Table 5.2.A. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2011 - 2021 (Thousand Barrels)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2011 27,326 20,844 5,633 133 716
2012 22,604 17,521 4,110 272 702
2013 23,231 16,827 5,494 328 582
2014 31,531 19,652 10,689 451 739
2015 28,925 18,562 9,473 249 641
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 21,634 16,850 4,102 250 432
Year 2019
January 2,506 1,672 755 32 46
February 1,482 1,099 327 15 42
March 1,476 1,159 263 16 38
April 1,417 1,046 313 15 44
May 1,702 1,305 346 17 33
June 1,747 1,369 328 17 33
July 1,818 1,328 436 24 30
August 1,868 1,473 340 21 34
September 1,669 1,305 302 27 35
October 1,709 1,305 347 23 34
November 1,626 1,228 339 23 37
December 1,816 1,388 369 22 37
Year 2020
January 1,741 1,438 244 23 37
February 1,446 1,146 243 13 45
March 1,292 962 280 17 33
April 1,169 878 235 13 44
May 1,323 1,015 254 22 31
June 1,536 1,189 293 20 34
July 1,700 1,296 345 25 33
August 1,648 1,285 314 24 25
September 1,405 1,106 250 23 26
October 1,580 1,257 272 17 34
November 1,461 1,116 290 21 34
December 1,708 1,225 427 21 35
Year 2021
January 1,720 1,376 287 22 35
February 2,986 2,295 605 20 67
March 1,489 1,179 250 23 38
April 1,501 1,190 255 24 32
May 1,526 1,204 268 20 34
June 1,727 1,290 386 20 30
July 1,633 1,243 337 23 30
August 2,196 1,752 387 20 36
September 1,741 1,396 300 16 29
October 1,655 1,317 280 23 34
November 1,649 1,260 340 17 32
December 1,811 1,349 407 21 34

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.
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 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.