Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 4.3 Offsite-Produced Fuel Consumption, 2014;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Electricity(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Gas(d) natural gasoline)(e) Coal Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 807 314 2 29 W 15 14 2 W

 20-49 795 286 1 13 W 10 80 4 W

 50-99 1,147 357 2 11 540 7 128 5 97

 100-249 1,714 482 4 11 870 10 129 28 179

 250-499 1,455 364 9 12 771 3 124 3 169

 500 and Over 5,195 892 11 19 W 11 300 194 W

Total 11,113 2,696 28 95 5,844 55 776 237 1,382

Employment Size

 Under 50 1,110 313 3 28 607 12 40 1 106

 50-99 1,040 283 Q 10 595 7 71 2 72

 100-249 2,151 610 5 20 1,048 15 226 32 195

 250-499 2,277 569 4 13 1,185 11 209 5 282

 500-999 2,374 541 12 14 1,204 W 121 8 W

 1000 and Over 2,162 379 3 11 1,206 W 109 190 W

Total 11,113 2,696 28 95 5,844 55 776 237 1,382

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 115 44 * 6 54 3 * * Q

 20-49 109 40 Q 2 45 2 6 * 13

 50-99 132 45 1 2 64 1 14 0 5

 100-249 167 50 2 2 85 Q 9 * 17

 250-499 133 34 5 * 66 * 13 0 13

 500 and Over 202 54 1 3 108 * 4 * 31

Total 858 268 11 15 422 8 47 1 87

Employment Size

 Under 50 108 39 1 6 51 2 2 * Q

 50-99 103 35 Q 2 56 1 4 * 4

 100-249 231 78 3 2 104 2 16 * 25

 250-499 145 37 * 1 85 Q 13 0 8

 500-999 158 42 6 1 67 * 5 0 37

 1000 and Over 112 37 1 2 59 * 8 * 4

Total 858 268 11 15 422 8 47 1 87

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 305 101 * 6 173 5 3 Q 15

 20-49 263 91 * 2 132 3 25 1 9

 50-99 374 112 * 1 194 2 47 4 13

 100-249 693 156 * 2 390 3 43 24 75

 250-499 445 94 * 2 270 1 48 3 27

 500 and Over 1,320 274 1 7 600 4 157 169 108

Total 3,400 829 1 20 1,759 18 323 203 247

Employment Size

 Under 50 497 95 * 6 295 3 28 * Q
 50-99 466 111 * 2 313 3 30 1 8

 100-249 592 159 * 3 291 3 64 28 44

 250-499 675 183 * 2 301 4 145 3 38

 500-999 448 158 * 2 202 W 28 7 W

 1000 and Over 722 123 * 5 358 W 28 165 W

Total 3,400 829 1 20 1,759 18 323 203 247

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 251 108 1 10 W 4 4 * W

 20-49 312 118 * 8 W 4 32 2 W

 50-99 435 143 * 5 195 3 33 1 55

 100-249 640 215 * 4 299 4 47 4 67

 250-499 706 174 3 6 356 1 46 0 118

 500 and Over 3,117 454 7 9 W 4 115 25 W

Total 5,461 1,212 12 43 2,975 20 277 32 890

Employment Size

 Under 50 341 121 1 10 179 4 2 0 24

 50-99 360 105 * 4 178 2 16 1 54

 100-249 1,023 291 * 12 530 6 91 2 90

 250-499 1,139 262 2 5 621 5 39 3 202

 500-999 1,537 275 6 8 807 2 79 1 359

 1000 and Over 1,062 158 2 3 661 2 50 25 162

Total 5,461 1,212 12 43 2,975 20 277 32 890

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 137 62 * 7 56 3 7 * 2

 20-49 111 37 0 1 46 2 17 * 7

 50-99 207 57 * 3 87 1 34 1 24

 100-249 213 60 1 4 96 1 30 * 21

 250-499 171 61 * 3 81 * 16 * 10

 500 and Over 556 110 2 1 322 2 24 0 95

Total 1,394 387 4 18 688 10 129 2 158

Employment Size

 Under 50 164 59 1 6 82 2 8 * 5

 50-99 111 32 0 1 49 1 21 0 7

 100-249 304 81 2 3 122 4 55 1 37

 250-499 318 87 1 4 178 1 13 0 35

 500-999 230 66 * 3 128 1 9 * 23

 1000 and Over 266 61 0 1 128 1 24 0 52

Total 1,394 387 4 18 688 10 129 2 158

 (e) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries 

or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids (NGL). 

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

 (b) 'Electricity' consists of quantities of electricity that were purchased or transferred in, and is equivalent to 'purchased electricity' as defined in the 'Annual Survey of Manufactures.'

 (c) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (d) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing 

subsidiaries of utilities.

 Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the 

Census, data files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.' 

 (f) 'Other' includes all other energy that was purchased or transferred in and not shown elsewhere.

 * 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. The derived estimates presented in this table represent the consumption of energy originally produced offsite, 

acquired as a result of a purchase or transfer and consumed onsite for the production of heat and power. This definition is consistent with the definition of 'purchased' fuels and electric energy used by 

the Bureau of the Census in the preparation of 'Fuels and Electric Energy Consumed,' of the 'Annual Survey of Manufactures,' for 1974 through 1981.
Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 4.3 Relative Standard Errors for Table 4.3;

 Unit: Percents.

Economic Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Electricity(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Gas(d) natural gasoline)(e) Coal Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 5.5 7.1 14.8 13.6 6.5 10.0 0.5 47.3 22.4

 20-49 4.9 5.0 42.3 22.9 6.9 10.5 5.0 16.8 15.7

 50-99 2.7 4.1 6.1 5.3 3.6 8.9 5.3 5.9 2.4

 100-249 2.8 2.7 2.6 7.8 2.5 13.6 2.8 0.0 20.1

 250-499 1.3 2.4 0.3 12.4 1.3 11.4 0.1 0.0 2.2

 500 and Over 0.8 0.9 0.1 5.0 0.3 3.4 0.6 0.0 4.2

Total 0.8 1.2 2.3 5.6 0.8 4.3 1.1 0.5 3.8

Employment Size

 Under 50 5.4 6.2 10.4 14.0 4.7 8.1 5.2 2.5 35.9

 50-99 3.3 5.3 53.7 13.6 3.7 15.1 8.0 19.1 5.1

 100-249 1.5 2.8 0.6 14.2 1.9 8.2 2.4 3.5 0.9

 250-499 1.2 2.3 3.5 10.7 1.4 12.3 0.9 0.0 1.8

 500-999 1.8 1.8 0.1 7.8 1.0 10.2 1.9 0.0 7.4

 1000 and Over 0.7 2.1 0.0 8.3 0.6 7.4 1.6 0.0 0.6

Total 0.8 1.2 2.3 5.6 0.8 4.3 1.1 0.5 3.8

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 14.2 12.8 16.4 19.6 14.9 18.2 4.3 11.6 57.6

 20-49 7.0 10.8 50.8 43.4 9.7 20.3 0.0 0.0 5.5

 50-99 8.7 13.6 2.1 28.3 10.8 21.5 21.8 X 1.7

 100-249 4.3 6.9 4.4 13.7 4.3 54.9 18.9 0.0 0.1

 250-499 4.3 6.5 0.0 28.4 6.0 3.6 0.0 X 2.3

 500 and Over 2.3 4.6 0.0 21.2 1.8 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Total 2.7 3.9 5.4 11.7 3.0 14.7 7.3 3.2 5.5

Employment Size

 Under 50 14.8 13.9 11.1 20.2 15.4 20.9 0.2 89.2 55.0

 50-99 7.7 10.6 67.4 44.7 8.9 20.3 0.0 0.0 15.4

 100-249 5.3 8.7 0.5 21.2 6.7 15.3 17.9 0.0 0.9

 250-499 4.5 7.7 31.2 20.7 4.5 63.9 14.2 X 0.0

 500-999 3.4 6.1 0.2 6.5 4.9 3.5 0.0 X 0.8

 1000 and Over 4.2 6.9 0.0 28.0 3.3 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.4

Total 2.7 3.9 5.4 11.7 3.0 14.7 7.3 3.2 5.5

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 9.1 8.3 30.2 25.7 10.7 22.0 1.6 55.5 44.9

