Sector

Maximum Annual Switchable Volume
(Million Barrels)

Daily Switchable Volumes If Consumption Were Restricted to December-February
(Thousand Barrels per Day)

Conversion Potential If All Distillate Use by Large Users Were Converted to a Different Fuel
(Million Barrels)

Commercial

8.6

  86

20.0

Industrial

1.6

  16

6.5

Electricity Generation^a

2.9^b

  31^b

7.1

  Total

13.1

133  

33.6

^aBecause usually only one-third of distillate consumption for electricity generation occurs in the winter months (December, January, and February), the consumption shown is the estimated winter use portion, assuming that 40 percent of the year’s distillate use might occur in the winter of an unusual year.
^bWinter only.
Source: Tables in this chapter.