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With Data for 2025 Release Date: October 21, 2026 Next Release: October 2027
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Table 5.4.E. Natural Gas: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
by Sector, 2015 - 2025 (Billion Btus)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2015 965,573 8,254 292,629 47,573 617,118
2016 1,188,399 39,123 367,919 83,938 697,418
2017 1,204,582 39,828 318,611 107,987 738,156
2018 1,242,771 44,393 341,707 85,108 771,563
2019 1,232,925 43,862 327,203 82,455 779,405
2020 1,330,225 48,377 337,024 81,490 863,334
2021 1,258,705 50,514 316,694 73,588 817,909
2022 1,241,812 47,619 313,753 77,225 803,214
2023 1,245,459 47,866 314,352 72,281 810,961
2024 1,283,047 50,258 321,517 83,211 828,062
2025 1,245,018 48,321 299,141 76,312 821,245
Year 2023
January 108,883 4,492 26,208 6,550 71,633
February 99,105 3,990 25,368 6,007 63,740
March 105,904 4,034 26,442 6,149 69,279
April 96,246 3,387 23,983 5,324 63,552
May 97,552 3,502 23,200 5,368 65,482
June 101,827 3,807 25,465 5,671 66,884
July 108,416 4,694 28,686 6,530 68,506
August 107,213 4,289 28,645 6,211 68,068
September 102,648 3,905 26,025 6,004 66,714
October 100,203 3,331 25,929 5,799 65,144
November 105,925 4,079 27,145 6,241 68,460
December 111,537 4,357 27,254 6,427 73,499
Year 2024
January 119,009 4,487 28,786 8,185 77,551
February 104,900 4,103 26,740 7,181 66,877
March 106,209 4,399 26,598 6,879 68,332
April 96,649 3,339 22,832 5,924 64,554
May 100,760 3,696 24,987 5,509 66,568
June 103,083 4,148 26,755 6,531 65,649
July 112,169 4,947 29,732 7,673 69,818
August 113,213 4,835 30,475 7,485 70,418
September 105,660 4,431 27,720 6,683 66,827
October 102,836 3,604 26,312 6,509 66,411
November 104,992 3,750 24,583 6,912 69,747
December 113,568 4,520 25,997 7,740 75,310
Year 2025
January 117,914 4,509 28,546 7,189 77,670
February 101,796 3,753 24,175 6,407 67,460
March 103,630 3,572 23,576 5,900 70,582
April 94,932 3,641 21,699 5,349 64,243
May 98,558 3,612 23,353 5,135 66,457
June 100,774 4,151 25,455 6,287 64,881
July 108,620 5,248 26,886 7,249 69,237
August 107,439 4,250 25,734 6,736 70,719
September 101,806 4,017 25,272 6,206 66,310
October 99,345 3,511 24,071 6,199 65,563
November 100,534 3,976 23,912 6,370 66,276
December 109,671 4,081 26,461 7,284 71,845

Notes: Beginning with the collection of Form EIA-923 in January 2008, the methodology to allocate total fuel consumption for electricity generation and consumption for useful thermal output was changed.
The new methodology was retroactively applied to 2004-2007 data. See the Technical Notes (Appendix C) for further information. See Glossary for definitions.
Values are final. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report, and predecessor forms.
Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report, replaced the following: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; Form EIA-920, Combined Heat and Power Plant Report.

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