U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 34.23%, a 5.42% decline from 2014.
U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 39.65%, a 0.29% decline from 2013.
U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 39.94%, a 1.46% increase from 2012.
U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 38.48%, a 4.87% decline from 2011.
Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.