Released: July 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.3 Number of Establishments with Capability to Switch Natural Gas to Alternative Energy Sources, 2010;

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Establishments Not Electricity Distillate Residual and

Code(a) Selected Subsectors and Industry Consuming Natural Gas(d Switchable Switchable Receipts(e) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil Coal LPG Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

311 Food 10,373 1,667 8,630 339 675 166 Q 656 W 107

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 489 146 380 5 39 25 10 82 W Q

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 50 16 42 W W W W 7 0 W

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 67 5 64 0 W W W 0 0 W

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 839 145 726 8 30 26 0 98 0 0

 3115 Dairy Products 908 222 709 44 130 38 W 90 0 11

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 1,262 351 976 99 167 60 W 119 0 75

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 1,242 301 1,047 124 35 34 12 167 8 13

 3121 Beverages 1,193 280 1,012 119 24 30 W 161 8 W

 3122 Tobacco 48 21 34 5 11 5 W 6 0 W

313 Textile Mills 1,059 213 855 98 70 57 W 76 0 Q

314 Textile Product Mills 1,969 Q 1,424 Q W W W W 0 0

315 Apparel 1,979 Q 1,757 W 18 W 0 0 0 0

316 Leather and Allied Products 231 Q 218 0 W 0 0 W 0 0

321 Wood Products 3,146 303 2,716 174 31 23 W 156 0 42

 321113 Sawmills 346 56 261 20 16 W W 22 0 11

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 628 66 536 31 8 12 W 32 0 14

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 137 21 125 W 3 W 0 Q 0 W

 3219 Other Wood Products 2,014 170 1,773 W W W 0 Q 0 Q

322 Paper 2,984 447 2,550 W 182 132 16 97 4 13

 322110 Pulp Mills 32 17 24 W 7 9 0 W 0 W

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 177 59 159 6 18 25 W 7 W W

 322122 Newsprint Mills 15 9 9 0 9 W W 0 0 0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 147 78 111 9 34 43 7 5 W 7

323 Printing and Related Support 10,055 992 7,992 958 45 0 W Q 0 0

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 1,317 486 963 63 284 176 4 117 W 47

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 204 78 186 15 7 12 W W 0 W

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 767 368 453 39 258 159 W 57 W 31

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 44 3 41 W 0 0 W 0 0 0

325 Chemicals 6,339 957 5,473 412 412 198 20 317 4 Q

 325110 Petrochemicals 38 10 35 3 3 3 0 W 0 W

 325120 Industrial Gases 176 Q 110 Q 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine 27 6 25 W W 0 0 0 0 W

 325182 Carbon Black 29 W W 0 0 W 0 0 0 0

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 399 70 366 W 55 W W 6 0 5

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates 23 W W 0 W 0 0 0 0 0

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 170 24 161 0 10 0 W 10 0 10

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 423 64 395 6 28 Q W 4 0 W

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 627 55 581 15 33 7 0 7 0 W

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 78 16 62 5 9 W W 5 0 W

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers 59 27 42 7 19 8 4 4 W 0

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 44 4 39 W 3 0 0 3 0 0

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 32 4 31 W W W 0 W 0 0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 956 143 873 50 102 7 W 14 W 5

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 500 85 455 21 64 W W 9 0 W

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 117 37 92 W 12 W 0 24 0 0

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 6,374 873 5,280 578 209 Q W 334 W Q

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 6,460 1,058 5,366 620 276 25 33 492 W 20

 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile 146 28 125 0 W 7 12 9 0 7

 327211 Flat Glass 47 12 41 0 6 0 0 6 0 W

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 140 14 129 0 W W 0 10 0 W

 327213 Glass Containers 63 25 57 7 6 W 0 18 0 W

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 410 32 372 21 W 0 W 12 0 W

 327310 Cements 127 56 89 Q 12 9 16 7 W W

 327410 Lime 43 4 40 W W 0 W 0 0 0

 327420 Gypsum 113 14 105 W 12 0 0 5 0 0

 327993 Mineral Wool 150 6 148 W W 0 0 W 0 0

331 Primary Metals 2,699 392 2,410 142 54 32 9 198 W 21

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills 345 33 321 12 W W W 7 W 5

