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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.E. Natural Gas: Consumption for Useful Thermal Output,
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 891,994 5,033 300,870 47,579 538,514
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
Year 2022
January 115,425 4,763 29,244 7,589 73,829
February 101,428 4,030 25,905 6,706 64,787
March 105,152 3,945 26,566 6,606 68,035
April 95,492 2,808 23,111 5,921 63,651
May 98,439 3,439 24,825 5,804 64,370
June 100,539 3,996 26,351 6,061 64,131
July 109,613 4,736 29,480 7,039 68,358
August 109,239 4,375 28,378 7,127 69,360
September 99,549 3,697 25,602 6,017 64,232
October 98,163 3,163 24,207 5,599 65,194
November 101,006 4,130 23,735 5,878 67,263
December 107,768 4,538 26,349 6,877 70,004
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

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.