Released: December 2015 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.15 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause Fuel

 Switching from Natural Gas to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2010; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Total United States

311 Food 1,667 187 138 378 279 67 583 Q

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 146 Q 26 63 W W 14 W

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 16 W W 4 W W 6 W

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 5 0 0 W W 0 W 0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 145 13 Q 8 Q W 43 W

 3115 Dairy Products 222 38 6 52 Q 24 51 0

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 351 50 26 128 36 Q 68 Q

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 301 Q 32 92 Q 29 29 0

 3121 Beverages 280 Q W Q W W W 0

 3122 Tobacco 21 5 W 7 W W W 0

313 Textile Mills 213 87 51 43 Q Q 9 0

314 Textile Product Mills Q Q 13 Q 0 0 Q 0

315 Apparel Q 0 Q 6 Q Q 0 0

316 Leather and Allied Products Q 0 3 0 0 0 Q 0

321 Wood Products 303 70 9 38 30 Q Q 0

 321113 Sawmills 56 17 W 6 Q W 8 0

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 66 W W 16 10 W 24 0

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 21 W W Q 0 W 5 0

 3219 Other Wood Products 170 W W Q Q W Q 0

322 Paper 447 Q 81 108 21 57 115 4

 322110 Pulp Mills 17 4 W 7 W 0 0 0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 59 W 20 18 W 4 5 0

 322122 Newsprint Mills 9 W W 5 0 0 0 0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 78 4 26 17 5 4 16 4

323 Printing and Related Support 992 Q Q Q Q Q Q 0

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 486 37 143 132 43 15 98 13

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 78 10 25 17 W 3 15 W

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 368 13 115 103 38 7 79 10

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 3 W 0 0 0 0 0 W

325 Chemicals 957 246 91 121 139 Q 130 5

 325110 Petrochemicals 10 W W 3 0 W 0 0

 325120 Industrial Gases Q 0 0 0 Q 0 0 0

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine 6 W 0 0 0 0 W W

 325182 Carbon Black W 0 0 0 0 0 W 0

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 70 Q Q 9 Q W 6 W

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates W 0 0 0 0 0 W 0

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 24 5 10 0 3 W W W

Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Natural Gas(c) 
Released: December 2015 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.15 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause Fuel

 Switching from Natural Gas to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2010; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Natural Gas(c) 

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 64 8 12 11 Q 0 4 0

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 55 14 9 5 8 9 9 0

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 16 3 W W 3 0 5 0

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers 27 W 15 5 W 0 0 W

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 4 0 0 W W 0 W 0

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 4 0 W 0 0 0 W 0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 143 36 14 37 23 10 15 0

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 85 26 11 20 3 10 10 0

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 37 9 0 W W W 20 0

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 873 Q W 321 242 Q 21 W

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 1,058 Q 16 Q 250 15 486 4

 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile 28 W 3 0 W W 11 0

 327211 Flat Glass 12 3 W W 0 W 4 0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 14 5 0 0 3 0 W W

 327213 Glass Containers 25 W W 13 0 W 7 0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 32 9 0 W W 7 10 0

 327310 Cements 56 7 W 5 Q W 8 W

 327410 Lime 4 0 W 0 0 0 W 0

 327420 Gypsum 14 0 W 8 W 0 W 0

 327993 Mineral Wool 6 W 0 W W 0 W 0

331 Primary Metals 392 96 W 73 67 29 90 W

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills 33 W 4 W 4 W 9 0

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products W W 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel W 8 0 W 15 4 Q 0

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 45 15 W 15 3 W 8 0

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 10 3 0 4 3 0 0 0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 0

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products 23 W W 11 0 W W 0

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 93 Q 5 Q 11 Q 9 0

 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals, except Copper and Alum 10 3 0 0 3 0 3 0

 3315 Foundries 175 32 W 33 35 4 48 W

 331511 Iron Foundries 61 8 6 7 14 0 17 0

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries 35 Q W 6 Q W 7 0

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 21 W 0 7 7 0 W 0

332 Fabricated Metal Products 1,942 Q Q 632 Q Q Q 0

333 Machinery 920 372 0 Q Q Q 218 0

334 Computer and Electronic Products 504 Q Q 3 Q Q Q 0

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 14 6 W 3 W 0 0 0

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 241 Q W Q Q 0 Q W

336 Transportation Equipment 634 Q Q 27 Q Q 296 0
Released: December 2015 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 10.15 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause Fuel

 Switching from Natural Gas to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2010; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Levels of Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Natural Gas(c) 

 336111 Automobiles W W 0 W 0 0 0 0

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

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 161 31 Q 21 Q 3 Q 0

 336411 Aircraft 59 7 Q W W 0 5 0

337 Furniture and Related Products 557 23 Q Q Q 0 Q 0

339 Miscellaneous 1,044 Q 22 Q 397 Q 290 3

Total 13,898 2,689 921 2,993 2,072 1,396 3,401 144

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

Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) This count includes only those establishments that reported this activity in 2010.

 (c) These levels of price difference were guesstimates at which establishments

perceived that they would switch. These levels were not actual values at which switching

occurred. The percentage of price difference is computed as the quantity of (current fuel

price minus alternative fuel price) divided by the current fuel price, expressed as a percent.

 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: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. 

Establishment percents may not equal 100 percent because of unknown and/or 

unreported fuel-switching guesstimate.

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy 

Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2010 Manufacturing

Energy Consumption Survey.'