| Table 2.11.B. Consumption of Nautral Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector, |
| Year-to-Date through January 2026 and January 2025 (Million Cubic Feet) |
| Electric Power Sector | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Division and State |
All Sectors | Electric Utilities | Independent Power Producers | Commercial Sector | Industrial Sector | ||||||
| January 2026 YTD | January 2025 YTD | Percentage Change | January 2026 YTD | January 2025 YTD | January 2026 YTD | January 2025 YTD | January 2026 YTD | January 2025 YTD | January 2026 YTD | January 2025 YTD | |
| New England | 38,787 | 33,852 | 15% | NM | NM | 37,453 | 32,565 | 565 | 565 | 557 | 543 |
| Connecticut | 14,497 | 13,908 | 4.2% | 27 | 21 | 14,100 | 13,480 | 114 | 124 | 256 | 283 |
| Maine | 4,240 | 3,346 | 27% | 0 | 0 | 4,148 | 3,284 | 13 | 13 | 79 | 49 |
| Massachusetts | 10,919 | 9,562 | 14% | NM | NM | 10,239 | 8,924 | 417 | 410 | 78 | 71 |
| New Hampshire | 3,884 | 2,340 | 66% | 0 | 0 | 3,860 | 2,323 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 13 |
| Rhode Island | 5,246 | 4,694 | 12% | 0 | 0 | 5,106 | 4,554 | 13 | 13 | 127 | 127 |
| Vermont | 2 | 2 | -11% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Middle Atlantic | 144,527 | 143,953 | 0.4% | 8,801 | 7,495 | 132,502 | 133,481 | 794 | 745 | 2,430 | 2,232 |
| New Jersey | 13,083 | 12,089 | 8.2% | NM | NM | 12,644 | 11,653 | 177 | 189 | 186 | 181 |
| New York | 41,151 | 40,800 | 0.9% | 8,703 | 7,414 | 31,565 | 32,549 | 527 | 476 | 356 | 361 |
| Pennsylvania | 90,293 | 91,064 | -0.8% | 22 | 15 | 88,293 | 89,279 | 90 | 80 | 1,889 | 1,690 |
| East North Central | 157,809 | 146,280 | 7.9% | 61,274 | 56,084 | 92,553 | 86,549 | 688 | 651 | 3,293 | 2,997 |
| Illinois | 22,040 | 20,260 | 8.8% | 2,902 | 1,678 | 18,381 | 17,851 | 187 | 179 | 570 | 552 |
| Indiana | 29,441 | 25,598 | 15% | 16,273 | 13,360 | 11,404 | 10,791 | 81 | 74 | 1,683 | 1,373 |
| Michigan | 36,451 | 31,132 | 17% | 21,018 | 20,033 | 14,742 | 10,442 | 293 | 282 | 399 | 375 |
| Ohio | 55,686 | 55,567 | 0.2% | 7,406 | 7,811 | 48,026 | 47,464 | 79 | 72 | 175 | 220 |
| Wisconsin | 14,190 | 13,725 | 3.4% | 13,676 | 13,204 | NM | NM | 48 | 45 | 466 | 476 |
| West North Central | 25,764 | 25,163 | 2.4% | 20,246 | 19,670 | 4,360 | 4,377 | 164 | 187 | NM | 928 |
| Iowa | 4,873 | 4,897 | -0.5% | 4,525 | 4,590 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 73 | 289 | 234 |
| Kansas | NM | 2,872 | NM | 2,246 | 2,611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NM | 261 |
| Minnesota | 7,917 | 7,435 | 6.5% | 4,773 | 4,598 | 2,759 | 2,471 | 43 | 45 | 343 | 320 |
| Missouri | 6,582 | 6,346 | 3.7% | 4,905 | 4,355 | 1,601 | 1,905 | 61 | 67 | 16 | 19 |
| Nebraska | 855 | 592 | 45% | 823 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 24 |
| North Dakota | 1,752 | 1,981 | -12% | 1,726 | 1,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31 |
| South Dakota | 1,289 | 1,039 | 24% | 1,248 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 39 |
| South Atlantic | 242,766 | 245,838 | -1.2% | 201,148 | 205,258 | 38,733 | 37,496 | NM | 680 | NM | 2,403 |
| Delaware | 2,808 | 2,295 | 22% | 6 | 6 | 2,404 | 1,874 | 0 | 0 | 398 | 415 |
| District of Columbia | 74 | 109 | -32% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 99,637 | 104,633 | -4.8% | 94,403 | 99,159 | NM | 4,765 | NM | 73 | NM | 636 |
