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Data for February 2024 Release Date: April 24, 2024 Next Release Date: May 24, 2024 Full report PDF
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Table 2.1.C. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2014-February 2024 (Thousand Tons)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2014 871,741 625,212 226,389 1,063 19,076
2015 756,226 540,538 197,906 798 16,984
2016 693,958 499,172 179,383 683 14,720
2017 678,578 487,192 177,801 610 12,975
2018 650,027 475,885 161,332 577 12,233
2019 550,017 401,607 136,998 519 10,892
2020 445,753 326,987 108,840 473 9,453
2021 511,669 374,848 126,587 534 9,700
2022 482,931 351,589 121,245 535 9,563
2023 396,188 292,440 94,730 409 8,608
Year 2022
January 49,742 35,736 13,069 56 881
February 40,880 28,777 11,286 55 762
March 35,381 24,375 10,123 37 845
April 31,802 22,236 8,776 25 765
May 36,114 26,587 8,677 27 824
June 42,640 32,099 9,718 42 781
July 50,387 38,121 11,435 44 787
August 49,318 36,510 11,959 46 803
Sept 38,207 28,369 9,040 47 751
October 32,391 23,518 8,036 46 791
November 33,301 23,494 9,009 52 746
December 42,768 31,766 10,117 57 828
Year 2023
January 36,421 27,490 8,059 46 826
February 27,698 20,160 6,774 40 724
March 29,462 21,328 7,364 37 734
April 23,614 16,212 6,661 36 704
May 26,353 18,620 6,980 31 720
June 34,220 26,191 7,305 25 699
July 45,286 34,761 9,787 27 711
August 44,618 34,144 9,782 28 663
Sept 34,973 26,308 7,955 30 680
October 30,374 22,100 7,546 33 695
November 30,386 21,238 8,401 35 712
December 32,784 23,889 8,116 40 738
Year 2024
January 43,343 32,561 9,902 56 823
February 26,681 20,268 5,660 40 713
Year to Date
2022 90,623 64,513 24,355 111 1,643
2023 64,119 47,650 14,833 86 1,550
2024 70,024 52,829 15,563 96 1,536
Rolling 12 Months Ending in February
2023 456,428 334,726 111,723 509 9,470
2024 402,093 297,620 95,460 419 8,594

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 for 2022 and prior years are final. Values for 2023 and 2024 are preliminary. 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.