Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 10.3 Number of Establishments with Capability to Switch Natural Gas to Alternative Energy Sources, 2014;

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Not Electricity Distillate Residual HGL (excluding and

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Consumed(d) Switchable Switchable Receipts(e) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil Coal natural gasoline) Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

311 Food 10,179 997 7,653 291 417 79 6 230 W 107

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 513 126 369 Q 54 11 W 53 0 Q

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 44 9 39 W W 0 W W 0 0

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 60 7 50 0 W 7 0 0 0 0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 792 104 681 Q 37 21 W W W W

 3115 Dairy Product 795 147 639 11 90 Q 0 61 0 W

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 1,347 189 1,048 Q 76 14 0 38 0 77

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 1,157 97 933 W 26 17 0 59 0 W

 3121 Beverages 1,098 76 889 0 14 6 0 Q 0 W

 3122 Tobacco 60 20 44 W 12 11 0 5 0 0

313 Textile Mills 908 165 722 W 85 24 W 51 0 0

314 Textile Product Mills 2,512 Q 1,583 W 27 W W 37 0 5

315 Apparel 1,174 Q 1,084 W W 0 0 W 0 0

316 Leather and Allied Products 283 8 257 6 0 W W 5 0 0

321 Wood Products 3,507 505 2,563 166 Q W 0 217 0 Q

 321113 Sawmills 252 27 208 W 8 W 0 W 0 6

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 480 91 405 Q W 0 0 30 0 9

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 129 13 121 W W 0 0 3 0 W

 3219 Other Wood Products 2,644 376 1,826 97 W 0 0 173 0 W

322 Paper 2,762 262 2,278 10 74 67 15 Q W 11

 322110 Pulp Mills 23 11 20 0 7 5 0 0 0 0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 159 50 137 W 17 25 6 6 W 6

 322122 Newsprint Mills 14 W 14 0 0 W 0 0 0 0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 139 58 108 W 26 28 10 W 0 5

323 Printing and Related Support 9,028 743 6,554 463 Q W W 302 0 0

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 1,407 364 1,048 64 185 124 0 134 0 48

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 168 41 156 3 W W 0 30 0 9

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 863 291 565 56 171 119 0 92 0 33

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 144 23 127 W 7 0 0 W 0 W

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 73 W 67 0 W W 0 0 0 W

325 Chemicals 6,513 757 5,324 260 286 Q 12 151 0 39

 325110 Petrochemicals 33 8 30 W 3 W 0 W 0 W

 325120 Industrial Gases 203 0 193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 407 90 329 W 31 0 W 18 0 W

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 200 22 186 W 3 0 W 14 0 W

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 44 7 38 0 6 W 0 W 0 0

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 420 61 377 0 48 W W Q 0 13

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 686 75 603 34 29 13 W 26 0 7

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 71 13 62 W 8 W 0 0 0 W

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 72 20 59 6 11 W W W 0 0

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 120 Q 79 0 0 0 0 W 0 W

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 931 121 789 Q 51 9 W 10 0 7

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 512 42 442 6 32 W W 5 0 W

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 105 9 95 W W W 0 6 0 0

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 6,267 792 4,925 490 227 W W Q 0 0

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 7,391 560 6,043 74 242 85 Q 225 W Q

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 404 25 370 4 4 9 W 8 0 W

 327211 Flat Glass 47 8 45 W W 0 0 7 0 0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 174 Q 169 4 W W 0 Q 0 W

 327213 Glass Containers 59 W 58 0 0 0 0 W 0 0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 511 76 366 57 Q W W Q W W

 327310 Cements 81 28 68 3 5 5 18 W 4 5

 327410 Lime 45 W 42 0 W 0 0 0 0 0

 327420 Gypsum 72 W 68 0 W 0 0 W 0 0

 327993 Mineral Wool 139 10 123 W W 0 0 6 0 0

331 Primary Metals 2,674 183 2,401 88 28 13 5 79 3 10

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 312 30 294 W W 0 W 6 W W

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 339 15 274 W 0 0 0 7 0 0

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 338 38 303 17 10 W W 14 W W

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 82 6 72 W W W W W W 0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 55 W 55 0 W W 0 W 0 0

