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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 2.2.B. Petroleum Liquids: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2016-January 2026 (Thousand Barrels)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2016 2,277 68 245 245 1,719
2017 2,012 72 220 238 1,482
2018 2,614 103 354 350 1,807
2019 2,162 71 226 419 1,446
2020 1,730 59 179 269 1,223
2021 2,072 80 278 330 1,384
2022 4,181 106 403 495 3,177
2023 3,133 65 330 363 2,374
2024 2,238 66 612 440 1,120
2025 1,956 73 557 194 1,131
Year 2024
January 324 18 59 87 160
February 170 3 23 45 98
March 189 4 26 63 96
April 215 6 75 41 94
May 191 4 51 59 77
June 199 5 38 86 69
July 182 4 93 6 79
August 128 5 52 5 67
Sept 104 3 24 5 72
October 144 5 34 7 98
November 142 5 37 12 89
December 251 4 101 24 122
Year 2025
January 389 10 182 NM 157
February 245 9 103 NM 110
March 158 3 34 17 103
April 133 4 35 11 82
May 136 4 44 7 81
June 139 6 24 15 94
July 121 4 22 10 85
August 130 7 23 8 91
Sept 98 5 20 8 65
October 118 5 20 9 84
November 108 6 23 12 67
December 182 8 28 NM 113
Year 2026
January 377 24 79 NM NM
Year to Date
2024 324 18 59 87 160
2025 389 10 182 NM 157
2026 377 24 79 NM NM
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2025 2,304 58 735 NM 1,117
2026 1,943 87 455 NM NM

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.
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.