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products 17 W W W 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 319 W W W W W 0 28 0 0
Released: July 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.3 Number of Establishments with Capability to Switch Natural Gas to Alternative Energy Sources, 2010;

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Establishments Not Electricity Distillate Residual and

Code(a) Selected Subsectors and Industry Consuming Natural Gas(d Switchable Switchable Receipts(e) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil Coal LPG Breeze Other(f)

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 288 45 265 20 12 0 0 22 0 0

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 71 10 70 6 W 0 0 W 0 0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 61 7 60 W W 0 0 W 0 0

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products 128 23 111 9 W 0 0 15 0 0

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 486 93 401 16 13 Q W 60 W 0

 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals, except Copper and Alu 69 10 64 5 5 0 0 W 0 0

 3315 Foundries 1,244 175 1,119 87 13 6 W 81 W Q

 331511 Iron Foundries 313 61 259 18 W W W 47 0 0

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries 135 35 112 21 W 0 0 15 0 W

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 248 21 235 16 W 0 0 4 0 W

332 Fabricated Metal Products 23,127 1,942 19,562 1,098 Q W 0 1,280 0 Q

333 Machinery 10,772 920 9,359 720 Q Q 0 268 0 Q

334 Computer and Electronic Products 4,021 504 3,343 393 86 W 0 65 0 0

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 291 14 290 0 13 W 0 0 0 0

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 2,786 241 2,617 Q 25 19 0 Q 0 Q

336 Transportation Equipment 4,667 634 4,021 270 Q 16 W 334 0 Q

 336111 Automobiles 44 W W 0 W 0 W 0 0 W

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 38 W W W W 0 0 W 0 0

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 895 161 768 62 52 W 0 73 0 W

 336411 Aircraft 255 59 240 W Q 8 0 Q 0 W

337 Furniture and Related Products 5,022 557 3,875 376 Q Q 0 Q 0 0

339 Miscellaneous 9,377 1,044 7,673 778 Q W W 408 W Q

Total 115,999 13,898 97,130 7,714 2,890 1,363 591 5,303 Q 915

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

Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) These counts include only those establishments that reported this activity in 2010.

 (c) 'Alternative Energy Sources' consist of those energy sources that could

have been substituted for natural gas during 2010. The quantities are expressed

in billions of cubic feet, and therefore represent the quantity of natural gas

that could have been displaced by the given alternative type of energy.

 (d) 'Total Consumed' represents those quantities (Total Inputs) of natural gas that were

ascertained switchable or not switchable, plus an additional quantity for which

the switching status was not ascertained.

 (e) 'Electricity Receipts' represents those quantities of electricity

generated off the manufacturing establishment site and available at the site for

consumption. It includes those quantities for which payment was made,

quantities transferred in, quantities purchased and paid for by a central

purchasing entity, and quantities for which payment was made in kind. It does

not include electricity generated onsite. 'Electricity Receipts' has not been

adjusted to account for any quantities that might have been resold or

transferred out. The estimates include those quantities that were ascertained

switchable or not switchable, plus an additional quantity for which the

switching status was not ascertained.

 (f) 'Other' includes all other types of energy not already identified that

respondents indicated could have been consumed in place of natural gas.

 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. 

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

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

Energy Consumption Survey.'
Released: July 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

RSE Table 10.3 Relative Standard Errors for Table 10.3;

 Unit: Percents.

