Table 5.1.E. Coal: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2012 - 2022 (Billion Btus)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2012 420,923 0 58,275 23,673 338,975
2013 401,108 0 47,677 18,535 334,897
2014 391,550 18,332 37,139 18,805 317,274
2015 356,895 18,640 37,815 13,483 286,956
2016 342,370 51,590 29,330 11,736 249,714
2017 297,521 48,745 24,682 10,284 213,810
2018 278,277 38,513 28,829 9,719 201,217
2019 247,251 33,559 25,686 8,571 179,436
2020 208,052 26,952 15,375 7,424 158,300
2021 224,841 35,397 14,246 8,211 166,986
2022 222,498 37,337 14,441 8,270 162,450
Year 2020
January 21,198 2,704 1,515 832 16,148
February 19,437 2,445 1,392 838 14,762
March 17,475 1,898 1,238 692 13,648
April 15,396 1,556 1,244 442 12,154
May 15,145 1,875 1,038 466 11,767
June 14,851 2,053 1,106 496 11,195
July 17,040 2,704 1,223 530 12,583
August 16,739 2,657 1,210 555 12,317
September 16,052 2,125 1,129 626 12,171
October 17,981 2,356 1,371 503 13,751
November 16,891 1,951 1,378 592 12,970
December 19,848 2,629 1,530 852 14,837
Year 2021
January 20,602 3,015 1,380 838 15,369
February 19,865 2,977 1,524 1,028 14,336
March 19,120 2,723 1,419 788 14,191
April 17,265 2,354 1,002 582 13,327
May 16,859 2,168 1,050 496 13,145
June 17,798 3,141 1,076 507 13,075
July 19,609 3,558 1,206 544 14,301
August 18,694 3,710 1,152 603 13,228
September 19,075 3,281 1,300 672 13,821
October 17,514 2,459 758 680 13,617
November 19,339 2,694 1,046 736 14,862
December 19,100 3,317 1,332 738 13,714
Year 2022
January 21,216 3,619 1,375 942 15,279
February 18,306 3,109 1,362 895 12,939
March 19,606 2,963 1,560 592 14,491
April 17,720 2,720 1,303 384 13,314
May 17,823 2,433 1,097 407 13,886
June 17,248 2,787 967 605 12,889
July 18,598 3,623 1,062 684 13,229
August 18,804 3,331 1,213 699 13,561
September 17,542 3,149 1,155 701 12,537
October 18,133 2,905 1,112 687 13,429
November 17,783 2,985 1,157 780 12,861
December 19,719 3,713 1,078 893 14,035

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.