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Posted July 25, 2024 Today in Energy ›

Natural gas electricity generation in the United States spiked with July heatwave ›

U.S. power plant operators generated 6.9 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity from natural gas on a daily basis in the Lower 48 states on July 9, 2024, probably the most in history and certainly since at least January 1, 2019, when we began to collect hourly data about natural gas generation. More

daily natural gas electricity generation in the lower 48

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor

Data Highlights

Weekly coal production

7/20/2024: 9.573 million tons

up0.363 million tons from week earlier
down1.153 million tons from year earlier

Natural gas inventories

7/19/2024: 3,231 Bcf

up22 Bcf from week earlier
up249 Bcf from year earlier

Crude oil inventories

7/19/2024: 436.5 million barrels

down3.7 million barrels from week earlier
down20.3 million barrels from year earlier