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Establishments Not Electricity Distillate Residual and

Code(a) Selected Subsectors and Industry Consuming Natural Gas(d Switchable Switchable Receipts(e) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil Coal LPG Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

311 Food 3.4 12.4 4.5 34.1 16.0 17.2 69.0 19.2 72.4 24.7

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 5.0 19.2 8.6 4.5 19.0 22.1 35.1 33.6 72.4 50.6

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 5.3 24.7 7.1 18.5 13.7 18.8 X 36.4 X X

 3115 Dairy Products 3.8 13.1 5.7 16.3 19.9 28.3 6.7 27.5 X 40.0

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 5.8 16.1 7.6 37.3 20.9 39.3 91.9 37.9 X 31.9

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 8.0 20.6 9.3 32.4 12.3 25.5 30.0 33.1 43.4 27.3

 3121 Beverages 8.3 22.1 9.6 33.7 18.2 29.5 33.3 34.2 43.4 30.0

 3122 Tobacco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

313 Textile Mills 6.2 22.3 8.9 40.1 34.0 37.7 54.1 37.4 X 70.7

314 Textile Product Mills 16.6 60.3 22.2 67.1 12.7 46.5 98.3 50.3 X X

315 Apparel 23.6 67.6 26.1 98.5 41.1 54.7 X X X X

316 Leather and Allied Products 19.6 50.3 20.4 X 17.6 X X 50.3 X X

321 Wood Products 7.5 23.5 8.5 38.2 18.9 28.1 35.7 39.6 X 27.0

 321113 Sawmills 12.1 23.0 14.9 32.9 33.2 6.4 6.4 42.4 X 6.4

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 10.3 19.3 11.6 29.7 7.6 30.3 58.7 26.6 X 24.5

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 13.8 39.0 14.8 83.8 13.5 43.9 X 58.5 X 13.5

 3219 Other Wood Products 11.0 40.4 12.2 55.5 35.6 67.9 X 66.1 X 63.4

322 Paper 5.8 17.4 7.4 51.5 23.1 20.5 2.9 45.2 0.0 0.0

 322110 Pulp Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 322122 Newsprint Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X X

 322130 Paperboard Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

323 Printing and Related Support 5.2 26.2 6.8 27.1 47.0 X 98.8 73.4 X X

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 4.4 7.4 5.3 7.5 9.4 15.1 1.8 6.2 93.9 12.9

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 5.8 9.6 7.5 8.3 10.2 16.6 5.3 8.4 93.9 19.6

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X X X

325 Chemicals 3.7 15.3 4.7 31.3 15.6 41.9 41.0 34.5 3.5 55.1

 325110 Petrochemicals 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0

 325120 Industrial Gases 22.5 73.1 24.7 73.1 X X X X X X

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X X X 0.0

 325182 Carbon Black 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X X X X

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 6.5 34.4 8.5 11.6 43.7 62.9 11.6 26.4 X 30.1

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X X X X X

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 0.9 16.0 1.4 X 5.4 X 13.5 38.4 X 37.3

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 5.2 32.4 5.9 23.1 20.0 68.3 21.2 12.9 X 43.6

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 4.9 14.9 5.8 23.7 19.4 19.4 X 23.4 X 7.9

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 13.4 20.2 13.6 24.2 24.9 12.3 12.3 23.6 X 47.9

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X X

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 6.1 12.2 6.7 26.6 12.0 7.8 79.9 7.8 11.6 8.1

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 8.3 12.5 8.8 26.3 11.3 10.2 10.2 10.2 X 10.2

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 6.6 23.6 12.0 55.4 14.1 14.1 X 36.2 X X

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 4.6 22.7 6.2 29.8 43.7 74.5 80.5 39.7 98.8 93.3

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 6.3 21.8 7.5 30.9 43.3 19.5 8.0 33.9 13.2 9.3

 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile 2.9 11.5 3.8 X 47.0 30.0 10.0 17.0 X 19.1

 327211 Flat Glass 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X X 0.0 X 0.0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 6.5 20.0 7.3 X 13.2 13.2 X 23.9 X 13.2

