Released: May 2021  

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

Table 11.4  Electricity: Components of Onsite Generation, 2018;

                        Level: National and Regional Data;

                        Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

                        Column: Onsite‐Generation Components;

                        Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

Renewable Energy

(excluding Wood

Economic Total Onsite and

Characteristic(a) Generation Cogeneration(b) Other Biomass)(c) Other(d)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 3,381 2,871 408 Q

  20‐49 579 212 103 Q

  50‐99 7,753 7,575 85 93

  100‐249 9,922 9,383 321 218

  250‐499 24,803 24,585 191 27

  500 and Over 89,749 86,066 116 3,567

Total 136,187 130,692 1,223 4,272

Employment Size

  Under 50 5,987 5,308 Q 295

  50‐99 1,745 1,621 83 Q

  100‐249 14,639 14,292 149 198

  250‐499 34,204 33,210 338 656

  500‐999 32,600 30,663 168 1,769

  1000 and Over 47,011 45,598 99 1,314

Total 136,187 130,692 1,223 4,272

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 149 68 80 1

  20‐49 116 89 23 Q

  50‐99 377 328 22 28

  100‐249 1,356 1,199 153 4

  250‐499 2,112 2,092 15 5

  500 and Over 3,895 3,192 14 689

Total 8,004 6,967 307 731

Employment Size

  Under 50 133 60 69 Q

  50‐99 121 83 Q *

  100‐249 577 508 37 32

  250‐499 1,870 1,736 133 1

  500‐999 2,910 2,830 11 69

  1000 and Over 2,393 1,750 18 624

Total 8,004 6,967 307 731

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 35 Q Q Q

  20‐49 Q 2 15 Q

  50‐99 3,895 3,874 9 12

  100‐249 1,994 1,841 112 41

  250‐499 3,247 3,125 121 2

  500 and Over 10,813 10,482 46 286

Total 20,067 19,337 322 408

Employment Size

  Under 50 178 130 Q 29

  50‐99 887 878 7 3
  100‐249 673 578 20 Q

  250‐499 9,196 9,066 109 22

  500‐999 2,512 2,380 121 11

  1000 and Over 6,620 6,305 Q 269

Total 20,067 19,337 322 408

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 2,777 2,748 Q 8

  20‐49 111 Q Q Q

  50‐99 2,888 2,859 2 27

  100‐249 4,354 4,307 31 Q

  250‐499 18,083 18,042 25 17

  500 and Over 67,508 65,310 13 2,186

Total 95,722 93,295 142 2,285

Employment Size

  Under 50 5,101 5,051 Q Q

  50‐99 679 650 13 16

  100‐249 10,345 10,280 30 36

  250‐499 17,697 17,053 Q 607

  500‐999 24,313 22,762 27 1,524

  1000 and Over 37,586 37,498 16 71

Total 95,722 93,295 142 2,285

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 419 41 Q Q

  20‐49 270 93 14 Q

  50‐99 593 515 52 Q

  100‐249 2,219 2,037 25 157

  250‐499 1,360 1,327 30 4

  500 and Over 7,532 7,082 43 407

Total 12,394 11,094 452 848

Employment Size

  Under 50 575 66 Q Q

  50‐99 58 10 Q Q

  100‐249 3,043 2,927 62 Q

  250‐499 5,441 5,355 59 Q

  500‐999 2,864 2,691 8 165

  1000 and Over 412 45 19 349

Total 12,394 11,094 452 848

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

    (b) Cogeneration is the production of electrical energy and another form of useful energy, such as heat or steam, through the sequential

use of energy. Cogeneration includes electricity generated from fossil fuels, such as natural gas, fuel oils, and coal; wood; and other biomass.

    (c) Renewable Energy is energy obtained from essentially inexhaustible sources. Noncombustible sources include solar power, wind power,

hydropower, and geothermal power.        

    (d) Other is that electricity obtained from a generator fueled by combustible energy sources, such as diesel fuels and other fuel oils.   

    * Estimate less than 0.5.            

    D=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.

    Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA‐846, 2018

Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, and the Bureau of the Census, data files for the 2018 Annual Survey of Manufactures.  

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 11.4     Relative Standard Errors for Table11.4;

Unit: Percents.

