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With Data for 2024 Release Date: October 16, 2025 Next Release: October 2026 full report PDF
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Table 5.1.A. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2014 - 2024 (Thousand Tons)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2014 853,634 624,235 224,568 202 4,629
2015 739,594 539,506 195,927 163 3,999
2016 677,371 496,192 178,047 111 3,021
2017 663,911 484,389 176,643 95 2,783
2018 636,213 473,617 159,976 87 2,534
2019 537,620 399,545 135,838 76 2,161
2020 435,351 325,352 108,125 72 1,802
2021 500,367 372,694 125,920 87 1,666
2022 471,576 349,320 120,514 87 1,655
2023 386,626 291,034 94,063 69 1,460
2024 372,931 284,849 86,586 65 1,431
Year 2022
January 48,671 35,515 13,004 8 145
February 39,951 28,588 11,219 7 137
March 34,396 24,194 10,045 5 151
April 30,904 22,073 8,704 4 124
May 35,210 26,438 8,621 3 148
June 41,748 31,926 9,666 9 147
July 49,433 37,902 11,380 8 143
August 48,356 36,307 11,897 9 142
September 37,302 28,179 8,983 9 130
October 31,458 23,343 7,980 8 126
November 32,398 23,313 8,953 8 122
December 41,750 31,540 10,062 9 139
Year 2023
January 35,506 27,360 7,998 9 138
February 26,854 19,980 6,749 8 118
March 28,671 21,207 7,345 6 114
April 22,889 16,155 6,616 7 111
May 25,484 18,557 6,799 6 122
June 33,541 26,111 7,308 3 120
July 44,412 34,525 9,752 4 131
August 43,887 34,029 9,730 4 123
September 34,223 26,184 7,913 5 121
October 29,580 21,997 7,460 6 117
November 29,549 21,115 8,310 6 117
December 32,031 23,814 8,083 7 127
Year 2024
January 42,393 32,434 9,820 10 128
February 25,982 20,147 5,708 7 120
March 22,380 17,494 4,753 6 127
April 21,240 15,721 5,417 5 97
May 26,178 19,956 6,105 2 115
June 34,428 26,875 7,435 3 115
July 40,450 31,245 9,073 5 126
August 39,364 30,096 9,138 5 124
September 31,493 24,019 7,351 5 118
October 27,312 20,283 6,906 5 119
November 26,333 19,691 6,522 5 115
December 35,378 26,887 8,358 6 128

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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