Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 3.3 Fuel Consumption, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Net Residual Distillate LPG and Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Electricity(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Natural Gas(d) NGL(e) Coal Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 1,148 314 6 53 446 14 25 Q 291

 20-49 1,018 297 13 22 381 18 97 5 185

 50-99 1,095 305 7 13 440 6 130 9 186

 100-249 1,728 411 16 11 793 7 131 7 353

 250-499 1,916 391 16 11 583 3 185 5 722

 500 and Over 7,323 720 21 21 2,569 21 300 348 3,323

Total 14,228 2,437 79 130 5,211 69 868 376 5,059

Employment Size

 Under 50 1,149 305 12 45 565 21 31 1 169

 50-99 1,139 247 5 19 485 8 66 3 306

 100-249 2,355 526 16 25 978 14 234 12 550

 250-499 3,055 515 18 18 1,016 13 256 7 1,213

 500-999 3,656 493 20 12 1,122 6 147 19 1,837

 1000 and Over 2,875 351 8 11 1,045 6 134 335 984

Total 14,228 2,437 79 130 5,211 69 868 376 5,059

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 212 49 3 11 67 2 2 * 79

 20-49 172 34 9 8 42 9 9 0 60

 50-99 144 40 6 2 63 1 11 5 18

 100-249 178 44 7 2 75 1 15 * 35

 250-499 198 35 1 1 74 1 24 * 62

 500 and Over 412 51 5 2 117 1 11 26 198

Total 1,317 254 30 25 439 14 71 31 452

Employment Size

 Under 50 165 38 7 14 55 10 1 * 41

 50-99 132 30 2 3 54 1 5 0 38

 100-249 279 69 8 3 97 1 21 5 75

 250-499 198 42 5 1 64 1 13 1 71

 500-999 361 43 7 2 101 1 24 * 183

 1000 and Over 182 32 1 1 69 * 9 26 44

Total 1,317 254 30 25 439 14 71 31 452

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 350 100 * 8 167 4 7 Q 64

 20-49 303 95 * 1 132 3 33 3 35

 50-99 332 91 * 1 163 2 35 2 38

 100-249 594 139 1 2 341 3 60 4 44
Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 3.3 Fuel Consumption, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Net Residual Distillate LPG and Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Electricity(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Natural Gas(d) NGL(e) Coal Breeze Other(f)

 250-499 321 98 1 1 132 1 42 4 42

 500 and Over 1,804 254 2 7 499 4 174 208 655

Total 3,703 776 5 21 1,434 17 352 223 877

Employment Size

 Under 50 461 108 * 7 259 3 18 1 65

 50-99 371 84 Q 2 218 3 25 Q 37

 100-249 574 148 2 2 255 3 79 3 82

 250-499 724 161 1 1 237 3 162 4 154

 500-999 626 153 * 3 166 2 21 18 263

 1000 and Over 948 123 1 5 299 2 47 195 276

Total 3,703 776 5 21 1,434 17 352 223 877

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 444 114 2 13 160 4 11 * 139

 20-49 359 119 3 8 131 3 28 2 65

 50-99 438 132 * 8 151 2 45 2 98

 100-249 770 170 7 5 302 3 36 2 246

 250-499 1,137 191 14 6 298 2 76 * 551

 500 and Over 4,230 353 9 8 1,682 6 115 114 1,943

Total 7,379 1,078 36 47 2,724 20 311 120 3,042

Employment Size

 Under 50 374 111 4 12 184 4 5 * 55

 50-99 496 101 2 4 157 3 17 1 211

 100-249 1,166 240 4 13 516 4 78 2 309

 250-499 1,622 235 8 9 564 4 53 1 747

 500-999 2,196 227 12 6 703 3 80 1 1,164

 1000 and Over 1,524 164 6 4 599 2 78 114 557

Total 7,379 1,078 36 47 2,724 20 311 120 3,042

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 143 50 * 21 53 4 6 * 9

 20-49 184 50 * Q 76 2 26 0 25

 50-99 181 42 * 2 63 1 39 1 33

 100-249 186 59 2 2 74 1 20 * 28

 250-499 259 67 * 3 79 1 42 * 68

 500 and Over 876 62 5 4 270 9 0 0 527

Total 1,829 329 7 36 614 17 134 2 689

Employment Size

 Under 50 148 48 1 11 67 4 8 * 9

 50-99 141 33 0 Q 56 1 20 0 20

 100-249 335 69 3 6 110 5 56 1 84

 250-499 512 77 4 7 150 5 27 * 242
Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 3.3 Fuel Consumption, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Net Residual Distillate LPG and Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Electricity(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Natural Gas(d) NGL(e) Coal Breeze Other(f)

 500-999 472 70 * 1 152 1 22 0 226

 1000 and Over 221 32 0 * 79 2 0 0 108

Total 1,829 329 7 36 614 17 134 2 689

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

Bureau of the Census.

 (b) 'Net Electricity' is obtained by summing purchases, transfers in, and

generation from noncombustible renewable resources, minus quantities sold and

transferred out. It does not include electricity inputs from onsite

cogeneration or generation from combustible fuels because that energy has

already been included as generating fuel (for example, coal).

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

diesel fuels.

 (d) '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.

 (e) 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).'

 (f) 'Other' includes net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from

renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was

used to produce heat and power.

 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. The estimates presented in this table are for the total consumption

of energy (formerly total inputs of energy) for the production of heat, power, and

electricity generation, regardless of where the energy was produced.

Specifically, the estimates include the quantities of energy that were originally 

 produced offsite and purchased by or transferred to the establishment,

 plus those that were produced onsite from other energy or input materials 

 not classified as energy, or were extracted from captive (onsite) mines or wells.

During manufacturing processes, it is possible that the thermal energy content of

an energy input is not completely consumed for the production of heat,

power, or electricity generation. Hence, residuals of that input may

remain. Those residual leftovers may be subsequently consumed for fuel

purposes, whether onsite or offsite at another manufacturing establishment

(for example, blast furnace gas as a byproduct recovered from coke and

other inputs that were not completely consumed). In such cases, double

counting of inputs cannot be avoided, and the "Fuel Consumption" estimates will

be inflated.

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

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

 Consumption Survey,' and Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics,

Form EIA-810, 'Monthly Refinery Report' for 2010, and the Bureau

of the Census, data files for the '2010 Annual Survey of Manufacturers.'