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With Data for 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2026 Next Release: October 2027
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Table 5.1.C. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2015 - 2025 (Thousand Tons)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
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 395,989 292,615 94,591 400 8,384
2024 381,814 286,334 86,924 422 8,134
2025 423,697 319,064 96,331 422 7,880
Year 2023
January 36,428 27,518 8,051 51 808
February 27,641 20,107 6,796 44 694
March 29,511 21,349 7,409 39 714
April 23,599 16,243 6,656 36 664
May 26,227 18,677 6,832 28 691
June 34,273 26,228 7,351 22 672
July 45,223 34,692 9,788 26 718
August 44,658 34,186 9,768 26 677
September 34,975 26,329 7,948 27 671
October 30,313 22,111 7,507 27 668
November 30,308 21,231 8,353 34 691
December 32,833 23,945 8,131 39 718
Year 2024
January 43,320 32,601 9,861 63 794
February 26,736 20,278 5,739 47 671
March 23,193 17,623 4,800 37 733
April 21,907 15,835 5,446 31 595
May 26,850 20,063 6,135 19 632
June 35,096 26,987 7,460 26 622
July 41,183 31,375 9,096 28 684
August 40,091 30,240 9,157 31 664
September 32,184 24,134 7,367 31 652
October 28,002 20,382 6,926 31 663
November 27,066 19,795 6,541 37 692
December 36,188 27,021 8,396 41 731
Year 2025
January 46,620 34,887 10,910 54 768
February 35,827 26,821 8,296 47 663
March 28,724 21,235 6,737 38 713
April 26,529 19,639 6,211 32 647
May 28,356 21,286 6,472 29 569
June 37,039 27,951 8,441 23 624
July 45,703 34,869 10,135 30 670
August 40,302 30,767 8,855 29 652
September 33,983 25,890 7,431 29 632
October 31,427 23,283 7,478 31 634
November 31,449 23,292 7,483 39 636
December 37,737 29,144 7,882 41 671

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 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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