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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 2.3.C. Petroleum Coke: 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 5,352 3,433 705 10 1,204
2017 4,467 2,742 657 17 1,050
2018 4,552 2,752 797 12 991
2019 3,563 2,083 571 7 900
2020 3,856 2,276 782 4 795
2021 3,830 2,344 731 7 748
2022 3,702 2,294 671 16 721
2023 2,649 1,336 709 4 600
2024 2,270 960 699 6 604
2025 2,607 1,347 640 6 614
Year 2024
January 220 95 68 2 55
February 163 69 50 1 43
March 134 22 67 0 45
April 174 66 58 0 50
May 187 76 63 1 46
June 223 115 57 1 50
July 256 131 68 0 57
August 248 128 68 0 52
Sept 156 70 40 0 46
October 156 72 33 0 50
November 153 44 58 0 50
December 199 72 68 1 58
Year 2025
January 253 166 NM 2 43
February 177 94 44 2 37
March 211 97 65 0 49
April 177 74 58 0 45
May 196 75 65 0 56
June 265 127 71 0 66
July 251 181 NM 0 43
August 255 133 67 0 55
Sept 223 123 45 0 55
October 227 128 NM 0 55
November 196 82 57 0 56
December 176 65 55 2 53
Year 2026
January 222 107 60 2 53
Year to Date
2024 220 95 68 2 55
2025 253 166 NM 2 43
2026 222 107 60 2 53
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2025 2,303 1,031 NM 7 592
2026 2,576 1,288 NM 6 624

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 Coke includes petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, petroleum coke-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.