Released: June 2010 

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 10.3 Number of Establishments with Capability to Switch Natural Gas to Alternative Energy Sources, 2006;

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Not Electricity Distillate Residual and

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

Total United States

311 Food 11,395 1,830 6,388 484 499 245 Q 555 0 203

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 445 90 322 0 49 13 3 28 0 7

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 44 11 36 0 W 0 3 4 0 W

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 61 13 46 0 11 W 0 0 0 W

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 961 153 529 Q 61 15 0 23 0 Q

 3115 Dairy Products 941 182 601 30 65 47 0 25 0 W

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 1,542 361 1,022 Q 148 Q 0 79 0 94

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 957 118 562 W 81 20 W 10 0 7

 3121 Beverages 900 94 524 W Q 10 W 4 0 7

 3122 Tobacco 57 24 38 0 18 10 W 5 0 0

313 Textile Mills 1,532 426 948 Q 203 35 0 89 0 Q

314 Textile Product Mills 1,925 314 1,122 Q 140 Q W 156 0 12

315 Apparel 2,977 237 1,621 W 170 0 0 0 0 0

316 Leather and Allied Products 392 42 206 Q W 0 0 5 0 0

321 Wood Products 4,327 509 2,752 205 49 Q W 199 0 97

 321113 Sawmills 432 75 237 25 Q 5 0 Q 0 15

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 804 61 595 W 6 W 0 49 0 6

 3219 Other Wood Products 2,908 352 1,806 142 5 9 W 131 0 76

322 Paper 3,215 616 2,048 180 222 157 29 123 W 21

 322110 Pulp Mills 27 11 18 W 5 5 0 W 0 W

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 241 95 179 11 33 42 14 10 0 11

 322122 Newsprint Mills 14 5 9 W 5 W 0 0 0 0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 176 76 124 10 34 30 13 7 W 5

323 Printing and Related Support 12,825 1,406 7,332 1,041 W Q 0 312 0 0

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 996 226 736 19 65 24 0 107 0 42

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 200 66 172 7 18 15 0 37 0 13

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 41 5 28 W W W 0 W 0 W

325 Chemicals 6,398 923 4,677 380 413 193 Q 205 W 99

 325110 Petrochemicals 37 8 29 W W W 0 W 0 W

 325120 Industrial Gases 251 53 178 53 0 0 0 W 0 0

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine 26 9 23 W 4 0 0 W 0 W

 325182 Carbon Black 23 6 21 0 W W 0 0 0 0

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 326 73 217 Q Q 11 0 9 0 3

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates 23 5 13 W 3 W 0 0 0 W

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 64 9 48 0 5 W W 5 0 W

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 426 63 329 3 43 10 3 4 0 4

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 510 107 352 W 77 12 0 Q 0 3

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 70 20 47 6 10 4 0 W 0 W

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers 63 32 36 W 15 11 0 7 0 W

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 47 4 42 W W 0 0 0 0 0

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 25 W 21 0 W W 0 W 0 W

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 878 116 552 6 74 24 W 11 0 W

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 452 81 337 6 52 24 W 7 0 0

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 107 25 70 Q 12 W 0 4 0 0

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 7,669 1,377 4,874 670 338 97 0 411 0 Q

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 6,449 900 4,068 331 84 Q Q 527 W 10

 327211 Flat Glass 41 18 23 0 9 0 0 10 0 W

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 113 26 60 0 W 0 0 24 0 W

 327213 Glass Containers 55 19 42 10 7 W 0 15 0 0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 495 49 338 18 0 W W 17 0 0

 327310 Cements 93 22 76 3 7 3 9 3 W W

 327410 Lime 40 W 33 0 W W W W 0 0

 327420 Gypsum 112 18 100 W W W 0 W 0 0

 327993 Mineral Wool 156 8 132 W W 0 0 4 0 0

331 Primary Metals 2,916 387 2,012 161 74 38 6 209 6 12

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills 300 43 227 13 7 W W 13 W 6

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products 18 W 14 W 0 0 0 0 0 0
Released: June 2010 

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 10.3 Number of Establishments with Capability to Switch Natural Gas to Alternative Energy Sources, 2006;

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Natural Gas(b) Alternative Energy Sources(c)

Coal Coke

NAICS Total Not Electricity Distillate Residual and

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

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 390 71 268 41 29 21 W 35 W 0

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 362 63 259 16 20 7 0 31 0 W

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 90 8 62 4 W 0 0 W 0 0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 54 7 45 W 5 W 0 W 0 0

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products 142 22 97 W W W 0 15 0 W

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 453 W 305 W 9 W 0 16 0 0

 3315 Foundries 1,393 171 941 84 9 W W 114 0 W

 331511 Iron Foundries 333 46 269 8 4 W W 39 0 W

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries 172 29 103 9 W 3 0 20 0 W

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 279 34 183 18 W 0 0 10 0 0

332 Fabricated Metal Products 25,150 3,212 15,608 1,861 320 318 W 1,269 0 Q

333 Machinery 12,891 1,479 7,665 1,020 48 Q 0 Q 0 Q

334 Computer and Electronic Products 5,323 688 3,191 484 62 Q 0 218 0 Q

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 462 60 294 40 19 W 0 W 0 W

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 2,818 353 1,913 234 26 57 W 144 W W

336 Transportation Equipment 5,434 667 3,722 391 35 W W 390 W 12

 336111 Automobiles 68 14 52 6 5 W 0 W W 0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 42 14 29 0 4 W 0 8 0 W

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 671 120 448 Q 16 6 W Q 0 4

 336411 Aircraft 78 9 53 W 5 W 0 5 0 W

337 Furniture and Related Products 6,753 677 3,125 530 Q 0 W 223 W W

339 Miscellaneous 9,609 1,184 5,486 967 W W 0 Q 0 0

Total 131,949 17,573 80,056 9,220 2,942 1,574 334 5,491 Q 1,057

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) These counts include only those establishments that reported this activity in 2006.

 (c) 'Alternative Energy Sources' consist of those energy sources that could

have been substituted for natural gas during 2006. 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.

 (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.

 (f) 'Other' includes all other types of energy not already identified that

respondents indicated could have been consumed in place of natural gas.

 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.'