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 164 26 139 W W W 0 9 0 W

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 507 32 430 Q 9 0 0 6 0 0

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 96 6 90 4 W 0 0 0 0 0

 3315 Foundries 1,177 68 1,101 24 W W W 46 W 5

 331511 Iron Foundries 303 15 291 5 0 0 0 11 0 W

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 230 15 186 W W 0 0 Q 0 W

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 238 13 230 W 0 0 W 9 0 0

332 Fabricated Metal Products 24,493 904 19,065 Q W W W Q W W

333 Machinery 11,481 917 9,867 532 Q W W 383 0 W

334 Computer and Electronic Products 4,582 608 3,928 399 Q W 0 W 0 Q

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 293 17 275 W 11 W 0 4 0 W

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 2,228 Q 1,977 W 0 W 0 Q 0 W

336 Transportation Equipment 5,108 550 4,396 255 27 W W 355 0 W

 336111 Automobiles 43 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 33 W 32 0 W 0 0 0 0 0

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 839 Q 684 Q W 0 0 Q 0 0

 336411 Aircraft 247 5 242 W W 0 0 W 0 0

337 Furniture and Related Products 4,511 199 3,912 Q 0 W 0 45 0 W

339 Miscellaneous 7,853 341 6,605 Q W 0 0 W 0 0

Total 116,018 9,227 93,118 3,933 2,194 857 221 3,060 Q 872

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

 (b) These counts include only those establishments that reported this activity in 2014. Establishments for which only a portion of the total consumed fuel was reported as switchable contribute to the establishment counts in both the 'Switchable' and 'Not 

Switchable' columns. Therefore, the sum of these establishment counts may be greater than the corresponding establishment count of the total number of establishments consuming the fuel. 

 (c) 'Alternative Energy Sources' consist of those energy sources that could have been substituted for natural gas during 2014. 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.
 (f) 'Other' includes all other types of energy not already identified that respondents indicated could have been consumed in place of natural gas.

 * 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, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.'

 (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.
Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 10.3 Relative Standard Errors for Table 10.3;

 Unit: Percents.

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Not Electricity Distillate Residual HGL (excluding and

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Consumed(d) Switchable Switchable Receipts(e) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil Coal natural gasoline) Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

311 Food 3.8 17.1 5.5 46.6 22.1 19.8 3.9 22.2 9.2 22.1

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 4.2 21.0 8.7 60.3 21.6 23.4 4.3 46.6 X 57.9

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

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.1 0.1 0.1 X 0.1 0.1 X X X X

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 6.8 34.6 8.6 57.5 15.4 20.4 9.2 71.4 9.2 14.8

 3115 Dairy Product 5.0 14.8 7.0 12.6 19.1 55.0 X 30.0 X 59.0

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 4.0 14.7 6.8 58.5 14.2 33.8 X 32.5 X 25.0

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 9.2 30.7 10.3 0.1 7.0 4.6 X 49.9 X 53.2

 3121 Beverages 9.7 38.8 10.8 X 12.7 12.6 X 54.2 X 53.2

 3122 Tobacco 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 X 0.1 X X

313 Textile Mills 9.0 28.5 11.8 91.7 37.9 45.3 48.0 45.7 X X

314 Textile Product Mills 17.7 59.6 27.0 98.9 38.5 16.9 40.5 34.3 X 20.8

315 Apparel 41.4 59.5 44.5 72.3 42.6 X X 56.9 X X

316 Leather and Allied Products 13.3 27.1 14.4 32.6 X 14.6 14.6 17.7 X X

321 Wood Products 7.7 25.1 9.8 28.4 60.1 10.5 X 39.7 X 71.9

 321113 Sawmills 10.2 28.5 10.7 49.4 10.2 5.5 X 59.0 X 5.5

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 11.0 33.7 12.2 54.5 17.7 X X 37.1 X 29.8

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 6.2 21.3 7.3 49.7 17.7 X X 17.7 X 17.7

 3219 Other Wood Products 9.9 32.7 13.3 37.9 74.5 X X 49.1 X 86.2

322 Paper 5.5 31.3 8.4 0.1 15.7 0.8 0.1 68.7 0.1 0.1

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

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

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

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

323 Printing and Related Support 5.7 30.5 8.1 39.8 78.9 96.9 99.1 49.4 X X

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 2.4 7.2 4.0 12.2 8.1 10.1 X 14.4 X 12.3

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 1.4 36.2 4.2 36.2 36.2 36.2 X 36.2 X 36.2

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 3.3 7.3 5.7 13.6 8.7 10.5 X 17.1 X 13.2

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 3.6 12.7 4.1 4.0 4.0 X X 13.3 X 55.8

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

325 Chemicals 3.8 17.0 5.3 34.5 16.9 66.9 17.2 27.6 X 13.5

 325110 Petrochemicals 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 X 26.6 X 26.6

 325120 Industrial Gases 18.0 X 19.3 X X X X X X X

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 8.8 32.8 12.9 75.3 35.5 X 12.7 43.9 X 12.7