| Georgia | 33,207 | 33,230 | -0.1% | 28,838 | 27,715 | 4,078 | 5,053 | 0 | 0 | NM | 462 |
| Maryland | 11,832 | 9,244 | 28% | 2,449 | 1,851 | 9,018 | 7,019 | 344 | 352 | 20 | 22 |
| North Carolina | 38,687 | 39,061 | -1.0% | 33,039 | 33,174 | 5,446 | 5,687 | NM | 123 | NM | 76 |
| South Carolina | 13,115 | 14,662 | -11% | 11,947 | 13,532 | NM | 1,073 | 0 | 0.02 | NM | 57 |
| Virginia | 41,200 | 41,133 | 0.2% | 29,641 | 29,061 | 11,038 | 11,522 | 35 | 23 | NM | 527 |
| West Virginia | 2,208 | 1,471 | 50% | 824 | 760 | 1,129 | NM | 0 | 0 | 254 | 208 |
| East South Central | 108,840 | 116,098 | -6.3% | 86,042 | 89,149 | 20,604 | 24,615 | 60 | 77 | NM | 2,257 |
| Alabama | 39,544 | 42,479 | -6.9% | 19,435 | 17,885 | 19,077 | 23,571 | 0 | 0 | NM | 1,023 |
| Kentucky | 16,936 | 18,126 | -6.6% | 15,337 | 17,010 | 1,505 | 1,034 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 82 |
| Mississippi | 37,902 | 40,718 | -6.9% | 37,641 | 40,402 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | NM | 306 |
| Tennessee | 14,458 | 14,775 | -2.1% | 13,629 | 13,853 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 77 | 769 | 846 |
| West South Central | 259,483 | 273,472 | -5.1% | 104,691 | 111,545 | 120,193 | 125,236 | 426 | 301 | NM | 36,390 |
| Arkansas | 14,651 | 12,740 | 15% | 14,010 | 11,967 | 521 | 643 | NM | 34 | NM | 97 |
| Louisiana | 43,937 | 43,301 | 1.5% | 26,715 | 27,194 | 4,093 | 1,854 | NM | NM | NM | 14,236 |
| Oklahoma | 26,826 | 29,414 | -8.8% | 18,482 | 20,371 | 8,083 | 8,740 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 261 | 303 |
| Texas | 174,069 | 188,017 | -7.4% | 45,484 | 52,014 | 107,495 | 114,000 | NM | 249 | NM | 21,755 |
| Mountain | 82,805 | 84,448 | -1.9% | 67,822 | 65,504 | 13,686 | 17,795 | 192 | 157 | 1,104 | 992 |
| Arizona | 27,317 | 30,819 | -11% | 18,068 | 19,255 | 9,201 | 11,514 | 48 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 13,765 | 12,670 | 8.6% | 11,553 | 10,114 | 2,129 | 2,476 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 79 |
| Idaho | 4,677 | 5,018 | -6.8% | 3,879 | 4,140 | NM | 798 | 14 | 16 | 59 | 63 |
| Montana | 791 | 1,345 | -41% | 733 | 1,080 | 57 | 265 | 0 | 0 | NM | NM |
| Nevada | 15,604 | 13,560 | 15% | 15,471 | 13,236 | 0 | 47 | 21 | 19 | 112 | 259 |
| New Mexico | 7,996 | 8,342 | -4.1% | 6,234 | 5,704 | 1,483 | 2,594 | 44 | 42 | 235 | 2 |
| Utah | 10,088 | 8,068 | 25% | 9,735 | 7,734 | NM | 101 | 66 | 30 | 199 | 203 |
| Wyoming | 2,566 | 4,625 | -45% | 2,149 | 4,241 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 416 | 385 |
| Pacific Contiguous | 54,834 | 78,800 | -30% | 23,987 | 34,634 | 24,931 | 38,034 | 744 | 704 | 5,172 | 5,428 |
| California | 33,575 | 50,780 | -34% | 11,425 | 18,480 | 16,699 | 26,665 | 725 | 689 | 4,725 | 4,945 |
| Oregon | 15,216 | 16,460 | -7.6% | 7,849 | 8,765 | 7,281 | 7,620 | 19 | 10 | 68 | 65 |
| Washington | 6,043 | 11,561 | -48% | 4,713 | 7,389 | 951 | 3,749 | 0.04 | 5 | 380 | 418 |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 2,107 | 2,256 | -6.6% | 2,081 | 2,230 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| Alaska | 2,107 | 2,256 | -6.6% | 2,081 | 2,230 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Total | 1,117,723 | 1,150,160 | -2.8% | 576,304 | 591,749 | 485,015 | 500,148 | 4,307 | 4,072 | 52,096 | 54,192 |
| Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percentage change is calculated before rounding. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report. |