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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 5.2.A. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2014 - 2024 (Thousand Barrels)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
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 21,633 16,850 4,102 250 432
2022 28,760 18,375 9,474 254 657
2023 21,335 16,366 4,253 200 517
2024 20,787 16,058 4,137 179 414
Year 2022
January 5,217 2,325 2,794 44 54
February 2,067 1,239 768 16 43
March 1,732 1,304 365 14 48
April 1,408 1,098 250 17 43
May 1,588 1,275 252 20 42
June 1,704 1,286 351 20 46
July 2,020 1,375 576 21 48
August 1,896 1,301 537 19 39
September 1,738 1,341 335 12 49
October 1,814 1,370 387 14 43
November 1,700 1,339 304 15 42
December 5,876 3,121 2,553 42 160
Year 2023
January 1,821 1,453 283 24 61
February 2,432 1,558 791 36 47
March 1,677 1,305 303 16 53
April 1,605 1,262 292 11 40
May 1,689 1,348 290 15 36
June 1,680 1,370 256 11 43
July 1,778 1,318 405 13 41
August 1,789 1,445 289 13 41
September 1,666 1,277 339 12 38
October 1,825 1,351 423 13 37
November 1,671 1,313 304 15 38
December 1,704 1,366 277 21 41
Year 2024
January 2,757 1,991 690 30 47
February 1,385 1,142 183 14 46
March 1,419 1,154 214 18 34
April 1,592 1,229 311 17 35
May 1,576 1,253 274 18 32
June 1,614 1,224 334 23 32
July 1,832 1,324 468 8 33
August 1,813 1,448 326 9 30
September 1,485 1,232 217 7 28
October 1,651 1,364 247 7 33
November 1,535 1,242 252 10 31
December 2,128 1,455 620 18 35

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 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.