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Table 37. U.S. Coal Stocks, 2003-2009
(Thousand Short Tons)
Last Day of Quarter Coal Consumers Coal Producers and Distributors Total
Electric Power Sector1 Coke Plants Other Industrial2 Commercial and Institutional Users Total
2003
   March 31  133,536 1,329 4,359 - 139,223 47,429 186,652
   June 30  144,257 1,474 4,172 - 149,903 45,070 194,973
   September 30  124,518 1,085 4,878 - 130,481 38,231 168,712
   December 31  121,567 905 4,718 - 127,191 38,277 165,468
2004
   March 31  113,131 1,249 3,937 - 118,317 39,305 157,622
   June 30  120,263 1,336 4,294 - 125,893 40,698 166,591
   September 30  106,209 1,196 4,859 - 112,263 39,425 151,688
   December 31  106,669 1,344 4,842 - 112,855 41,151 154,006
2005
   March 31  105,226 1,849 4,501 - 111,577 38,698 150,275
   June 30  115,524 2,440 5,040 - 123,005 38,422 161,427
   September 30  98,192 2,461 5,538 - 106,191 34,965 141,156
   December 31  101,137 2,615 5,582 - 109,333 34,971 144,304
2006
   March 31  112,141 2,754 5,118 - 120,013 35,113 155,126
   June 30  135,734 2,839 5,655 - 144,228 35,307 179,535
   September 30  126,872 2,772 6,138 - 135,782 33,170 168,952
   December 31  140,964 2,928 6,506 - 150,398 36,548 186,946
2007
   March 31  141,389 2,444 5,756 - 149,588 34,007 183,595
   June 30  154,812 2,364 5,672 - 162,849 32,484 195,333
   September 30  142,666 1,972 5,811 - 150,448 30,090 180,538
   December 31  151,221 1,936 5,624 - 158,781 33,977 192,758
2008
   March 31  147,002 1,462 4,818 448 153,730 32,464 186,194
   June 30  153,915 1,756 4,983 478 161,133 31,395 192,528
   September 30  145,835 1,971 5,208 514 153,528 30,235 183,763
   December 31  163,056 2,331 6,007 498 171,891 27,311 199,202
2009
   March 31  176,639 2,119 5,349 478 184,585 28,875E 213,460
   June 30  198,215 1,760 5,093 485 205,553 31,902E 237,455
1 The electric power sector (electric utilities and independent power producers) comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public -- i.e. NAICS 22 plants.
2 Manufacturing plants only.
E Estimated
- = No data are reported.
Note: · Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Beginning in 1999, the first three quarters of each year's data for Coal Producers and Distributors are estimated. Electric power sector stocks include anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, and lignite, and excludes waste coal.
Sources: · Energy Information Administration (EIA) · Electric Power Sector: 2003-2007 - Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report" and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report," 2008-Forward - Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" · Other Industrial: Form EIA-3, "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report - Manufacturing and Transformation/Processing Coal Plants and Commercial and Institutional Coal Users" · Producer and Distributor: Short Term Energy Outlook estimates and 2003-2007 - Form EIA-6A, "Coal Distribution Report," 2008-Forward - "Short Term Energy Outlook" estimates." · Coke Plants: Form EIA-5, "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report - Coke Plants"

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