Preliminary estimates show increased total U.S. manufacturing energy consumption in 2022
Release Date: March 20, 2025
Preliminary results from our 2022 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) show that total U.S. manufacturing energy consumption increased 6% between 2018 and 2022. MECS is the only source for national estimates of energy-related characteristics, consumption, and expenditures for manufacturers in the United States.
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2018 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey Consumption Results
Release Date: March 31, 2021
More information about the 2018 manufacturing consumption data and analysis are available in our data tables and analysis report .
The Capability of U.S. Manufacturing to Switch Fuels
Release Date: September 6, 2018
Preliminary estimates show that the total U.S. manufacturing energy consumption increased about 3.7% between 2010 and 2014. This is the first measured 4-year increase in manufacturing energy consumption since 2002 (Figure 1). Energy source shares have changed modestly since 2002, with natural gas rising from 29% to 33% of all manufacturing energy consumption. Conversely, during this same period, the share of delivered energy to manufacturing from coal, coke and breeze declined from 10% to 8%, while the share of fuel oils and naphtha together decreased from 7% to 5%.
