Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 7.4 Average Prices of Selected Purchased Energy Sources, 2014;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: U.S. Dollars per Physical Units.

Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding

Economic Electricity Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Gas(c) natural gasoline)(d) Coal

Characteristic(a) (kWh) (gallons) (gallons) (1000 cu ft) (gallons) (short tons)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 0.105 2.10 3.14 6.73 1.99 76.30

 20-49 0.082 2.66 3.51 6.34 1.64 80.77

 50-99 0.075 2.01 3.00 5.79 0.98 78.93

 100-249 0.069 2.13 3.08 5.65 2.68 96.90

 250-499 0.061 2.37 3.01 5.13 Q 95.00

 500 and Over 0.057 2.13 2.95 5.04 0.98 96.27

Total 0.071 2.15 3.11 5.39 1.01 93.06

Employment Size

 Under 50 0.096 2.08 3.14 5.97 0.94 83.37

 50-99 0.081 2.05 3.33 5.70 0.93 93.57

 100-249 0.073 2.21 3.04 5.45 1.22 89.71

 250-499 0.065 2.29 3.13 5.22 0.88 76.44

 500-999 0.058 2.22 3.03 5.20 1.12 92.23

 1000 and Over 0.066 2.41 3.05 5.23 0.83 109.22

Total 0.071 2.15 3.11 5.39 1.01 93.06

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 0.106 2.08 2.87 8.17 2.07 140.92

 20-49 0.097 2.69 3.16 7.25 1.90 109.97

 50-99 0.092 2.52 3.15 6.99 1.91 107.71

 100-249 0.079 2.69 3.14 6.50 1.74 102.51

 250-499 0.060 2.47 3.47 5.59 Q 86.81

 500 and Over 0.075 2.46 3.09 5.71 0.67 117.42

Total 0.085 2.53 3.04 6.53 0.76 113.41

Employment Size

 Under 50 0.100 2.03 2.89 7.81 2.01 105.61

 50-99 0.099 2.86 2.96 6.68 2.21 118.91

 100-249 0.086 2.57 3.34 6.84 0.59 99.27

 250-499 0.081 3.14 3.21 5.75 1.21 107.36

 500-999 0.064 2.46 3.10 6.44 4.10 86.35

 1000 and Over 0.082 2.65 3.09 5.92 1.74 116.54

Total 0.085 2.53 3.04 6.53 0.76 113.41

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)

 Under 20 0.094 1.83 3.31 6.66 1.90 59.70

 20-49 0.078 2.28 3.24 6.66 1.47 68.97

 50-99 0.074 2.09 3.06 5.89 1.85 68.43

 100-249 0.070 2.31 3.27 5.68 2.14 104.14

 250-499 0.063 1.61 3.11 5.47 2.57 93.63

 500 and Over 0.057 2.48 2.98 5.47 0.40 89.96

Total 0.069 2.10 3.15 5.76 0.82 89.88

Employment Size

 Under 50 0.083 2.04 3.36 5.97 1.49 83.33

 50-99 0.077 2.31 3.03 5.91 2.28 93.86

 100-249 0.075 2.47 3.09 5.79 2.42 98.52

 250-499 0.066 2.05 3.17 5.63 0.43 54.78

 500-999 0.058 2.47 2.63 5.97 1.88 83.56

 1000 and Over 0.064 2.48 3.14 5.47 1.93 121.31

Total 0.069 2.10 3.15 5.76 0.82 89.88

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 0.088 2.04 2.93 6.11 1.97 87.76

 20-49 0.074 2.53 3.70 5.62 1.74 86.75

 50-99 0.069 1.93 2.84 5.42 0.93 91.53

 100-249 0.064 2.10 2.96 5.36 3.12 104.61

 250-499 0.059 2.22 2.68 4.91 Q 106.34

 500 and Over 0.053 2.04 2.89 4.78 1.02 93.74

Total 0.063 2.07 3.01 4.98 1.03 98.39

Employment Size

 Under 50 0.079 2.08 2.89 5.48 0.85 94.83

 50-99 0.069 2.02 3.66 4.93 0.83 104.02

 100-249 0.067 2.15 2.98 5.00 1.32 94.27

 250-499 0.060 2.27 2.91 4.96 0.96 113.21

 500-999 0.055 2.01 2.93 4.87 1.10 97.29

 1000 and Over 0.058 2.28 2.87 4.93 0.83 84.00

Total 0.063 2.07 3.01 4.98 1.03 98.39

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 0.153 2.57 3.54 6.98 2.08 75.56

 20-49 0.102 0.00 3.35 6.35 2.20 71.12

 50-99 0.080 0.00 3.18 5.58 1.85 70.26

 100-249 0.077 1.92 3.13 5.74 1.65 42.69

 250-499 0.065 2.45 3.55 4.85 1.85 61.00

 500 and Over 0.065 0.00 3.11 5.51 1.73 55.17

Total 0.087 2.06 3.38 5.65 1.99 60.45

Employment Size

 Under 50 0.147 2.57 3.54 6.35 2.14 73.63

 50-99 0.111 0.00 3.08 5.92 2.04 66.59

 100-249 0.080 1.64 3.01 5.86 1.82 56.43

 250-499 0.069 2.03 3.40 5.34 2.25 58.50

 500-999 0.064 2.45 3.58 5.29 1.46 78.05

 1000 and Over 0.076 0.00 3.16 5.72 1.99 55.17

Total 0.087 2.06 3.38 5.65 1.99 60.45
 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

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

 NA=Not available.

 -- Estimation is not applicable.

