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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.B. Coal: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
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 18,107 978 1,821 861 14,448
2015 16,632 1,032 1,980 635 12,985
2016 16,586 2,979 1,336 572 11,700
2017 14,667 2,802 1,158 515 10,192
2018 13,813 2,268 1,356 490 9,700
2019 12,397 2,062 1,161 443 8,731
2020 10,402 1,635 715 401 7,651
2021 11,301 2,153 667 447 8,034
2022 11,356 2,269 731 448 7,908
2023 9,363 1,580 527 331 6,925
2024 8,883 1,485 338 356 6,703
Year 2022
January 1,071 221 66 48 736
February 930 189 67 49 625
March 985 181 78 32 694
April 898 163 72 22 641
May 904 149 56 24 676
June 892 173 52 33 634
July 954 219 55 36 643
August 963 203 62 37 661
September 905 190 57 38 621
October 933 174 56 38 664
November 904 181 56 43 624
December 1,018 227 55 48 688
Year 2023
January 922 157 53 43 669
February 787 127 47 37 576
March 839 142 65 33 600
April 710 88 40 29 553
May 744 119 33 22 569
June 731 117 43 20 552
July 811 167 36 21 586
August 771 157 38 22 553
September 753 146 34 22 551
October 734 114 47 22 551
November 760 115 43 28 574
December 802 131 48 33 591
Year 2024
January 926 167 41 53 665
February 753 131 31 40 552
March 813 129 46 31 607
April 667 114 29 26 498
May 672 107 31 17 518
June 668 112 25 23 507
July 733 130 23 23 558
August 728 144 19 25 540
September 691 115 16 25 534
October 690 99 20 27 545
November 733 104 19 32 578
December 809 134 38 34 603

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.