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With Data for 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2026 Next Release: October 2027
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Table 5.1.D. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2015 - 2025 (Billion Btus)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2015 14,167,878 10,456,910 3,624,869 3,443 82,656
2016 12,979,911 9,641,625 3,274,103 2,293 61,889
2017 12,606,527 9,328,961 3,219,833 1,914 55,820
2018 12,037,444 9,041,357 2,944,321 1,736 50,029
2019 10,166,309 7,623,281 2,498,944 1,509 42,575
2020 8,224,162 6,206,153 1,980,662 1,330 36,018
2021 9,482,946 7,124,244 2,323,722 1,577 33,403
2022 8,868,315 6,636,816 2,197,088 1,629 32,781
2023 7,240,596 5,556,006 1,655,101 1,182 28,307
2024 7,013,266 5,455,735 1,528,334 1,116 28,081
2025 7,808,097 6,080,327 1,699,529 1,189 27,052
Year 2023
January 659,607 513,389 143,312 160 2,746
February 500,285 376,970 120,835 140 2,339
March 540,007 405,614 132,031 113 2,249
April 432,462 314,052 116,149 112 2,150
May 474,300 353,561 118,277 92 2,369
June 623,856 499,160 122,404 44 2,248
July 840,127 664,788 172,782 64 2,493
August 829,792 653,077 174,273 66 2,376
September 642,442 498,804 141,204 78 2,357
October 547,246 416,202 128,691 96 2,257
November 549,358 402,536 144,457 95 2,270
December 601,115 457,856 140,685 121 2,454
Year 2024
January 800,706 618,577 179,448 188 2,494
February 480,064 379,572 98,009 130 2,354
March 417,432 335,607 79,205 104 2,516
April 399,867 303,921 93,958 81 1,907
May 495,782 385,244 108,257 34 2,247
June 658,338 520,787 135,242 56 2,254
July 768,748 602,294 163,872 81 2,501
August 743,448 578,541 162,374 88 2,445
September 586,255 457,869 126,009 89 2,287
October 506,627 384,006 120,233 74 2,314
November 489,182 374,337 112,516 89 2,240
December 666,817 514,980 149,212 103 2,522
Year 2025
January 874,212 670,691 200,698 174 2,650
February 657,801 506,590 148,872 139 2,199
March 522,502 404,741 115,147 95 2,519
April 487,024 379,588 105,173 91 2,172
May 517,111 402,815 112,219 84 1,994
June 686,506 535,615 148,527 57 2,307
July 852,316 664,749 185,011 94 2,462
August 740,320 582,959 154,978 81 2,301
September 619,660 488,905 128,462 85 2,209
October 573,050 441,326 129,467 93 2,162
November 575,303 443,482 129,667 102 2,052
December 702,293 558,868 141,308 94 2,023

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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