Table 6.3 Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke:
Electric Power Sector, by Census Divison, 2022 and 2021

  Electric Power Sector Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers
Census Division December 2022 December 2021 Percentage Change December 2022 December 2021 December 2022 December 2021
Coal (Thousand Tons)
New England W W W 0 0 W W
Middle Atlantic 2,587 2,949 -12.3% W W W W
East North Central 17,206 18,182 -5.4% W 11,625 W 6,557
West North Central 17,704 19,903 -11.0% 17,704 19,903 0 0
South Atlantic 14,698 13,623 7.9% 13,452 12,137 1,246 1,486
East South Central 9,197 7,696 19.5% 9,197 7,696 0 0
West South Central 15,756 14,740 6.9% 11,707 10,657 4,050 4,083
Mountain W W W W W W W
Pacific Contiguous W W W 0 0 W W
Pacific Noncontiguous W 208 W W W W W
U.S. Total 88,861 91,884 -3.3% 74,917 75,231 13,943 16,653
Petroleum Liquids (Thousand Barrels)
New England 1,985 3,301 -39.9% 190 247 1,795 3,054
Middle Atlantic 4,336 5,564 -22.1% 1,689 2,103 2,647 3,461
East North Central 1,555 1,669 -6.8% 1,172 1,300 383 369
West North Central 1,615 1,082 49.3% 935 1,051 680 31
South Atlantic 8,208 9,547 -14.0% 6,448 7,273 1,759 2,274
East South Central 901 1,048 -14.1% 862 948 39 100
West South Central 2,139 1,907 12.2% 972 984 1,167 923
Mountain 320 334 -4.2% 296 305 23 29
Pacific Contiguous 338 356 -4.9% 255 267 83 88
Pacific Noncontiguous 1,414 1,195 18.3% 1,383 1,157 31 38
U.S. Total 22,812 26,002 -12.3% 14,204 15,634 8,608 10,368
Petroleum Coke (Thousand Tons)
New England 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
East North Central 53 W W W W W 0
West North Central 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
South Atlantic W W W W W W W
East South Central 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
West South Central W W W W W 0 0
Mountain W W W 0 0 W W
Pacific Contiguous 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
Pacific Noncontiguous 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
U.S. Total 318 302 5.4% 297 290 21 12

W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values are final. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form-923.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percentage change is calculated before rounding.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'