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Posted February 6, 2025

Natural gas-fired power plants have different owner types ›

U.S. annual natural gas-fired electricity generation

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report
Note: IPP=independent power producer

Natural gas-fired generating plants in the United States can be categorized by different ownership type, which can influence where individual plants are located, as well as how they operate and even the way fuel is purchased. Those different owners, through the investments they have made, have been instrumental in making natural gas the single-largest source used to generate electricity in the United States, with a 43% share of both capacity and energy output. EIA collects data for the different ownership types of natural gas-fired power plants.

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Data Highlights

  • 2/6/2025
  • Wind and solar combined share of generation
  • 14.5
  • %


  • 22.7%
    from year earlier
  • 2/6/2025
  • Daily electric power demand
  • 11184
  • GWh


  • 2.9%
    from year earlier
  • $3.30
  • /million Btu
  • $0.412 /million Btu
    from week earlier
  • $1.181 /million Btu
    from year earlier
  • $77.11
  • /barrel
  • $1.60 /barrel
    from week earlier
  • $2.43 /barrel
    from year earlier

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