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Data for June 2026 Release Date: August 26, 2026 Next Release Date: September 24, 2026
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Table 2.2.A. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2016-June 2026 (Thousand Barrels)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2016 22,405 16,137 5,624 108 536
2017 21,696 15,567 5,461 191 476
2018 28,614 18,345 9,467 269 534
2019 20,836 15,677 4,464 251 444
2020 18,008 13,913 3,447 238 410
2021 21,633 16,850 4,102 250 432
2022 28,760 18,375 9,474 254 657
2023 21,335 16,366 4,253 200 517
2024 20,787 16,058 4,137 179 414
2025 25,335 17,622 7,132 173 408
Year 2024
January 2,757 1,991 690 30 47
February 1,385 1,142 183 14 46
March 1,419 1,154 214 18 34
April 1,592 1,229 311 17 35
May 1,576 1,253 274 18 32
June 1,614 1,224 334 23 32
July 1,832 1,324 468 8 33
August 1,813 1,448 326 9 30
Sept 1,485 1,232 217 7 28
October 1,651 1,364 247 7 33
November 1,535 1,242 252 10 31
December 2,128 1,455 620 18 35
Year 2025
January 4,718 2,479 2,166 NM 49
February 2,021 1,457 518 NM 34
March 1,526 1,262 223 9 32
April 1,493 1,171 285 7 30
May 1,372 1,053 257 34 29
June 2,012 1,401 560 9 42
July 2,002 1,341 619 10 32
August 1,863 1,393 405 33 33
Sept 1,598 1,289 272 9 29
October 1,642 1,328 272 7 36
November 1,783 1,401 346 8 28
December 3,304 2,047 1,210 NM 34
Year 2026
January 8,588 3,712 4,789 NM NM
February 4,887 2,380 2,436 NM 38
March 1,965 1,575 344 14 32
April 1,655 1,337 279 11 28
May 1,905 1,341 526 NM 29
June 1,753 1,314 401 9 30
Year to Date
2024 10,343 7,993 2,006 119 225
2025 13,142 8,823 4,008 94 217
2026 20,754 11,659 8,775 NM 195
Rolling 12 Months Ending in June
2025 23,586 16,888 6,139 NM 406
2026 32,947 20,458 11,899 NM NM

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 2024 and prior years are final. Values for 2025 and 2026 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate and residual fuel oils, jet fuel, kerosene, waste oil, and beginning in 2011, propane. Prior to 2011 propane was included in Other Fossil Gas.
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.

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