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

 Sources: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy 

Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census, data files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.'

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

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

 (b) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (c) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas 

producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing subsidiaries of utilities.

 (d) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propanebutane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids 

(NGL). 
Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 7.4 Relative Standard Errors for Table7.4;

 Unit: Percents.

Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding

Economic Electricity Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Gas(c) natural gasoline)(d) Coal

Characteristic(a) (kWh) (gallons) (gallons) (1000 cu ft) (gallons) (short tons)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 9.4 2.2 4.2 1.4 2.7 0.8

 20-49 1.6 11.2 6.5 2.9 11.4 2.2

 50-99 1.5 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.7 2.0

 100-249 1.0 0.2 2.7 0.5 9.6 0.6

 250-499 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.3 58.2 0.1

 500 and Over 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.9 0.1

Total 1.6 0.4 1.6 0.3 1.1 0.3

Employment Size

 Under 50 10.1 0.7 4.3 1.0 2.2 1.2

 50-99 1.8 1.0 8.9 1.3 25.9 2.7

 100-249 0.9 0.1 2.2 0.5 3.1 0.4

 250-499 1.0 2.2 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.8

 500-999 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.1

 1000 and Over 0.7 0.1 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.1

Total 1.6 0.4 1.6 0.3 1.1 0.3

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 4.1 1.9 6.9 2.8 3.2 2.3

 20-49 4.0 15.6 4.6 4.2 7.2 0.1

 50-99 4.3 0.1 3.9 4.2 3.2 2.1

 100-249 2.9 2.1 4.2 1.9 14.7 14.2

 250-499 3.2 0.1 3.7 0.9 125.5 0.1

 500 and Over 1.6 0.1 7.1 1.2 0.1 0.1

Total 1.4 1.3 3.0 1.1 1.4 0.4

Employment Size

 Under 50 3.9 1.1 7.2 3.8 5.0 0.1

 50-99 5.1 17.6 3.4 2.9 7.0 0.1

 100-249 2.8 0.1 3.7 2.8 0.8 0.2

 250-499 3.4 10.9 6.2 1.7 38.1 8.8

 500-999 2.4 0.1 4.0 1.7 0.2 0.1

 1000 and Over 2.2 0.1 9.2 1.5 2.8 0.1

Total 1.4 1.3 3.0 1.1 1.4 0.4

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 2.2 6.2 5.7 2.6 6.8 0.2

 20-49 2.3 0.0 1.7 5.0 20.1 6.2

 50-99 2.3 0.1 1.3 1.4 6.9 4.5

 100-249 2.2 0.9 2.7 0.8 4.0 1.3
 250-499 1.3 1.0 3.4 0.4 0.3 0.1

 500 and Over 0.4 0.1 2.3 0.2 0.4 0.1

Total 0.8 0.5 1.9 0.6 2.9 0.6

Employment Size

 Under 50 2.0 0.6 5.3 1.4 19.4 1.4

 50-99 2.3 0.1 6.0 1.2 3.8 6.8

 100-249 1.4 0.1 0.9 1.1 2.7 1.2

 250-499 2.3 0.1 3.7 1.0 1.5 0.1

 500-999 1.4 0.1 8.7 3.4 2.3 0.1

 1000 and Over 0.7 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.4

Total 0.8 0.5 1.9 0.6 2.9 0.6

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 5.1 4.6 6.7 2.2 3.8 3.3

 20-49 2.6 0.8 10.7 5.6 5.6 1.6

 50-99 1.7 0.2 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.4

 100-249 1.3 0.1 6.4 0.9 11.9 0.3

 250-499 0.9 0.1 2.2 0.4 115.3 0.1

 500 and Over 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.1

Total 0.7 0.1 2.8 0.3 1.3 0.1

Employment Size

 Under 50 4.1 3.0 6.8 1.4 1.6 6.3

 50-99 2.5 0.1 16.3 3.4 24.6 0.2

 100-249 1.2 0.1 4.9 0.6 4.2 0.3

 250-499 1.1 0.9 4.8 0.4 0.2 0.1

 500-999 1.0 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.3

 1000 and Over 0.7 0.1 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.1

Total 0.7 0.1 2.8 0.3 1.3 0.1

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 38.4 14.5 11.8 1.9 5.6 0.1

 20-49 3.3 X 2.5 1.8 13.9 0.1

 50-99 5.4 X 0.7 3.3 4.5 0.1

 100-249 1.7 0.1 2.9 0.9 6.3 0.1

 250-499 1.4 0.1 2.0 0.8 5.3 0.1

 500 and Over 1.0 X 1.3 0.1 4.7 0.1

Total 8.9 1.8 4.2 0.5 3.6 0.1

Employment Size

 Under 50 41.4 14.5 11.9 4.3 6.6 0.1

 50-99 3.2 X 1.7 1.2 3.8 0.1

 100-249 3.8 0.1 2.2 1.0 4.7 0.1

 250-499 2.6 0.1 0.5 0.5 19.9 0.3

 500-999 1.9 0.1 2.8 0.4 12.1 0.1

 1000 and Over 1.6 X 0.3 0.3 10.7 0.1

Total 8.9 1.8 4.2 0.5 3.6 0.1

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

 (b) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (c) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas 

producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing subsidiaries of utilities.
 X=Not defined because RSE corresponds to a value of zero.

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

 NA=Not available.

 -- Estimation is not applicable.

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

 Sources: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy 

Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census, data files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.'

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 (d) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propanebutane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids 

(NGL). 

 * Estimate less than 0.5.