Released: May 2013 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 7.5 Average Prices of Selected Purchased Energy Sources, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: U.S. Dollars per Million Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate LPG and

Characteristic(a) Electricity Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Natural Gas(c) NGL(d) Coal

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 27.22 10.33 18.57 6.46 19.79 3.52

 20-49 21.95 11.07 17.68 6.26 19.61 3.60

 50-99 20.37 10.94 12.90 5.87 24.98 3.03

 100-249 17.81 10.83 17.16 5.35 18.62 4.28

 250-499 16.29 11.32 17.35 5.38 17.90 3.87

 500 and Over 15.84 10.26 16.93 4.94 13.75 3.92

Total 19.09 10.85 17.34 5.36 14.11 3.85

Employment Size

 Under 50 25.42 10.79 18.18 5.72 14.07 3.52

 50-99 21.88 10.81 19.75 5.74 22.70 3.39

 100-249 19.93 10.57 15.68 5.47 15.72 3.81

 250-499 16.86 11.02 16.28 5.30 12.69 3.40

 500-999 16.28 11.52 15.36 5.13 13.28 3.72

 1000 and Over 17.55 10.54 19.49 5.13 14.49 4.30

Total 19.09 10.85 17.34 5.36 14.11 3.85

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 32.19 11.51 20.25 8.36 23.03 4.96

 20-49 28.39 12.12 17.04 7.99 22.39 4.79

 50-99 25.13 11.24 17.52 7.15 23.04 4.48

 100-249 22.46 12.33 16.95 6.70 23.44 4.84

 250-499 19.33 11.65 18.06 6.43 20.06 3.11

 500 and Over 21.39 9.88 18.85 6.23 25.33 5.49

Total 24.93 11.54 18.94 6.97 24.06 5.08

Employment Size

 Under 50 30.38 11.29 19.14 7.98 24.34 4.17

 50-99 29.97 12.13 22.90 7.65 25.03 4.73

 100-249 24.75 11.71 17.31 7.12 20.02 4.66

 250-499 24.15 11.10 17.55 6.83 25.30 4.56

 500-999 20.22 12.18 16.74 6.43 20.50 3.14

 1000 and Over 22.11 8.58 19.49 6.43 20.76 5.51

Total 24.93 11.54 18.94 6.97 24.06 5.08

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 24.96 10.33 14.12 6.11 20.52 3.34

 20-49 20.52 11.59 18.78 6.08 20.44 3.11

 50-99 19.01 10.58 18.36 5.64 21.86 3.13

 100-249 17.37 9.27 18.45 5.35 21.89 4.36

 250-499 16.33 7.58 19.75 5.75 22.66 3.66
Released: May 2013 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 7.5 Average Prices of Selected Purchased Energy Sources, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: U.S. Dollars per Million Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate LPG and

Characteristic(a) Electricity Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Natural Gas(c) NGL(d) Coal

 500 and Over 14.83 9.57 16.82 5.26 6.84 3.32

Total 18.08 10.35 16.39 5.54 10.87 3.51

Employment Size

 Under 50 22.89 10.33 13.58 5.35 20.51 3.47

 50-99 20.61 11.21 18.78 5.58 22.91 3.03

 100-249 19.26 9.03 19.66 5.80 22.08 4.08

 250-499 16.00 8.91 16.35 5.74 6.74 2.40

 500-999 14.78 11.28 11.06 5.46 17.09 3.92

 1000 and Over 17.33 9.15 19.77 5.33 21.28 3.82

Total 18.08 10.35 16.39 5.54 10.87 3.51

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 24.07 9.16 19.81 6.14 17.97 3.63

 20-49 19.57 10.42 17.50 6.00 18.25 4.25

 50-99 18.98 10.93 9.85 5.60 27.29 2.48

 100-249 16.83 10.70 15.87 5.09 15.47 4.68

 250-499 16.04 11.35 16.83 5.01 16.96 4.69

 500 and Over 15.13 10.59 16.47 4.74 14.07 3.85

Total 17.46 10.78 16.40 5.00 14.24 4.13

Employment Size

 Under 50 22.87 10.99 18.67 5.47 13.12 4.73

 50-99 18.28 10.68 18.80 5.41 21.99 4.19

 100-249 18.19 10.35 13.91 5.03 15.51 3.63

 250-499 16.32 11.63 15.59 4.98 13.48 4.84

 500-999 16.01 11.15 15.29 4.85 13.24 4.21

 1000 and Over 15.98 11.23 19.06 4.85 14.44 3.59

Total 17.46 10.78 16.40 5.00 14.24 4.13

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 33.55 9.00 18.54 6.33 20.40 3.13

 20-49 26.67 9.36 18.64 6.00 21.01 3.05

 50-99 23.21 10.14 20.71 5.93 21.12 2.96

 100-249 18.31 8.98 20.37 5.43 20.47 2.46

 250-499 15.10 10.65 17.20 5.48 19.21 2.17

 500 and Over 19.68 0.00 18.99 5.06 18.01 8.55

Total 22.34 9.13 18.63 5.50 20.50 2.66

Employment Size

 Under 50 32.86 9.00 19.59 6.28 20.06 2.89

 50-99 29.80 0.00 19.24 5.70 22.43 2.77

 100-249 22.77 12.32 16.80 5.69 19.72 2.83

 250-499 16.34 8.72 17.32 5.27 21.24 2.37

 500-999 17.74 12.80 22.68 5.13 19.96 2.46

 1000 and Over 22.96 0.00 21.18 5.38 19.36 0.00
Released: May 2013 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 7.5 Average Prices of Selected Purchased Energy Sources, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: U.S. Dollars per Million Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate LPG and

Characteristic(a) Electricity Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Natural Gas(c) NGL(d) Coal

Total 22.34 9.13 18.63 5.50 20.50 2.66

 (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) Examples of Liquefied Petroleum Gases '(LPG)' are ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene,

normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane

produced at refineries or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw

Natural Gas Liquids '(NGL).'

 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.

 S=Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards.

 NA=Not available.

 -- Estimation is not applicable.

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

Zeroes do not mean that the energy source is free, rather that the energy source either 

did not show up in this sample or it was not purchased at all in the sample population.

Purchased energy sources exclude quantities delivered from any other establishment(s) in the

company, quantities transferred from other establishments of the company for which

payment was not made, quantities purchased centrally within the company but separate

from the reporting establishment, and quantities for which payment was made in-kind.

 Source: 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.'