Monthly Energy Review
The
Monthly Energy Review
(
MER
) is the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) primary report of
recent and historical energy statistics. Included are statistics on total energy production, consumption, stocks,
trade, and energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable
energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions.
Release of the MER is in keeping with responsibilities given to EIA in Public Law 95–91 (Department of
Energy Organization Act), which states, in part, in Section 205(a)(2):
“The Administrator shall be responsible for carrying out a central, comprehensive, and
unified energy data and information program which will collect, evaluate, assemble,
analyze, and disseminate data and information…”
The MER is intended for use by members of Congress, federal and state agencies, energy analysts, and the
general public. EIA welcomes suggestions from readers regarding the content of the MER and other EIA
publications.
Related monthly publications: Other monthly EIA reports are
Petroleum Supply Monthly
,
Petroleum
Marketing Monthly
,
Natural Gas Monthly
, and
Electric Power Monthly
. For more information, contact
EIA’s Office of Communications via email at infoctr@eia.gov.
Important notes about the data
Data displayed: For tables beginning in 1949, annual data are usually displayed only in 5-year increments
between 1950 and 2000 in the tables in Portable Document Format (PDF) files; however, all annual data are
shown in the Excel files, comma-separated values (CSV) files, application programming interface (API) files,
and in the data browser. Also, only two to three years of monthly data are displayed in the PDF files; however,
for many series, monthly data beginning with January 1973 are available in the Excel files, CSV files, API files,
and in the data browser.
Comprehensive changes: Each month, most MER tables and figures carry a new month of data, which is
usually preliminary (and sometimes estimated or forecast) and likely to be revised the succeeding month.
Annual data from 1949: In 2013, EIA expanded the MER to incorporate annual data as far back as 1949 in
those data tables that were previously published in both the
Annual Energy Review (AER
) and MER. The last
edition of the AER was released in September 2012 with 2011 data. Annual data beginning in 1949 for many
related supplemental data series that are not found in the MER are available at
eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual.
Electronic access
The MER is available on EIA’s website in various formats at eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly.
Full report and report tables: PDF files
Table data (unrounded): Excel files, CSV files, API files, and data browser
Graphs: PDF files and data browser
Note: PDF files display selected annual and monthly data; Excel files, CSV files, API files, and data
browser display all available annual and monthly data, often at a greater level of precision than the PDF
files.
Timing of release: The MER is posted on the EIA website no later than the last work day of the month at
eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly.
Released:August 28, 2018
DOE/EIA-0035(2018/08)
Monthly Energy Review
August 2018
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Office of Energy Statistics
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585
This report was prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and analytical agency within the
U.S. Department of Energy.By law, EIA’s data, analyses, and forecasts are independent of approval by any other officer or
employee of the United States Government.The views in this report therefore should not be construed as representing those of
the Department of Energy or other federal agencies.
Contacts
The
Monthly Energy Review
is prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Statistics, Office
of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, Integrated Energy Statistics Team, under the direction of Ryan Repice,
202-586-5828 (ryan.repice@eia.gov).Questions and comments specifically related to the
Monthly Energy Review
may be
addressed to Alexander Sun, 202-287-5948 (alexander.sun@eia.gov).
For assistance in acquiring data, please contact EIA’s Office of Communications at 202-586-8800 (infoctr@eia.gov).
Questions about the collection, processing, or interpretation of the information may be directed to the following subject
specialists:
Section1.Energy Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dianne R. Dunn202-586-2792
dianne.dunn@eia.gov
Section2.Energy Consumption by Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dianne R. Dunn202-586-2792
dianne.dunn@eia.gov
Section3.Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Barrick202-586-6254
jennifer.barrick@eia.gov
Section4.Natural Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael Kopalek202-586-4001
michael.kopalek@eia.gov
Section5.Crude Oil and Natural Gas Resource Development. . .Gary Long202-586-3467
gary.long@eia.gov
Section6.Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosalyn Berry202-586-6393
rosalyn.berry@eia.gov
Section7.Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lisa Cabral202-287-6533
lisa.cabral@eia.gov
Section8.Nuclear Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Shear202-586-0403
tim.shear@eia.gov
Section9.Energy Prices
Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen Klein202-586-8013
maureen.klein@eia.gov
Natural Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Wade202-586-4749
jennifer.wade@eia.gov
Average Retail Prices of Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Wong202-586-7574
peter.wong@eia.gov
Cost of Fuel at Electric Generating Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rebecca Peterson202-586-4509
rebecca.peterson@eia.gov
Section10.Renewable Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lolita Jamison202-586-9567
lolita.jamison@eia.gov
Section11.International Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patricia Smith202-586-6925
patricia.smith@eia.gov
Section12.Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Perry Lindstrom202-586-0934
perry.lindstrom@eia.gov
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