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First Energy Consumption Estimates from MECS 2006

Released May 2009

Preliminary estimates for the 2006 MECS fuel tables are shown below. These estimates measure the energy used for heat, power, and electricity generation, regardless of where the energy was produced. They are summarized at the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 3-digit level for the U.S. We will be updating the website in the coming weeks with more tables and updating the preliminary estimates, if necessary.

Relative standard errors (RSEs) are included as a separate tab in the spreadsheet version of the table.


Table 3.2. Preliminary U.S. Manufacturing Fuel Consumption 2006, (Trillion Btu)   
NAICS
Code(a)
Subsector and Industry
Total Fuel
Net
Electricity(b)
Residual
Fuel Oil
Distillate
Fuel Oil(c)
Natural
Gas(d)
LPG and
NGL(e)
Coal
Coke
and Breeze
Other(f)
311 Food
1,173
249
25
16
630
3
145
1
105
312 Beverage and Tobacco Products
99
30
3
1
31
1
20
0
13
313 Textile Mills
153
66
2
*
41
*
32
0
12
314 Textile Product Mills
40
19
Q
*
16
Q
3
0
*
315 Apparel
13
7
*
*
6
*
0
0
*
316 Leather and Allied Products
3
1
*
*
1
*
0
0
*
321 Wood Products
418
91
2
15
75
5
15
1
215
322 Paper
2,187
248
86
12
377
4
205
0
1,255
323 Printing and Related Support
77
44
*
*
31
1
0
0
*
324 Petroleum and Coal Products
3,436
137
58
25
833
29
53
*
2,301
325 Chemicals
2,639
512
23
10
1,247
7
164
*
675
326 Plastics and Rubber Products
306
182
9
3
98
5
Q
0
*
327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products
951
147
3
30
306
5
319
11
129
331 Primary Metals
1,625
457
20
6
467
4
21
359
291
332 Fabricated Metal Products
375
142
*
2
220
4
0
Q
Q
333 Machinery
186
111
Q
2
66
3
1
0
2
334 Computer and Electronic Products
124
92
*
1
30
*
0
0
1
335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components
82
44
0
Q
36
1
0
0
Q
336 Transportation Equipment
427
194
6
3
199
4
5
Q
16
337 Furniture and Related Products
58
32
*
Q
14
1
3
0
7
339 Miscellaneous
58
33
Q
*
17
1
0
0
Q
  Total
14,428
2,837
243
128
4,741
77
994
374
5,035

(a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
(b) 'Net Electricity' is obtained by summing purchases, transfers in, and generation from noncombustible renewable resources, minus quantities sold and transferred out. It does not include electricity inputs from onsite cogeneration or generation from combustible fuels because that energy has already been included as generating fuel (for example, coal).
(c) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.
(d) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing subsidiaries of utilities.
(e) Examples of Liquefied Petroleum Gases '(LPG)' are ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutene produced at refineries or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids '(NGL).
(f) 'Other' includes net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce heat and power.
* 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.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '2006 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and Office of Oil and Gas, Petroleum Supply Division, Form EIA-810, 'Monthly Refinery Report' for 2006.

 

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