U.S. Coal Usage/Consumption

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U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2023 was 16.77%, a 3.54% decline from 2022.

U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2022 was 20.32%, a 2.35% decline from 2021.
U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2021 was 22.67%, a 2.58% increase from 2020.
U.S. coal usage/consumption for 2020 was 20.09%, a 4.26% decline from 2019.

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.