Drawing on the Energy, Water and Environment Survey (EWES) conducted by the ABS and industrial data held by the Clean Energy Regulator, this dataset provides a summary of industrial consumption and expenditure of electricity, gas and liquid fuels. Data covers the 2014-2015 financial year, with national data aggregated by business size, industry classification (using standard ANZSIC coding) and industry sector (using SISCA coding).

Note that details of coverage issues with the dataset and further contextual detail is provided in the Explanatory Notes section of the data hosting website. Industrial classification of complex and large-scale multi-activity businesses is provided in this section.