Highlights: February 2026

• The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic saw sizeable shifts to other fossil fuels being used to generate electricity this February compared to the previous year.

• Coal stockpiles increased by 0.7% to 105 million tons compared to the previous month, remaining at relatively low levels compared to stockpile levels observed over the last several years.

• Southern Company and Progress Florida experienced the largest monthly ranges in daily peak electricity demand of all the selected electricity systems in the country in February 2026.

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