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Table 6 : U.S. Coal Supply, Consumption, and Inventories
| a | Waste coal includes waste coal and cloal slurry reprocessed into briquettes. |
| b | Coal used for electricity generation and (a limited amount of) useful thermal output by electric utilities and independent power producers. |
| c | The discrepancy reflects an unaccounted-for shipper and receiver reporting difference, assumed to be zero in the forecast period. |
| d | Primary stocks are held at the mines and distribution points. |
| - = no data available | |
| Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics. | |
| Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Quarterly Coal Report, DOE/EIA-0121; and Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226. | |
| Minor discrepancies with published historical data are due to independent rounding. | |
| Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model. |