 327213 Glass Containers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 6.3 11.3 7.3 13.8 8.9 X 8.9 20.4 X 8.9

 327310 Cements 11.2 33.0 16.3 73.7 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2

 327410 Lime 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X X X

 327420 Gypsum 7.6 13.9 8.8 13.9 13.9 X X 13.9 X X

 327993 Mineral Wool 13.1 14.5 13.2 14.5 14.5 X X 14.5 X X

331 Primary Metals 1.8 9.8 2.2 11.5 14.7 45.9 10.2 15.2 6.4 49.5

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X X X X X

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 10.0 29.2 10.8 12.2 64.5 12.2 X 37.4 X X

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 3.2 9.2 3.2 20.2 11.3 X X 7.6 X X
Released: July 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

RSE Table 10.3 Relative Standard Errors for Table 10.3;

 Unit: Percents.

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Establishments Not Electricity Distillate Residual and

Code(a) Selected Subsectors and Industry Consuming Natural Gas(d Switchable Switchable Receipts(e) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil Coal LPG Breeze Other(f)

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products 1.3 16.5 3.5 41.5 33.1 X X 6.7 X X

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 6.3 31.4 8.3 27.1 7.8 80.5 11.1 43.5 11.1 X

 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals, except Copper and Alu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 3315 Foundries 1.6 11.8 2.1 17.6 31.3 13.3 18.8 12.4 29.6 66.6

 331511 Iron Foundries 1.4 16.8 3.7 30.0 50.9 6.5 6.5 20.7 X X

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries 11.8 26.2 12.8 43.0 11.7 X X 12.5 X 48.0

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 2.7 22.6 3.3 27.5 12.3 X X 12.3 X 12.3

332 Fabricated Metal Products 4.2 24.8 5.3 33.8 55.5 99.4 X 30.6 X 93.2

333 Machinery 4.1 25.9 5.1 30.0 63.0 69.1 X 47.0 X 56.8

334 Computer and Electronic Products 8.1 31.5 9.8 39.3 44.4 6.4 X 49.9 X X

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 14.0 15.6 14.0 X 15.7 14.9 X X X X

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 5.5 37.6 6.4 53.2 45.2 46.5 X 71.8 X 66.1

336 Transportation Equipment 5.8 25.2 7.1 42.2 51.7 12.3 63.4 35.4 X 74.1

 336111 Automobiles 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 X X 0.0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 5.4 23.4 7.2 46.3 44.6 12.4 X 40.0 X 86.3

 336411 Aircraft 3.4 37.0 5.6 16.8 67.8 16.8 X 51.5 X 16.8

337 Furniture and Related Products 7.1 29.3 9.3 37.9 74.0 98.7 X 52.5 X X

339 Miscellaneous 4.9 24.7 6.4 29.1 74.8 59.1 98.8 41.1 98.8 64.2

Total 1.4 6.1 1.8 9.2 9.0 16.4 33.5 10.5 55.0 23.2

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

Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) These counts include only those establishments that reported this activity in 2010.

 (c) 'Alternative Energy Sources' consist of those energy sources that could

have been substituted for natural gas during 2010. The quantities are expressed

in billions of cubic feet, and therefore represent the quantity of natural gas

that could have been displaced by the given alternative type of energy.

 (d) 'Total Consumed' represents those quantities (Total Inputs) of natural gas that were

ascertained switchable or not switchable, plus an additional quantity for which

the switching status was not ascertained.

 (e) 'Electricity Receipts' represents those quantities of electricity

generated off the manufacturing establishment site and available at the site for

consumption. It includes those quantities for which payment was made,

quantities transferred in, quantities purchased and paid for by a central

purchasing entity, and quantities for which payment was made in kind. It does

not include electricity generated onsite. 'Electricity Receipts' has not been

adjusted to account for any quantities that might have been resold or

transferred out. The estimates include those quantities that were ascertained

switchable or not switchable, plus an additional quantity for which the

switching status was not ascertained.

 (f) 'Other' includes all other types of energy not already identified that

respondents indicated could have been consumed in place of natural gas.

 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.

 X=Not defined because RSE corresponds to a value of zero.

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

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

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

Energy Consumption Survey.'