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Data for February 2024 Release Date: April 24, 2024 Next Release Date: May 24, 2024 Full report PDF
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Table 2.1.B. Coal: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2014-February 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 9,587 1,554 566 343 7,124
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
Sept 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 952 155 66 39 692
February 811 124 47 34 606
March 850 139 63 31 617
April 749 86 45 30 589
May 785 117 43 26 599
June 763 115 50 23 575
July 802 166 37 23 576
August 753 154 38 24 536
Sept 766 145 38 25 558
October 758 110 51 27 571
November 781 116 43 29 593
December 816 126 43 34 612
Year 2024
January 948 156 53 47 692
February 790 128 38 33 590
Year to Date
2022 2,000 410 132 97 1,361
2023 1,763 280 114 72 1,298
2024 1,737 284 90 80 1,283
Rolling 12 Months Ending in February
2023 11,118 2,139 712 423 7,844
2024 9,561 1,559 542 351 7,109

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 for 2022 and prior years are final. Values for 2023 and 2024 are preliminary. 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 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.