Released: May 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

Table 11.6  Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 2018;

                        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 1,515 56 1,458

  20‐49 126 108 Q

  50‐99 1,202 729 473

  100‐249 2,526 1,684 842

  250‐499 2,723 1,869 854

  500 and Over 19,033 10,663 8,370

Total 27,125 15,109 12,015

Employment Size

  Under 50 1,970 105 1,864

  50‐99 846 453 393

  100‐249 2,263 1,723 540

  250‐499 5,808 4,726 1,083

  500‐999 3,095 1,821 1,274

  1000 and Over 13,143 6,281 6,861

Total 27,125 15,109 12,015

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 20 17 Q

  20‐49 22 22 0

  50‐99 66 66 *

  100‐249 656 261 395

  250‐499 835 504 331

  500 and Over 177 64 113

Total 1,777 935 841

Employment Size

  Under 50 25 23 Q

  50‐99 51 51 0

  100‐249 41 38 3

  250‐499 1,099 704 395

  500‐999 399 56 343

  1000 and Over 162 64 98

Total 1,777 935 841

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 * * 0

  20‐49 Q 2 Q

  50‐99 26 26 0
  100‐249 429 66 363

  250‐499 78 3 75

  500 and Over 576 323 253

Total 1,129 420 709

Employment Size

  Under 50 Q * Q

  50‐99 390 27 363

  100‐249 86 34 52

  250‐499 238 187 52

  500‐999 99 35 64

  1000 and Over 298 137 161

Total 1,129 420 709

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 1,464 Q 1,456

  20‐49 13 13 0

  50‐99 771 379 392

  100‐249 620 543 77

  250‐499 1,311 924 387

  500 and Over 15,553 7,559 7,994

Total 19,732 9,427 10,305

Employment Size

  Under 50 1,913 69 1,844

  50‐99 388 357 31

  100‐249 1,238 851 387

  250‐499 1,870 1,235 635

  500‐999 1,969 1,103 867

  1000 and Over 12,355 5,813 6,542

Total 19,732 9,427 10,305

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 Q Q 0

  20‐49 71 71 0

  50‐99 339 259 Q

  100‐249 820 813 7

  250‐499 499 438 61

  500 and Over 2,728 2,717 11

Total 4,487 4,327 160

Employment Size

  Under 50 14 14 0

  50‐99 Q Q 0

  100‐249 898 800 Q

  250‐499 2,602 2,601 1

  500‐999 628 628 0

  1000 and Over 328 267 61

Total 4,487 4,327 160

    (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 co‐generators not located at the

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

    * 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 11.6     Relative Standard Errors for Table 11.6;

                              Unit: Percents.

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 1.3 34.9 0.2

  20‐49 13.9 6.2 88.7

  50‐99 6.0 0.1 15.1

  100‐249 0.5 0.7 0.2

  250‐499 0.2 0.2 0.1

  500 and Over 0.3 0.1 0.7

Total 0.4 0.2 0.8

Employment Size

  Under 50 1.0 11.7 0.9

  50‐99 2.1 3.9 0.3

  100‐249 4.2 0.4 17.6

  250‐499 0.1 0.2 0.0

  500‐999 0.1 0.1 0.1

  1000 and Over 0.1 0.1 0.0

Total 0.4 0.2 0.8

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 31.7 33.9 90.8

  20‐49 14.4 14.4 X

  50‐99 0.4 0.2 62.8

  100‐249 1.4 3.6 0.0

  250‐499 0.3 0.5 0.3

  500 and Over 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 0.7 1.3 0.3

Employment Size

  Under 50 37.0 39.8 90.8

  50‐99 3.8 3.8 X

  100‐249 7.6 8.2 6.8

  250‐499 0.5 0.9 0.0

  500‐999 0.5 3.5 0.3

  1000 and Over 1.1 2.8 0.0

Total 0.7 1.3 0.3

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 10.6 10.6 X

  20‐49 81.8 0.0 88.7

  50‐99 0.0 0.0 X

  100‐249 0.7 4.5 0.0

  250‐499 0.1 0.1 0.0

  500 and Over 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 1.5 0.7 2.3

Employment Size

  Under 50 88.6 87.8 88.7

  50‐99 0.0 0.0 0.0

  100‐249 0.0 0.0 0.0

  250‐499 1.2 1.6 0.0

  500‐999 0.1 0.1 0.0

  1000 and Over 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 1.5 0.7 2.3

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 0.4 70.3 0.0

  20‐49 44.7 44.7 X

  50‐99 0.0 0.0 0.0

  100‐249 1.1 1.2 1.8

  250‐499 0.2 0.3 0.0

  500 and Over 0.4 0.0 0.8

Total 0.3 0.1 0.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 0.3 8.5 0.0

  50‐99 1.5 1.6 4.4

  100‐249 5.0 0.7 16.0

  250‐499 0.2 0.3 0.0

  500‐999 0.1 0.1 0.0

  1000 and Over 0.1 0.1 0.0

Total 0.3 0.1 0.6

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 58.4 58.4 X

  20‐49 0.0 0.0 X

  50‐99 21.1 0.3 88.8

  100‐249 0.0 0.0 0.0

  250‐499 0.0 0.0 0.0

  500 and Over 0.1 0.1 0.0

Total 1.6 0.4 44.7

Employment Size

  Under 50 43.2 43.2 X

  50‐99 95.9 95.9 X

  100‐249 8.0 0.1 72.9

  250‐499 0.1 0.1 0.0

  500‐999 0.0 0.0 X

  1000 and Over 0.4 0.5 0.0

Total 1.6 0.4 44.7

    (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 co‐generators not located at the

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

    * 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.  
    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).