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Table 32.  U.S. Coal Stocks, 2002-2008
(Thousand Short Tons)
Last Day of Quarter Coal Consumers Coal Producers and Distributors Total
Electric Power Sector1 Coke Plants Other Industrial2 Commercial and Institutional Users Total
2002
   March 31  146,443 1,360 4,842 - 152,645 40,284 192,929
   June 30  152,134 1,522 5,064 - 158,720 41,288 200,008
   September 30  135,962 1,561 5,834 - 143,357 35,662 179,019
   December 31  141,714 1,364 5,792 - 148,870 43,257 192,127
2003
   March 31  133,536 1,329 4,359 - 139,223 47,429 186,652
   June 30  144,257 1,474 4,172 - 149,903 45,070 194,973
   September 30  124,518 1,085 4,878 - 130,481 38,231 168,712
   December 31  121,567 905 4,718 - 127,191 38,277 165,468
2004
   March 31  113,131 1,249 3,937 - 118,317 39,305 157,622
   June 30  120,263 1,336 4,294 - 125,893 40,698 166,591
   September 30  106,209 1,196 4,859 - 112,263 39,425 151,688
   December 31  106,669 1,344 4,842 - 112,855 41,151 154,006
2005
   March 31  105,226 1,849 4,501 - 111,577 38,698 150,275
   June 30  115,524 2,440 5,040 - 123,005 38,422 161,427
   September 30  98,192 2,461 5,538 - 106,191 34,965 141,156
   December 31  101,137 2,615 5,582 - 109,333 34,971 144,304
2006
   March 31  112,141 2,754 5,118 - 120,013 35,113 155,126
   June 30  135,734 2,839 5,655 - 144,228 35,307 179,535
   September 30  126,872 2,772 6,138 - 135,782 33,170 168,952
   December 31  140,964 2,928 6,506 - 150,398 36,548 186,946
2007
   March 31  142,986 2,444 5,756 - 151,186 34,007 185,193
   June 30  156,412 2,364 5,672 - 164,449 32,484 196,933
   September 30  143,890 1,972 5,811 - 151,673 30,090 181,763
   December 31  151,127 1,936 5,624 - 158,686 33,977 192,663
2008
   March 31  146,952 1,462 4,797 438 153,649 32,464E 186,113
   June 30  NA 1,756 4,980 484 NA 31,395E NA
1 The electric power sector (electric utilities and independent power producers) comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public -- i.e. NAICS 22 plants.
2 Manufacturing plants only.
E Estimated
- = No data are reported.
NA = Not Available.
Note: · Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Beginning in 1999, the first three quarters of each year's data for Coal Producers and Distributors are estimated. Electric power sector stocks include anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, and lignite, and excludes waste coal.
Sources: · Energy Information Administration (EIA) · Electric Power Sector: 2002-2007 - Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report" and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report," 2008-Forward - Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" · Coke Plants: Form EIA-5, "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report - Coke Plants" · Other Industrial and Commercial and Institutional Users: Form EIA-3, "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report - Manufacturing and Transformation/Processing Coal Plants and Commercial and Institutional Coal Users" · Producer and Distributor: Short Term Energy Outlook estimates and 2002-2007 - Form EIA-6A, "Coal Distribution Report;" 2008-Forward - "Short Term Energy Outlook" estimates."

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