Renewable Energy

(excluding Wood

Economic Total Onsite and

Characteristic(a) Generation Cogeneration(b) Other Biomass)(c) Other(d)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 6.3 1.0 49.2 69.0

  20‐49 24.7 11.8 28.6 52.1

  50‐99 0.8 0.8 12.2 22.8

  100‐249 0.6 0.2 5.6 24.9

  250‐499 0.3 0.2 13.7 4.1

  500 and Over 0.2 0.2 7.4 0.1

Total 0.2 0.2 16.8 3.9

Employment Size

  Under 50 4.2 1.0 51.7 49.1

  50‐99 2.5 1.6 33.7 51.7

  100‐249 1.4 1.4 12.6 36.9

  250‐499 0.1 0.1 8.6 3.5

  500‐999 0.1 0.1 1.8 0.5

  1000 and Over 0.1 0.1 26.5 0.3

Total 0.2 0.2 16.8 3.9

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 25.3 28.6 40.5 48.9

  20‐49 2.7 0.1 7.3 67.2

  50‐99 9.7 10.9 32.7 0.1

  100‐249 1.4 0.6 11.3 1.1

  250‐499 0.1 0.0 17.5 0.0

  500 and Over 0.2 0.0 44.4 0.1

Total 0.7 0.6 12.4 0.4

Employment Size

  Under 50 25.4 32.8 39.3 72.5

  50‐99 16.4 0.1 52.3 15.3

  100‐249 6.8 7.1 43.1 0.1

  250‐499 0.3 0.3 2.2 0.0

  500‐999 0.1 0.0 17.4 0.0

  1000 and Over 0.3 0.0 35.8 0.1

Total 0.7 0.6 12.4 0.4

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 41.8 70.2 58.9 52.4

  20‐49 61.4 0.0 4.4 76.9

  50‐99 1.1 1.1 9.3 5.1

  100‐249 0.6 0.3 0.0 24.2

  250‐499 2.0 1.9 20.4 37.1

  500 and Over 0.1 0.0 10.4 0.1

Total 0.5 0.4 8.6 12.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 25.5 33.7 59.3 5.2

  50‐99 0.9 0.9 9.6 23.9

  100‐249 7.5 0.0 0.1 67.0

  250‐499 0.1 0.1 0.8 45.3

  500‐999 0.1 0.0 0.8 1.6
  1000 and Over 1.0 0.9 54.9 0.1

Total 0.5 0.4 8.6 12.6

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 0.9 0.7 78.2 39.6

  20‐49 38.7 82.7 56.4 67.9

  50‐99 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.5

  100‐249 0.3 0.2 15.2 56.0

  250‐499 0.1 0.0 13.5 5.4

  500 and Over 0.3 0.3 3.1 0.1

Total 0.2 0.2 23.7 1.0

Employment Size

  Under 50 0.6 0.4 89.9 69.4

  50‐99 3.7 3.7 44.6 4.4

  100‐249 1.9 1.9 24.0 4.5

  250‐499 0.2 0.1 73.7 0.1

  500‐999 0.1 0.0 7.3 0.6

  1000 and Over 0.1 0.1 20.2 0.3

Total 0.2 0.2 23.7 1.0

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 49.9 5.3 68.6 77.6

  20‐49 46.9 7.1 48.1 77.4

  50‐99 4.9 2.3 14.4 82.5

  100‐249 2.5 0.7 8.9 33.6

  250‐499 0.5 0.0 24.6 4.9

  500 and Over 0.1 0.0 7.1 1.0

Total 2.0 0.2 43.7 18.3

Employment Size

  Under 50 42.3 17.9 70.7 61.8

  50‐99 48.3 0.0 74.1 93.7

  100‐249 1.8 0.4 11.1 96.8

  250‐499 0.5 0.2 15.4 81.6

  500‐999 0.1 0.1 4.2 0.0

  1000 and Over 1.3 0.0 9.8 1.2

Total 2.0 0.2 43.7 18.3

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

    (b) Cogeneration is the production of electrical energy and another form of useful energy, such as heat or steam, through the sequential

use of energy. Cogeneration includes electricity generated from fossil fuels, such as natural gas, fuel oils, and coal; wood; and other biomass.

    (c) Renewable Energy is energy obtained from essentially inexhaustible sources. Noncombustible sources include solar power, wind power,

hydropower, and geothermal power.        

    (d) Other is that electricity obtained from a generator fueled by combustible energy sources, such as diesel fuels and other fuel oils.   

    * Estimate less than 0.5.            

    D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.            

    Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error 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.

    Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA‐846, 2018

Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, and the Bureau of the Census, data files for the 2018 Annual Survey of Manufactures.  

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).