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Data for January 2026 Release Date: March 24, 2026 Next Release Date: April 23, 2026 Full report PDF
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Table 2.1.C. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2016-January 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 425,333 319,593 97,402 413 7,926
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 46,743 34,894 11,035 49 765
February 35,937 26,853 8,370 42 671
March 28,803 21,278 6,744 38 743
April 26,578 19,669 6,192 32 685
May 28,541 21,329 6,602 30 581
June 37,213 27,963 8,600 26 624
July 45,847 34,921 10,219 34 673
August 40,400 30,791 8,931 32 646
Sept 34,061 25,940 7,469 32 620
October 31,660 23,415 7,592 32 621
November 31,639 23,366 7,612 33 629
December 37,910 29,173 8,035 33 668
Year 2026
January 40,605 31,257 8,610 43 695
Year to Date
2024 43,320 32,601 9,861 63 794
2025 46,743 34,894 11,035 49 765
2026 40,605 31,257 8,610 43 695
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2025 385,237 288,627 88,098 407 8,105
2026 419,195 315,956 94,976 407 7,856

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 2024 and prior years are final. Values for 2025 and 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.