 20-49 7.9 8.8 76.8 22.5 10.8 18.5 13.5 0.0 5.1

 50-99 5.7 7.4 0.8 11.6 7.2 21.3 13.0 8.4 3.7

 100-249 6.3 5.4 13.3 8.8 4.6 23.1 4.9 0.0 48.0

 250-499 2.6 4.9 21.4 47.8 2.4 15.8 0.1 0.0 8.9

 500 and Over 0.7 1.5 0.2 11.1 0.8 3.3 1.2 0.0 1.4

Total 1.7 2.0 7.2 10.4 1.8 8.5 2.3 0.5 14.8

Employment Size

 Under 50 8.9 6.6 24.5 25.4 6.3 13.8 7.4 0.0 53.4

 50-99 5.1 7.5 1.1 27.5 5.3 31.5 18.9 49.9 7.9

 100-249 3.5 5.4 0.0 13.3 4.7 24.1 6.5 3.1 0.9

 250-499 3.2 4.9 0.6 44.0 4.7 21.1 0.4 0.0 5.6

 500-999 3.0 3.9 0.0 16.9 4.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
 1000 and Over 1.2 3.1 0.0 13.5 1.0 3.0 6.3 0.0 1.0

Total 1.7 2.0 7.2 10.4 1.8 8.5 2.3 0.5 14.8

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 10.0 12.8 19.9 22.9 12.4 14.6 1.4 79.8 21.1

 20-49 10.1 9.3 8.7 36.1 15.0 15.1 6.6 29.2 31.4

 50-99 3.6 6.3 19.5 3.9 4.4 14.8 0.9 0.0 4.1

 100-249 3.0 4.3 1.4 10.0 3.9 15.9 5.2 0.0 3.6

 250-499 1.9 3.7 0.2 16.2 1.8 19.1 0.2 X 2.3

 500 and Over 1.2 1.4 0.0 1.0 0.4 8.2 0.0 0.0 5.8

Total 1.1 1.9 1.5 9.1 0.9 5.9 1.2 2.2 4.1

Employment Size

 Under 50 9.2 8.7 16.1 24.0 9.9 13.5 3.5 X 38.3

 50-99 6.3 11.2 42.1 14.1 7.6 22.1 0.9 11.1 6.6

 100-249 2.2 4.2 7.7 23.1 2.4 10.4 2.4 30.7 1.9

 250-499 1.4 3.5 3.6 6.4 1.2 12.0 1.2 0.0 2.2

 500-999 2.5 2.4 0.0 13.1 1.0 18.4 3.0 0.0 9.7

 1000 and Over 1.1 4.0 0.0 7.4 0.9 22.5 0.0 0.0 1.0

Total 1.1 1.9 1.5 9.1 0.9 5.9 1.2 2.2 4.1

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 13.0 23.5 55.0 38.0 14.9 20.6 0.0 0.0 25.2

 20-49 6.6 8.6 X 17.8 10.7 36.1 0.0 0.0 2.6

 50-99 5.4 10.2 0.0 4.1 9.1 13.5 0.2 0.0 0.0

 100-249 2.5 5.4 0.0 19.8 3.1 25.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

 250-499 2.6 5.5 0.0 0.6 2.0 20.7 0.0 0.0 8.4

 500 and Over 0.6 1.3 0.0 11.5 0.6 2.0 0.0 X 0.0

Total 1.7 4.3 4.9 14.2 1.9 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.6

Employment Size

 Under 50 11.6 24.5 28.7 38.5 13.0 20.4 0.0 0.0 4.2

 50-99 5.5 8.4 X 10.6 9.0 28.0 0.0 X 5.5

 100-249 3.3 7.9 0.0 7.9 4.3 16.9 0.0 0.0 1.2

 250-499 1.4 3.3 0.0 17.4 1.2 22.6 0.5 X 2.0

 500-999 1.6 3.7 0.0 4.9 1.5 40.6 0.0 0.0 0.5

 1000 and Over 1.6 4.6 X 20.8 1.4 4.3 0.0 X 0.0

Total 1.7 4.3 4.9 14.2 1.9 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.6

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

 -- Estimation is not applicable. Energy source is not included in series.

 Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census, 

data files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.' 

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

 (b) 'Electricity' consists of quantities of electricity that were purchased or transferred in, and is equivalent to 'purchased electricity' as defined in the 'Annual Survey of Manufactures.'

 (c) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (d) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing 

subsidiaries of utilities.

 (e) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries or 

natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids (NGL). 

 (f) 'Other' includes all other energy that was purchased or transferred in and not shown elsewhere.

 * 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. The derived estimates presented in this table represent the consumption of energy originally produced offsite, acquired 

as a result of a purchase or transfer and consumed onsite for the production of heat and power. This definition is consistent with the definition of 'purchased' fuels and electric energy used by the Bureau of 

the Census in the preparation of 'Fuels and Electric Energy Consumed,' of the 'Annual Survey of Manufactures,' for 1974 through 1981.