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With Data for 2024 Release Date: October 16, 2025 Next Release: October 2026 full report PDF
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SAS Output
Table 5.4.D. Natural Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2014 - 2024 (Billion Btus)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2014 8,795,303 4,001,826 4,076,787 74,194 642,495
2015 10,360,990 4,905,009 4,739,438 71,929 644,615
2016 10,515,826 5,189,543 4,728,444 47,550 550,288
2017 9,827,794 4,911,629 4,308,241 51,592 556,331
2018 11,200,796 5,739,753 4,825,957 54,390 580,696
2019 12,008,434 6,178,186 5,137,826 57,028 635,394
2020 12,324,847 6,398,560 5,239,106 53,175 634,006
2021 11,892,547 6,071,668 5,172,999 46,896 600,984
2022 12,792,589 6,580,269 5,550,639 50,198 611,483
2023 13,684,878 7,041,713 5,967,921 50,769 624,475
2024 14,226,488 7,528,352 6,040,206 49,538 608,392
Year 2022
January 1,005,525 516,084 431,435 4,104 53,901
February 851,167 427,737 373,226 3,640 46,563
March 825,945 419,799 351,669 3,910 50,566
April 791,873 403,696 337,071 3,637 47,469
May 976,896 503,588 419,789 3,875 49,643
June 1,205,401 642,072 508,210 4,180 50,938
July 1,476,117 775,494 640,021 5,013 55,590
August 1,455,041 746,891 647,073 5,212 55,865
September 1,189,365 599,087 535,910 4,476 49,894
October 1,003,933 507,308 443,201 3,758 49,666
November 958,728 495,304 408,724 3,979 50,722
December 1,052,598 543,210 454,311 4,413 50,664
Year 2023
January 1,023,822 528,227 439,936 4,156 51,503
February 917,770 468,004 399,184 3,842 46,740
March 993,060 515,120 422,752 4,081 51,106
April 911,874 474,690 388,440 3,729 45,014
May 1,048,194 558,303 435,700 3,922 50,269
June 1,244,180 649,299 537,412 4,315 53,155
July 1,551,623 797,788 692,277 5,146 56,412
August 1,548,587 810,543 676,215 4,925 56,904
September 1,265,777 639,723 567,639 4,602 53,813
October 1,075,631 544,341 475,223 4,088 51,978
November 1,020,346 502,764 461,393 3,912 52,278
December 1,084,013 552,910 471,749 4,051 55,304
Year 2024
January 1,205,058 621,082 524,115 4,262 55,598
February 968,732 502,543 412,709 3,869 49,611
March 974,061 511,931 408,216 3,869 50,045
April 934,104 490,734 391,304 3,624 48,441
May 1,104,003 598,023 453,505 3,626 48,848
June 1,301,428 697,766 550,162 4,300 49,200
July 1,606,334 864,343 682,739 5,155 54,098
August 1,575,288 851,390 662,885 4,892 56,121
September 1,286,659 684,448 547,770 4,101 50,340
October 1,126,414 594,946 481,782 3,846 45,839
November 1,044,383 548,971 444,017 3,921 47,473
December 1,100,025 562,174 481,001 4,071 52,779

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.