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With Data for 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2026 Next Release: October 2027
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Table 5.1.E. Coal: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
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 356,895 18,640 37,815 13,483 286,956
2016 342,370 51,590 29,330 11,736 249,714
2017 297,521 48,745 24,682 10,284 213,810
2018 278,277 38,513 28,829 9,719 201,217
2019 247,251 33,559 25,686 8,571 179,436
2020 208,052 26,952 15,375 7,424 158,300
2021 224,841 35,397 14,246 8,211 166,986
2022 222,498 37,337 14,441 8,270 162,450
2023 181,221 25,906 10,216 5,839 139,259
2024 171,692 23,799 6,413 6,226 135,255
2025 166,491 24,244 5,119 6,194 130,934
Year 2023
January 18,141 2,595 951 794 13,800
February 15,528 2,083 937 672 11,836
March 16,361 2,339 1,339 589 12,095
April 13,897 1,475 865 508 11,049
May 14,545 1,969 704 380 11,493
June 13,843 1,860 958 340 10,685
July 15,546 2,795 738 365 11,648
August 14,582 2,623 702 387 10,871
September 14,472 2,360 651 391 11,069
October 14,100 1,848 829 366 11,058
November 14,698 1,853 732 475 11,638
December 15,507 2,106 809 573 12,018
Year 2024
January 17,751 2,649 751 1,000 13,351
February 14,619 2,113 626 723 11,158
March 15,856 2,021 788 527 12,520
April 12,908 1,866 529 453 10,061
May 12,991 1,715 582 282 10,413
June 12,904 1,798 509 397 10,200
July 14,368 2,098 445 410 11,415
August 14,120 2,403 364 435 10,918
September 13,278 1,894 333 435 10,617
October 13,417 1,554 423 439 11,002
November 14,017 1,606 384 537 11,490
December 15,463 2,082 679 591 12,111
Year 2025
January 17,034 2,717 600 847 12,871
February 14,686 2,327 464 735 11,160
March 14,748 1,774 486 612 11,876
April 13,082 1,569 246 454 10,814
May 11,885 1,665 379 389 9,452
June 12,990 2,088 351 363 10,189
July 14,402 2,313 566 418 11,105
August 13,666 2,221 342 409 10,695
September 13,238 2,075 396 400 10,367
October 12,747 1,675 494 427 10,152
November 13,264 1,639 428 555 10,641
December 14,748 2,181 367 584 11,615

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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