Preliminary estimates of industrial sector energy consumption indicate that for July 2016:

  • Total industrial sector consumption accounted for 31% of total primary energy consumption. Total energy consumption in the sector equaled 2.6 quadrillion Btu, a 4% decrease from July 2015.
  • Electricity retail sales and electrical system energy losses accounted for 34% of industrial sector total energy consumption.
  • Natural gas accounted for 30% of industrial sector total energy consumption, petroleum for 25%, renewable energy for 7%, and coal for 4%.

The MER provides monthly and annual data on total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions.