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Data for August 2026 Release Date: October 23, 2026 Next Release Date: November 24, 2026
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Table 2.1.C. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2016-August 2026 (Thousand Tons)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2016 693,958 499,172 179,383 683 14,720
2017 678,578 487,192 177,801 610 12,975
2018 650,027 475,885 161,332 577 12,233
2019 550,017 401,607 136,998 519 10,892
2020 445,753 326,987 108,840 473 9,453
2021 511,669 374,848 126,587 534 9,700
2022 482,931 351,589 121,245 535 9,563
2023 395,989 292,615 94,591 400 8,384
2024 381,814 286,334 86,924 422 8,134
2025 423,697 319,064 96,331 422 7,880
Year 2024
January 43,320 32,601 9,861 63 794
February 26,736 20,278 5,739 47 671
March 23,193 17,623 4,800 37 733
April 21,907 15,835 5,446 31 595
May 26,850 20,063 6,135 19 632
June 35,096 26,987 7,460 26 622
July 41,183 31,375 9,096 28 684
August 40,091 30,240 9,157 31 664
Sept 32,184 24,134 7,367 31 652
October 28,002 20,382 6,926 31 663
November 27,066 19,795 6,541 37 692
December 36,188 27,021 8,396 41 731
Year 2025
January 46,620 34,887 10,910 54 768
February 35,827 26,821 8,296 47 663
March 28,724 21,235 6,737 38 713
April 26,529 19,639 6,211 32 647
May 28,356 21,286 6,472 29 569
June 37,039 27,951 8,441 23 624
July 45,703 34,869 10,135 30 670
August 40,302 30,767 8,855 29 652
Sept 33,983 25,890 7,431 29 632
October 31,427 23,283 7,478 31 634
November 31,449 23,292 7,483 39 636
December 37,737 29,144 7,882 41 671
Year 2026
January 40,528 31,222 8,565 44 697
February 31,792 23,915 7,197 38 642
March 25,668 18,709 6,292 24 643
April 23,055 15,948 6,518 28 561
May 26,352 19,697 6,029 27 599
June 32,109 24,755 6,734 26 593
July 42,942 32,789 9,535 33 585
August 40,708 31,233 8,803 34 639
Year to Date
2024 258,374 195,002 57,694 282 5,396
2025 289,101 217,455 66,057 282 5,306
2026 263,153 198,268 59,671 254 4,960
Rolling 12 Months Ending in August
2025 412,541 308,787 95,287 422 8,045
2026 397,749 299,877 89,946 393 7,533

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 2025 and prior years are final. Values for 2026 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 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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