U.S. Energy Information Administration Quarterly Coal Report, October - December 2023

Table 37. U.S. coal stocks, 2017 - 2023

(thousand short tons)

Coal consumers

Last day of quarter

Electric

power

sector 1

Coke

plants

Other

industrial 2

Commercial

and

institutional

users

Total

Coal producers

and

distributors Total

2017

March 31 161,815 1,388 3,236 335 166,774 25,190 191,964

June 30 158,014 1,626 3,295 329 163,264 23,430 186,694

September 30 139,571 1,670 3,482 337 145,060 23,430 168,490

December 31 137,687 1,718 3,242 310 142,957 23,999 166,956

2018

March 31 126,008 1,508 2,891 275 130,682 24,736 155,418

June 30 121,041 1,616 2,896 256 125,809 22,997 148,806

September 30 100,384 1,811 3,023 260 105,478 22,537 128,015

December 31 102,793 1,807 3,258 247 108,104 21,692 129,796

2019

March 31 96,932 2,005 2,832 221 101,990 24,160 126,150

June 30 116,875 2,296 2,985 201 122,358 24,529 146,887

September 30 110,615 2,463 3,168 232 116,478 27,714 144,192

December 31 128,102 2,333 3,258 246 133,940 31,320 165,260

2020

March 31 145,034 2,148 3,020 212 150,413 30,829 181,242

June 30 149,935 2,022 3,019 213 155,189 29,510 184,699

September 30 127,902 1,975 2,907 234 133,018 25,537 158,555

December 31 131,431 1,654 2,848 250 136,182 23,640 159,822

2021

March 31 109,614 1,545 2,538 229 113,926 22,629 136,555

June 30 108,678 1,853 2,625 210 113,366 22,361 135,727

September 30 77,476 1,794 2,636 201 82,107 19,042 101,149

December 31 91,884 1,658 2,624 176 96,343 19,013 115,356

2022

March 31 86,143 1,590 2,404 157 90,294 19,674 109,968

June 30 86,869 1,620 2,374 158 91,021 20,597 111,618

September 30 79,354 1,646 2,529 187 83,717 20,445 104,162

December 31 88,861 1,627 2,499 167 93,153 20,820 113,973

2023

March 31 109,004 1,650 2,451 162 113,267 22,390* 135,657

June 30 127,710 1,684 2,765 160 132,319 22,092* 154,411

September 30 116,635 1,655 2,750 168 121,207 18,506* 139,713

December 31 131,426 1,551 2,868 149 135,995 18,427* 154,422

1 The electric power sector (electric utilities and independent power producers) comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants whose primary

business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public (i.e. NAICS 22 plants).

2 Manufacturing plants only.

* Estimated.

- = No data reported.

Note: Beginning in 1999, the first three quarters of each year's data for Coal Producers and Distributors are estimated. Electric power sector stocks include anthracite,

bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, and lignite, and exclude waste coal. Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). *Electric Power Sector: Form EIA-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.' *Coke Plants: Form EIA-3, 'Quarterly Survey

of Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Coal Users.' *Other Industrial and Commercial and Institutional Users: Form EIA-3, 'Quarterly Survey of Industrial,

Commercial & Institutional Coal Users.' *Producers and Distributors: 'Short Term Energy Outlook' estimates, Form EIA-7A, 'Annual Survey of Coal Production and

Preparation,' and Form EIA-8A, 'Annual Survey of Coal Stocks and Coal Exports.' Prior to third quarter 2014, coke plant data was collected under Form EIA-5, 'Quarterly

Coal Consumption and Quality Report - Coke Plants.'