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Posted August 23, 2017Today in Energy
Northwest heat wave leads to record levels of summer electricity demand ›
Multiple record-breaking heat waves swept across the western United States this summer, with the latest occurring in the Pacific Northwest on August 1–4, 2017. Coincident with the hot weather, some of the largest electricity balancing authorities in the area experienced record-high summer electricity demand on their systems. More ›
Source: EIA, based on National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental Information
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WTI crude oil futures price
8/22/2017: $47.64/barrels
up$0.09 from week earlier
up$0.59 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
8/22/2017: $2.939/MMBtu
up$0.004 from week earlier
up$0.260 from year earlier
Retail gasoline price
8/21/2017: $2.360/gal
down$0.024 from week earlier
up$0.167 from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
8/18/2017: 463.2 million barrels
down3.3 million barrels from week earlier
down29.8 million barrels from year earlier
Weekly coal production
8/12/2017: 16.469 million tons
up0.342 million tons from week earlier
up1.235 million tons from year earlier
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