Electric Power Monthly

Data for February 2024 Release Date: April 24, 2024 Next Release Date: May 24, 2024 Full report PDF

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Table 1.7.C. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas by Technology: Total (All Sectors), 2014-February 2024

(Thousand Megawatthours)

	Natural Gas
Period	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	Steam Turbine	Internal Combustion Engine	Natural Gas Other	Total
Annual Factors
2014	958,947	90,159	74,100	2,921	508	1,126,635
2015	1,131,803	108,655	89,796	3,760	654	1,334,668
2016	1,153,209	123,429	98,204	3,714	715	1,379,271
2017	1,096,212	111,732	84,520	4,370	869	1,297,703
2018	1,233,699	133,823	98,017	5,203	1,101	1,471,843
2019	1,343,576	130,661	106,113	6,655	1,527	1,588,533
2020	1,378,175	131,385	108,699	6,904	1,627	1,626,790
2021	1,339,517	130,987	98,533	8,255	1,899	1,579,190
2022	1,421,927	145,023	109,059	8,808	2,250	1,687,067
2023	1,509,718	162,058	119,745	10,448	94	1,802,062
Year 2022
January	116,628	10,595	6,918	652	155	134,948
February	100,075	8,174	6,006	553	137	114,945
March	98,525	7,814	5,440	558	139	112,477
April	90,511	8,805	5,507	541	142	105,506
May	105,644	11,956	8,742	610	142	127,094
June	126,835	15,732	12,016	756	179	155,517
July	151,829	19,422	16,583	958	250	189,042
August	155,761	17,838	13,937	1,045	280	188,860
Sept	133,059	12,892	9,909	869	219	156,948
October	114,000	9,862	8,687	743	200	133,492
November	108,068	10,459	8,079	723	194	127,523
December	120,993	11,473	7,234	801	215	140,716
Year 2023
January	121,763	8,980	6,262	717	4	137,725
February	109,921	7,776	5,602	626	4	123,928
March	114,448	9,995	6,967	793	5	132,207
April	99,883	11,524	8,167	713	6	120,294
May	113,994	13,366	9,618	742	8	137,728
June	132,751	16,075	12,057	934	11	161,827
July	158,974	22,737	17,552	1,279	13	200,554
August	159,367	22,139	17,149	1,322	18	199,995
Sept	137,758	14,441	12,256	942	9	165,406
October	115,904	13,962	10,219	872	7	140,963
November	114,879	11,496	8,100	780	5	135,260
December	130,079	9,568	5,795	729	3	146,174
Year 2024
January	137,484	13,504	8,535	921	6	160,450
February	114,698	9,305	6,266	717	3	130,990

Values for 2022 and prior years are final. Values for 2023 and 2024 are preliminary.
The 'Natural Gas Other' category consists of power plants with prime movers of Fuel Cells and Other Prime Movers that consume natural gas.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report; 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.