Released: May 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

Table 10.1   Nonswitchable Minimum and Maximum Consumption, 2018

                          Level: National and Regional Data;

                          Row: Energy Sources;

                          Column: Consumption Potential;

                          Unit: Physical Units.

Actual Minimum Maximum

Energy Sources Consumption Consumption(a) Consumption(b)

Total United States

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 785,414 773,894 796,465

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 6,129 5,701 6,225

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 15 14 40

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 3 3 12

Coal (thousand short tons) 21 17 24

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 17 14 58

Northeast Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 74,652 73,912 75,328

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 472 425 476

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 337

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 113

Coal (thousand short tons) 1 1 1

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 223

Midwest Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 245,110 241,797 247,417

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 1,757 1,622 1,792

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 4 3 10

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) **3

Coal (thousand short tons) 9 7 10

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 5 4 24

South Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 354,606 349,028 362,074

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 3,235 3,032 3,275

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 6 5 18

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 116

Coal (thousand short tons) 7 5 8

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 5 5 20

West Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 111,046 109,157 111,647

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 666 622 682

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 334

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 111

Coal (thousand short tons) 4 4 4

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 4 3 11

    (a) Minimum Consumption represents actual 2018 consumption decreased by the quantity of the designated type of energy

that would no longer have been required if all ascertained switching from that type of energy had occurred. The minimum

value includes the quantity of 2018 consumption for which switching capability was not ascertained.

    (b) Maximum Consumption represents actual 2018 consumption increased by the quantity of the designated type of energy

that would have been required if all ascertained switching into that type of energy had occurred. This value assumes that all

indicated substitutions were possible simultaneously and the substitutable amount consists of the sum of all possible switches

to the designated type of energy The estimate assumes that 2018 output remained constant
to the designated type of energy. The estimate assumes that 2018 output remained constant.

    (c) 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.      

    * Estimate less than 0.5.      

    D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.      

    Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error (RSE) 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 Demand and Integrated Statistics, Form EIA‐846, 2018

Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.  

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved the

disclosure avoidance practices applied (Approval ID: CBDRB‐FY20‐260).
Released: May 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

RSE Table 10.1     Relative Standard Errors for Table 10.1;

                              Unit: Percents.

Actual Minimum Maximum

Energy Sources Consumption Consumption(a) Consumption(b)

Total United States

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 1.8 1.8 1.7

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 0.9 1.0 0.9

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 7.9 8.2 3.9

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 2.5 2.6 6.6

Coal (thousand short tons) 3.3 3.9 2.9

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 3.9 4.5 3.1

Northeast Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 5.1 5.1 5.1

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 4.0 4.5 4.0

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 28.8 29.6 11.7

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 5.3 5.7 5.3

Coal (thousand short tons) 0.3 0.3 0.4

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 8.7 9.1 6.8

Midwest Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 2.5 2.5 2.5

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 2.2 2.3 2.2

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 20.0 20.8 8.5

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 29.3 29.7 26.3

Coal (thousand short tons) 0.3 0.3 0.4

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 7.0 7.9 6.0

South Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 1.9 1.9 1.9

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 1.0 1.1 1.0

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 6.6 6.9 4.9

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 1.0 0.8 4.8

Coal (thousand short tons) 0.2 0.2 0.9

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 6.1 6.5 5.1

West Census Region

Electricity Receipts(c) (million kilowatthours) 9.4 9.6 9.4

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) 3.2 3.4 3.1

Distillate Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 14.0 14.1 11.0

Residual Fuel Oil (thousand barrels) 7.0 7.3 7.3

Coal (thousand short tons) 15.8 17.5 15.2

HGL (excluding natural gasoline) (thousand barrels) 9.8 12.6 3.9

    (a) Minimum Consumption represents actual 2018 consumption decreased by the quantity of the designated type of energy

that would no longer have been required if all ascertained switching from that type of energy had occurred. The minimum

value includes the quantity of 2018 consumption for which switching capability was not ascertained.

    (b) Maximum Consumption represents actual 2018 consumption increased by the quantity of the designated type of energy

that would have been required if all ascertained switching into that type of energy had occurred. This value assumes that all

indicated substitutions were possible simultaneously and the substitutable amount consists of the sum of all possible switches

to the designated type of energy. The estimate assumes that 2018 output remained constant.

    (c) 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
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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.      

    * Estimate less than 0.5.      

    D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.      

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

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

    NA=Not available.      

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

    Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Demand and Integrated Statistics, Form EIA‐846, 2018

Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.  

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved the

disclosure avoidance practices applied (Approval ID: CBDRB‐FY20‐260).