Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey: Fuel switching, 1985

Technical Report · Tue Dec 20 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6621921

The Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) provides comprehensive data on energy use by manufacturing industries in the United States, including their fuel-switching capabilities. The impact on manufacturing production of an interruption in the supply of a particular fuel can be mitigated if manufacturers have the capability to switch to alternate fuels. Similarly, in a period of substantial changes in the relative prices of fuels, manufacturers that can switch to less expensive fuels will have an economic advantage. Information about the ability of manufacturing establishments to switch to alternative fuels provides valuable information for assessing the nation's vulnerability to supply disruptions and the effects on manufacturers of other changes in energy markets. This report is the second data report based on the 1985 MECS. It provides information on the fuel-switching capabilities of manufacturing industries in the United States. The first report, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey: Consumption of Energy, 1985, presented a comprehensive description of energy consumption by manufacturing industries. The MECS covers all manufacturing industries. Not included in this report are mining, agriculture, construction and electric utilities. 4 figs., 14 tabs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Markets and End Use
• OSTI ID: 6621921
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0515(85); ON: DE89006028
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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