Released: October 2009

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 11.6 Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 2006;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Utility and Nonutility Purchasers;

 Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

Total of

Economic Sales and Utility Nonutility

Characteristic(a) Transfers Offsite Purchaser(b) Purchaser(c)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 28 28 0

 20-49 307 227 80

 50-99 2,218 1,673 545

 100-249 2,647 1,437 1,210

 250-499 3,736 2,271 1,464

 500 and Over 10,814 5,665 5,149

Total 19,750 11,301 8,449

Employment Size

 Under 50 516 230 287

 50-99 1,193 1,180 13

 100-249 3,825 3,231 594

 250-499 3,796 2,675 1,120

 500-999 4,311 1,921 2,390

 1000 and Over 6,108 2,064 4,045

Total 19,750 11,301 8,449

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 20 20 0

 20-49 Q Q 0

 50-99 231 0 231

 100-249 1,531 356 1,175

 250-499 810 735 75

 500 and Over 370 313 57

Total 2,966 1,427 1,539

Employment Size

 Under 50 20 20 0

 50-99 Q Q 0

 100-249 6 W W

 250-499 1,131 904 227

 500-999 1,665 484 1,181

 1000 and Over 142 W W

Total 2,966 1,427 1,539
Released: October 2009

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 11.6 Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 2006;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Utility and Nonutility Purchasers;

 Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

Total of

Economic Sales and Utility Nonutility

Characteristic(a) Transfers Offsite Purchaser(b) Purchaser(c)

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 0 0 0

 20-49 27 6 21

 50-99 14 * 14

 100-249 37 4 33

 250-499 96 83 13

 500 and Over 465 154 311

Total 639 247 392

Employment Size

 Under 50 0 0 0

 50-99 12 0 12

 100-249 37 6 31

 250-499 171 60 111

 500-999 102 69 33

 1000 and Over 317 112 205

Total 639 247 392

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 6 6 0

 20-49 112 Q 59

 50-99 1,210 1,210 0

 100-249 234 233 2

 250-499 1,788 1,270 518

 500 and Over 9,418 4,714 4,704

Total 12,768 7,485 5,282

Employment Size

 Under 50 52 52 *

 50-99 967 966 1

 100-249 3,412 2,919 494

 250-499 792 499 293

 500-999 2,111 1,326 785

 1000 and Over 5,434 1,724 3,710

Total 12,768 7,485 5,282
Released: October 2009

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 11.6 Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 2006;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Utility and Nonutility Purchasers;

 Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

Total of

Economic Sales and Utility Nonutility

Characteristic(a) Transfers Offsite Purchaser(b) Purchaser(c)

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 1 1 0

 20-49 165 165 0

 50-99 764 463 300

 100-249 844 844 0

 250-499 1,043 184 858

 500 and Over 561 484 77

Total 3,378 2,142 1,236

Employment Size

 Under 50 444 158 287

 50-99 212 212 0

 100-249 370 W W

 250-499 1,702 1,212 490

 500-999 433 42 391

 1000 and Over 216 W W

Total 3,378 2,142 1,236

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

Bureau of the Census.

 (b) A 'Utility' is a company in the local area that produces and/or delivers electricity

and is legally obligated to provide service to the general public within its franchise area.

 (c) 'Nonutility' includes consumers, such as other manufacturers, households,

and commercial entities; generators of electricity, such as independent power producers,

small power producers, and cogenerators not located at the establishment site;

and suppliers, such as brokers, marketers, and marketing subsidiaries of utilities.

 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: To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the cell's

corresponding RSE column and RSE row factors. Totals may not equal sum of

components because of independent rounding.

 Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets

and End Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '2006 Manufacturing

Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census,

data files for the '2006 Annual Survey of Manufacturers.'