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Data for January 2025 Release Date: March 25, 2025 Next Release Date: April 24, 2025 Full report PDF Re-release date March 31, 2025 (Revision Notice)

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Table 3.4. Stocks of Coal by Coal Rank: Electric Power Sector, 2015 - January 2025

(Thousand Tons)

	Electric Power Sector
Period	Bituminous Coal	Subbituminous Coal	Lignite Coal	Total
End of Year Stocks
2015	82,004	108,614	4,931	195,548
2016	67,241	90,376	4,393	162,009
2017	56,140	77,875	3,672	137,687
2018	41,507	58,247	3,039	102,793
2019	54,769	69,942	3,124	128,102
2020	50,649	77,033	3,556	131,431
2021	34,560	54,726	2,598	91,884
2022	35,194	50,704	2,956	88,861
2023	46,574	83,013	3,439	133,253
2024	43,788	80,670	3,198	127,911
Year 2023, End of Month Stocks
January	37,880	51,812	3,014	92,714
February	40,066	56,667	3,022	99,760
March	41,614	64,432	2,991	109,041
April	43,353	72,772	3,330	119,671
May	46,598	77,685	3,500	128,001
June	47,911	77,671	3,601	129,404
July	44,256	75,155	3,499	123,131
August	42,345	72,129	3,424	118,113
Sept	42,659	72,147	3,247	118,271
October	44,914	74,948	3,184	123,265
November	46,999	80,588	3,393	131,208
December	46,574	83,013	3,439	133,253
Year 2024, End of Month Stocks
January	42,843	77,758	3,220	124,057
February	44,561	81,411	3,124	129,331
March	47,263	84,935	3,232	135,669
April	48,596	86,690	3,388	138,908
May	49,172	87,249	3,311	139,971
June	46,885	84,864	3,374	135,368
July	43,854	80,144	3,252	127,494
August	42,104	76,233	3,273	121,858
Sept	42,587	76,652	3,183	122,669
October	44,562	79,763	3,245	127,816
November	46,069	81,561	3,231	131,112
December	43,788	80,670	3,198	127,911
Year 2025, End of Month Stocks
January	37,655	72,839	2,885	113,635

Notes: See Glossary for definitions.
Values for 2023 and prior years are final. Values for 2024 and 2025 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923.
and predecessor forms. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report, and predecessor forms. Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report, replaced the following:
Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; Form EIA-920, Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; Form EIA-423, Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report;
and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants.