The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) of Department of Energy sponsors the Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (AMECS) to provide annual data on widely used energy sources from select subsectors within U.S. manufacturing.

Form EIA-847 consists of a subset of questions focusing on select energy sources and select industries from the nationally representative sample survey, EIA-846, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, which collects information on energy consumption and expenditure data from establishments in the manufacturing sector, i.e., North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 31-33. The manufacturing sector is defined according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The manufacturing sector consists of all manufacturing establishments in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. According to the NAICS, the manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. The establishments in this sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills

The Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey will provide statistics on consumption of energy for fuel and nonfuel purposes, as well as certain energy-related issues such as energy prices from select industries within the manufacturing sector.

This survey will be fielded in 2026 to collect data for calendar year 2025. This will be the first time an AMECS will be conducted.

This survey is mandatory under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and under Title 3, Subtitle B, of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 7135, as amended by Title 1, Subtitle G, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 7135(i)(1). Failure to respond may result in a civil penalty of not more than $2,750 per day for each violation, or a fine of not more than $5,000 per day for each willful violation as provided by 15 U.S.C. 797. The Government may bring a civil action to prohibit reporting violations which may result in a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction without bond. In such civil action, the court may also issue mandatory injunctions commanding any person to comply with these reporting requirements.

The Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (AMECS) is a sample of approximately 4,500 manufacturing establishments selected from the 2022 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) sample. All establishments classified in one of six specified industries are expected to be selected in the AMECS sample with certainty. The remaining selected establishments are stratified by specific energy-intensive 3-digit NAICS subsectors that comprise U.S. manufacturing, and will be chosen based upon their fuel consumption, economic output, feedstock usage, and other programmatic interests. Data are reported for activity taking place during the survey calendar year. However, all establishments in the frame have at least some chance of being selected.

The Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey data will be released annually in tabular format except for those years when a quadrennial MECS is being conducted. Once published, these data will be found on the EIA website. Comparable statistics are shown for the previous quadrennial MECS years. The latest summary of the results for the 2022 survey can be found at Energy Use in Manufacturing on the EIA web site

This is the first time the Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey will be conducted, and the data will only be collected through the Internet.

The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Title 13 United States Code, Section 9, to keep your information confidential and can use your responses only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.

The information from the Annual MECS will be used to produce aggregate statistics on the energy consumption of the manufacturing sector, including energy purchases, expenditures, transfers in and shipments out, onsite generation and both fuel and nonfuel use of five widely used energy sources. To maintain an updated industrial module of National Energy Modeling System each year, Form EIA-847 will also be used to update the historical industrial energy consumption benchmark. Since the Annual MECS is a new collection, it’s anticipated that these data would be used in a similar manner to previous MECS data.