 55 33 594
October 904 148 67 29 661
November 846 124 65 33 624
December 993 162 74 45 712
Year 2021
January 1,027 183 64 45 735
February 994 185 72 55 683
March 949 166 67 43 674
April 858 143 45 33 637
May 835 130 51 27 627
June 896 187 52 28 630
July 993 211 54 29 700
August 955 220 57 32 646
September 962 200 59 36 667
October 889 152 37 37 663
November 976 168 50 42 716
December 967 209 60 42 656
Year 2022
January 1,071 221 66 48 736
February 930 189 67 49 625
March 985 181 78 32 694
April 898 163 72 22 641
May 904 149 56 24 676
June 892 173 52 33 634
July 954 219 55 36 643
August 963 203 62 37 661
September 905 190 57 38 621
October 933 174 56 38 664
November 904 181 56 43 624
December 1,018 227 55 48 688

Notes: Beginning with the collection of Form EIA-923 in January 2008, the methodology to allocate total fuel consumption for electricity generation and consumption for useful thermal output was changed.
The new methodology was retroactively applied to 2004-2007 data. See the Technical Notes (Appendix C) for further information. See Glossary for definitions.
Values are final. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and waste coal; synthetic coal and refined coal; and beginning in 2011, coal-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011 coal-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
See the Technical Notes for fuel conversion factors.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report, and predecessor forms.
Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report, replaced the following: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; Form EIA-920, Combined Heat and Power Plant Report.