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Data for March 2023 Release Date: May 24, 2023 Next Release Date: June 27, 2023 Full report PDF
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Table 2.1.A. Coal: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2013-March 2023 (Thousand Tons)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2013 860,729 638,327 217,219 513 4,670
2014 853,634 624,235 224,568 202 4,629
2015 739,594 539,506 195,927 163 3,999
2016 677,371 496,192 178,047 111 3,021
2017 663,911 484,389 176,643 95 2,783
2018 636,213 473,617 159,976 87 2,534
2019 537,620 399,545 135,838 76 2,161
2020 435,351 325,352 108,125 72 1,802
2021 500,367 372,694 125,920 87 1,666
2022 468,779 348,344 118,644 84 1,706
Year 2021
January 45,095 33,198 11,750 8 139
February 47,821 36,196 11,485 11 128
March 34,416 25,651 8,631 7 127
April 29,995 22,448 7,420 6 121
May 35,613 26,977 8,492 4 140
June 47,913 36,142 11,622 6 144
July 56,262 42,104 14,007 7 145
August 56,131 42,391 13,587 7 145
Sept 44,291 33,553 10,578 8 153
October 35,574 25,681 9,746 9 138
November 32,788 23,460 9,171 8 149
December 34,469 24,894 9,431 7 138
Year 2022
January 48,491 35,513 12,822 8 148
February 39,703 28,501 11,055 6 141
March 34,129 24,089 9,881 5 154
April 30,634 21,953 8,551 3 127
May 34,866 26,339 8,367 7 152
June 41,533 31,859 9,517 8 149
July 49,235 37,818 11,260 8 150
August 48,108 36,224 11,723 9 152
Sept 37,106 28,080 8,883 9 134
October 31,313 23,269 7,908 7 128
November 32,169 23,234 8,800 7 128
December 41,491 31,465 9,877 7 142
Year 2023
January 34,523 27,292 7,088 6 138
February 26,689 19,991 6,571 6 121
March 28,400 21,137 7,137 5 121
Year to Date
2021 127,331 95,045 31,867 26 394
2022 122,323 88,104 33,758 18 443
2023 89,612 68,421 20,795 17 380
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2022 495,359 365,753 127,811 80 1,716
2023 436,068 328,662 105,681 83 1,643

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 2021 and prior years are final. Values for 2022 and 2023 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.