Table 6.3 Stocks of Coal, Petroleum Liquids, and Petroleum Coke:
Electric Power Sector, by Census Divison, 2021 and 2020

  Electric Power Sector Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers
Census Division December 2021 December 2020 Percentage Change December 2021 December 2020 December 2021 December 2020
Coal (Thousand Tons)
New England W 491 W 0 W W W
Middle Atlantic 2,949 3,734 -21.0% W W W W
East North Central 18,182 30,027 -39.4% 11,625 20,171 6,557 9,856
West North Central 19,903 26,370 -24.5% 19,903 26,370 0 0
South Atlantic 13,623 20,440 -33.4% 12,137 18,367 1,486 2,072
East South Central 7,696 11,366 -32.3% 7,696 11,366 0 0
West South Central 14,740 20,032 -26.4% 10,657 13,969 4,083 6,063
Mountain W 17,985 W W W W W
Pacific Contiguous W W W 0 0 W W
Pacific Noncontiguous 208 W W W W W W
U.S. Total 91,884 131,431 -30.1% 75,231 107,965 16,653 23,466
Petroleum Liquids (Thousand Barrels)
New England 3,301 3,568 -7.5% 247 526 3,054 3,042
Middle Atlantic 5,563 5,406 2.9% 2,103 2,000 3,461 3,405
East North Central 1,669 1,667 0.1% 1,299 742 369 925
West North Central 1,082 801 35.0% 1,050 776 31 26
South Atlantic 9,547 10,372 -7.9% 7,273 8,087 2,274 2,285
East South Central 1,048 1,164 -9.9% 948 1,073 100 91
West South Central 1,907 1,194 59.6% 984 999 923 196
Mountain 334 360 -7.4% 305 333 29 27
Pacific Contiguous 356 366 -2.9% 267 269 88 97
Pacific Noncontiguous 1,197 1,166 2.7% 1,159 1,136 38 29
U.S. Total 26,003 26,063 -0.2% 15,636 15,941 10,368 10,123
Petroleum Coke (Thousand Tons)
New England 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
East North Central W W W W W 0 0
West North Central 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
South Atlantic W W W W W W W
East South Central 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
West South Central W W W W W 0 0
Mountain W W W 0 0 W W
Pacific Contiguous 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
Pacific Noncontiguous 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
U.S. Total 302 298 1.5% 290 273 12 25

W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values are final. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form-923.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percentage change is calculated before rounding.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'