Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 11.6 Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Utility and Nonutility Purchasers;

 Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

Total of

Economic Sales and Utility Nonutility

Characteristic(a) Transfers Offsite Purchaser(b) Purchaser(c)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 194 100 93

 20-49 282 280 3

 50-99 1,115 922 194

 100-249 5,225 4,288 936

 250-499 5,595 2,696 2,899

 500 and Over 20,770 12,507 8,263

Total 33,181 20,793 12,388

Employment Size

 Under 50 395 177 218

 50-99 3,412 3,408 5

 100-249 6,687 3,088 3,599

 250-499 5,389 4,175 1,214

 500-999 7,082 3,635 3,447

 1000 and Over 10,215 6,309 3,906

Total 33,181 20,793 12,388

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 2 2 0

 20-49 153 153 0

 50-99 8 Q 7

 100-249 522 189 333

 250-499 2,842 587 2,255

 500 and Over 131 126 5

Total 3,658 1,059 2,599

Employment Size

 Under 50 6 2 4

 50-99 68 67 1

 100-249 3 * 3

 250-499 1,004 707 297

 500-999 2,551 257 2,295

 1000 and Over 26 25 1

Total 3,658 1,059 2,599
Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 11.6 Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Utility and Nonutility Purchasers;

 Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

Total of

Economic Sales and Utility Nonutility

Characteristic(a) Transfers Offsite Purchaser(b) Purchaser(c)

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 Q Q 0

 20-49 3 1 2

 50-99 100 Q 54

 100-249 Q 28 Q

 250-499 421 386 35

 500 and Over 707 555 151

Total 1,480 1,017 463

Employment Size

 Under 50 Q Q *

 50-99 Q Q 0

 100-249 451 391 60

 250-499 370 21 349

 500-999 145 139 6

 1000 and Over 466 418 48

Total 1,480 1,017 463

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 0 0 0

 20-49 1 1 *

 50-99 330 326 4

 100-249 3,712 3,415 298

 250-499 1,335 1,078 257

 500 and Over 17,392 9,340 8,052

Total 22,771 14,160 8,611

Employment Size

 Under 50 90 89 1

 50-99 3,034 3,030 4

 100-249 5,283 1,782 3501

 250-499 1,589 1,135 454

 500-999 3,082 2,287 795

 1000 and Over 9,693 5,836 3,857

Total 22,771 14,160 8,611
Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 11.6 Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Utility and Nonutility Purchasers;

 Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

Total of

Economic Sales and Utility Nonutility

Characteristic(a) Transfers Offsite Purchaser(b) Purchaser(c)

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 191 98 93

 20-49 125 125 *

 50-99 678 549 129

 100-249 741 655 86

 250-499 998 646 352

 500 and Over 2,540 2,485 54

Total 5,272 4,558 715

Employment Size

 Under 50 298 85 213

 50-99 264 264 0

 100-249 950 914 35

 250-499 2,426 2,312 114

 500-999 1,304 952 352

 1000 and Over 30 30 0

Total 5,272 4,558 715

 (a) Value of Shipments and Receipts and Employment Size categories were supplied by the

Bureau of the Census.

 (b) A 'Utility' is a company in the local area that produces and/or delivers electricity

and is legally obligated to provide service to the general public within its franchise area.

 (c) 'Nonutility' includes consumers, such as other manufacturers, households,

and commercial entities; generators of electricity, such as independent power producers,

small power producers, and cogenerators not located at the establishment site;

and suppliers, such as brokers, marketers, and marketing subsidiaries of utilities.

 NF=No applicable RSE row/column factor.

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. 

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption

and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2010 Manufacturing Energy

Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census, data files for the 

2010 Annual Survey of Manufacturers.'