Released: December 2015 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.14 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause Fuel

 Switching from Electricity to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2010; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Total United States

311 Food 765 107 12 Q Q Q 236 Q

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 13 W Q W W W 3 0

 311221 Wet Corn Milling W 0 0 0 W 0 W 0

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing W W 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 74 Q W W Q 0 Q 0

 3115 Dairy Products 57 13 W W Q W 18 0

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 78 7 3 Q Q Q 5 Q

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 121 Q 4 Q 4 3 Q 0

 3121 Beverages W Q 4 Q 4 W Q 0

 3122 Tobacco W 0 0 0 0 W 0 0

313 Textile Mills Q Q 0 0 0 0 Q 0

314 Textile Product Mills Q Q 0 0 0 W W 0

315 Apparel Q 0 Q 0 0 0 0 0

316 Leather and Allied Products Q Q W W 0 0 0 0

321 Wood Products 229 30 Q 4 Q Q 75 0

 321113 Sawmills 124 Q Q W Q W 58 0

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods Q W 0 W Q 0 W 0

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 3 W 0 W W 0 0 0

 3219 Other Wood Products 88 W 0 W 0 W W 0

322 Paper 125 13 19 Q 8 Q Q 0

 322110 Pulp Mills 3 0 0 W 0 W 0 0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 21 4 10 W 4 0 W 0

 322122 Newsprint Mills 3 W W 0 0 0 0 0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 14 W W W 0 0 3 0

323 Printing and Related Support 975 Q 0 350 Q W W W

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 289 Q 10 29 37 29 108 12

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 49 6 W W W W 9 W

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 225 Q W 18 28 24 89 W

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 4 0 0 W 0 W W 0

325 Chemicals 494 225 W 68 37 Q 59 W

 325110 Petrochemicals 5 0 W W 0 0 0 W

 325120 Industrial Gases W 0 0 W 0 0 0 0

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine W W 0 0 0 0 W 0

 325182 Carbon Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 6 W W W 0 0 W 0

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 4 0 0 W 0 0 W 0

Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Electricity(c) 
Released: December 2015 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.14 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause Fuel

 Switching from Electricity to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2010; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Electricity(c) 

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 42 W Q Q Q W Q 0

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 11 8 W 0 0 W W 0

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 17 10 0 W 0 0 W 0

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers 8 W 0 3 0 W 0 W

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers W 0 0 0 W 0 W 0

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 121 56 6 21 W W 20 0

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 53 19 W 5 W W Q 0

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 16 9 3 0 0 0 Q 0

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 395 Q Q Q Q 0 Q 0

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 841 Q 0 16 Q Q 438 Q

 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 327211 Flat Glass 10 6 0 0 0 0 3 0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 10 5 0 0 0 0 W W

 327213 Glass Containers 16 W 0 W W 0 0 0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 8 4 0 0 0 0 3 0

 327310 Cements 5 0 0 0 W 0 W 0

 327410 Lime 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0

 327420 Gypsum 5 W 0 W 0 0 0 0

 327993 Mineral Wool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

331 Primary Metals 141 52 4 16 16 5 43 3

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills W 4 0 6 W W 4 W

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel W 0 0 0 W 0 W 0

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 19 10 0 W W 0 W 0

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 4 W 0 0 W 0 W 0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils W W 0 0 0 0 0 0

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products 11 W 0 0 0 0 W 0

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 24 7 0 Q Q 0 7 0

 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals, except Copper and Alum 8 W 0 0 0 0 W 0

 3315 Foundries 74 31 4 W Q W 23 W

 331511 Iron Foundries 11 W 0 0 Q W 0 0

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries Q 0 0 W 0 W Q 0

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 20 10 0 3 0 0 6 0

332 Fabricated Metal Products 1,104 Q 0 Q Q Q Q 0

333 Machinery 717 Q 0 Q Q Q Q 0

334 Computer and Electronic Products 499 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 15 W W W W Q 0 0

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components Q 0 0 Q 0 0 0 0

336 Transportation Equipment 319 Q W W Q 0 Q Q
Released: December 2015 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.14 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause Fuel

 Switching from Electricity to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2010; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Electricity(c) 

 336111 Automobiles W W W W 0 0 0 0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles W 0 0 0 0 0 W 0

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 77 17 0 4 0 0 Q Q

 336411 Aircraft 20 W 0 W 0 0 9 0

337 Furniture and Related Products Q Q Q Q Q 0 Q 0

339 Miscellaneous 490 Q 0 Q Q Q Q 0

Total 8,176 1,975 254 1,701 1,247 724 1,839 275

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) This count includes only those establishments that reported this activity in 2010.

 (c) These levels of price difference were guesstimates at which establishments

perceived that they would switch. These levels were not actual values at which switching

occurred. The percentage of price difference is computed as the quantity of (current fuel

price minus alternative fuel price) divided by the current fuel price, expressed as a percent.

 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: To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the cell's

corresponding RSE column and RSE row factors. Totals may not equal sum of

components because of independent rounding. Establishment percents may not

equal 100 percent because of unknown and/or unreported fuel-switching guesstimate.

 Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End

Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '2010 Manufacturing Energy

Consumption Survey.'