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 1.0 11.5 1.6 48.5 7.3 X 14.3 13.4 X 31.1

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X X

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 9.0 23.8 9.9 X 27.9 12.4 12.4 57.1 X 28.5

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 5.6 24.1 7.0 43.7 38.4 45.9 8.1 46.9 X 46.7

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X X 0.0

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 2.6 94.0 45.9 X X X X 96.7 X 22.9

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

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 6.9 26.9 9.2 56.0 12.9 20.6 13.9 24.5 X 11.5

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 5.7 15.1 10.3 30.6 15.9 13.9 13.9 34.9 X 15.4

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 6.6 25.5 9.5 25.5 25.5 25.5 X 25.5 X X

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 4.8 25.9 7.1 35.6 47.0 53.2 66.6 52.4 X X

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 6.3 28.7 7.8 34.8 48.8 49.6 52.6 47.8 82.7 58.6

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 2.4 16.7 3.5 12.3 16.9 30.7 49.8 10.9 X 13.3

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

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 5.3 67.7 5.7 21.2 21.2 21.2 X 81.4 X 21.2

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

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 8.0 34.8 12.4 45.1 86.7 91.8 96.5 55.5 96.5 96.5

 327310 Cements 32.2 32.1 32.3 31.9 32.8 31.9 32.0 31.9 31.9 36.5

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

 327420 Gypsum 17.6 17.3 17.6 X 17.3 X X 17.3 X X

 327993 Mineral Wool 14.6 34.3 19.0 24.9 24.9 X X 42.1 X X

331 Primary Metals 2.0 10.7 2.5 20.5 8.9 35.5 10.3 10.8 5.8 6.7

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 0.3 35.2 0.6 49.8 3.3 X 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 10.9 44.3 12.7 78.5 X X X 12.1 X X

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 3.0 18.8 4.1 44.1 14.2 30.3 0.1 18.7 0.1 10.0

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 X

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 0.7 21.4 0.7 X 21.4 21.4 X 21.4 X X

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 6.1 27.3 8.9 47.3 34.5 49.2 X 29.5 X 10.0

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 6.8 27.8 9.1 50.2 13.2 X X 10.4 X X

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 4.8 37.4 7.3 37.4 37.4 X X X X X

 3315 Foundries 1.4 14.6 2.3 25.7 46.0 85.4 18.4 17.5 17.6 11.0

 331511 Iron Foundries 1.6 25.5 2.4 18.5 X X X 29.8 X 18.5

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 2.3 33.5 10.2 57.8 9.6 X X 53.8 X 21.5

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 2.0 32.6 2.3 74.3 X X 27.1 34.4 X X

332 Fabricated Metal Products 4.6 40.2 6.3 68.5 92.2 92.2 92.2 57.3 92.2 99.6

333 Machinery 3.9 25.9 5.0 34.9 65.4 70.0 87.7 39.7 X 69.9

334 Computer and Electronic Products 7.1 31.5 8.7 40.6 61.2 66.1 X 63.3 X 69.4

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 10.9 20.1 12.4 20.1 20.1 20.1 X 20.1 X 20.1

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 9.4 60.1 10.9 65.4 X 97.7 X 63.5 X 9.9

336 Transportation Equipment 5.8 32.8 7.4 46.4 40.9 98.7 92.0 42.3 X 9.3

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

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

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 6.8 50.2 9.9 67.0 13.8 X X 51.7 X X

 336411 Aircraft 13.6 25.8 13.9 25.8 25.8 X X 25.8 X X

337 Furniture and Related Products 8.6 47.8 9.9 68.5 X 68.9 X 45.0 X 97.5

339 Miscellaneous 6.7 44.9 8.0 69.6 60.8 X X 58.4 X X

Total 1.6 7.6 2.1 12.8 11.8 19.5 41.0 13.2 57.7 27.4

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

 (b) These counts include only those establishments that reported this activity in 2014. Establishments for which only a portion of the total consumed fuel was reported as switchable contribute to the establishment counts in both the 'Switchable' and 'Not 

Switchable' columns. Therefore, the sum of these establishment counts may be greater than the corresponding establishment count of the total number of establishments consuming the fuel. 

 (c) 'Alternative Energy Sources' consist of those energy sources that could have been substituted for natural gas during 2014. 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.
 (f) 'Other' includes all other types of energy not already identified that respondents indicated could have been consumed in place of natural gas.

 * 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.

 -- Estimation is not applicable.

 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, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.'

 (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.