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Data for August 2026 Release Date: October 23, 2026 Next Release Date: November 24, 2026
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Table 1.7.B. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas
by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through August 2026 and 2025 (Thousand Megawatthours)

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Census Division
and State		 August 2026 YTD August 2025 YTD Percentage
Change		 August 2026 YTD August 2025 YTD August 2026 YTD August 2025 YTD August 2026 YTD August 2025 YTD August 2026 YTD August 2025 YTD
New England 38,310 40,431 -5.2% 168 183 36,620 38,855 726 691 796 703
Connecticut 17,464 16,387 6.6% 24 55 16,837 15,770 171 159 433 403
Maine 3,444 3,755 -8.3% 0 0 3,301 3,644 17 21 126 90
Massachusetts 8,490 11,578 -26.7% 144 128 7,738 10,877 495 477 113 96
New Hampshire 4,092 3,337 22.6% 0 0 4,055 3,311 18 9 19 17
Rhode Island 4,819 5,374 -10.3% 0 0 4,689 5,253 25 24 105 97
Vermont 1 1 34.7% 0.49 0.19 0 0 0.44 1 0 0
Middle Atlantic 163,407 162,537 0.5% 8,480 8,377 151,248 150,773 778 667 2,901 2,720
New Jersey 20,122 19,895 1.1% 78 118 19,559 19,285 202 213 283 278
New York 45,334 42,922 5.6% 8,375 8,231 36,059 33,898 467 348 433 445
Pennsylvania 97,951 99,720 -1.8% 27 27 95,630 97,589 109 106 2,186 1,997
East North Central 165,155 148,385 11.3% 60,598 56,715 100,547 87,616 1,100 998 2,910 3,056
Illinois 22,924 20,156 13.7% 3,187 602 19,021 18,782 265 263 451 509
Indiana 27,457 25,599 7.3% 15,026 13,057 10,987 11,108 144 100 1,300 1,334
Michigan 38,097 34,225 11.3% 20,476 20,863 16,797 12,599 459 424 365 339
Ohio 61,213 52,279 17.1% 7,109 6,737 53,741 45,128 176 167 187 247
Wisconsin 15,464 16,126 -4.1% 14,801 15,455 0 0 56 44 606 627
West North Central 27,939 28,140 -0.7% 21,971 22,293 4,551 4,505 230 243 1,187 1,099
Iowa 5,508 6,237 -11.7% 4,939 5,729 0 0.00 59 66 510 442
Kansas 2,845 2,485 14.5% 2,616 2,248 0 0 0 0 229 237
Minnesota 7,418 8,005 -7.3% 4,471 4,875 2,532 2,746 71 75 343 309
Missouri 7,322 6,681 9.6% 5,180 4,794 2,019 1,759 98 101 24 27
Nebraska 1,392 1,114 25.0% 1,347 1,072 0 0 1 1 44 41
North Dakota 1,825 1,929 -5.4% 1,815 1,913 0 0 0 0 10 16
South Dakota 1,630 1,690 -3.5% 1,603 1,663 0 0 0 0 27 27
South Atlantic 290,780 283,559 2.5% 243,271 236,962 44,080 42,999 449 467 2,981 3,132
Delaware 2,998 2,947 1.7% 43 49 2,432 2,289 0 0 523 609
District of Columbia 74 74 -0.2% 0 0 0 0 74 74 0 0
Florida 135,833 134,256 1.2% 128,649 127,235 6,242 6,047 76 76 866 898
Georgia 40,382 38,279 5.5% 32,914 30,856 7,055 6,904 0 0 412 519
Maryland 10,921 10,631 2.7% 1,883 2,197 8,816 8,172 199 223 23 40
North Carolina 41,024 37,520 9.3% 34,175 31,600 6,669 5,744 80 78 100 98
South Carolina 16,568 14,843 11.6% 15,347 13,645 1,150 1,138 0.00 0.00 71 59
Virginia 40,516 43,100 -6.0% 29,654 30,951 10,267 11,595 21 16 574 538
West Virginia 2,465 1,910 29.0% 606 429 1,448 1,110 0 0 411 371
East South Central 112,076 110,939 1.0% 89,145 87,097 20,356 21,096 136 145 2,439 2,602
Alabama 44,937 44,652 0.6% 23,924 22,859 19,842 20,579 0 0 1,171 1,213
Kentucky 13,725 13,216 3.8% 13,070 12,558 505 510 0 0 150 148
Mississippi 41,056 40,102 2.4% 40,751 39,716 9 7 0 0 297 379
Tennessee 12,358 12,969 -4.7% 11,401 11,963 0 0 136 145 821 861
West South Central 295,631 287,725 2.7% 116,159 113,498 135,273 129,106 654 450 43,545 44,671
Arkansas 17,065 15,285 11.6% 16,229 14,488 676 641 NM 24 138 133
Louisiana 51,795 49,108 5.5% 30,289 29,328 5,112 2,777 119 33 16,274 16,968
Oklahoma 28,829 27,918 3.3% 21,919 20,851 6,597 6,781 -0.08 -0.03 312 286
Texas 197,942 195,414 1.3% 47,721 48,830 122,888 118,908 512 393 26,821 27,284
Mountain 94,182 83,475 12.8% 76,213 65,482 16,475 16,550 272 276 1,222 1,167
Arizona 35,196 34,147 3.1% 24,353 23,979 10,753 10,084 89 85 0 0
Colorado 13,313 11,843 12.4% 11,581 9,436 1,633 2,312 0 0.16 99 95
Idaho 3,883 4,112 -5.6% 2,767 2,960 978 1,039 26 27 112 87
Montana 742 847 -12.4% 673 720 69 126 0 0 NM 0.17
Nevada 17,970 15,171 18.4% 17,217 14,219 463 642 41 40 249 270
New Mexico 7,907 6,899 14.6% 5,172 4,452 2,512 2,271 63 72 160 104
Utah 10,789 7,113 51.7% 10,516 6,829 65 75 53 52 156 156
Wyoming 4,383 3,343 31.1% 3,935 2,888 1 0.45 0 0 447 455
Pacific Contiguous 61,807 71,484 -13.5% 25,692 31,448 29,246 33,014 1,037 914 5,832 6,108
California 40,997 46,039 -11.0% 13,347 15,637 21,389 24,011 1,013 890 5,248 5,502
Oregon 13,679 14,671 -6.8% 7,182 8,908 6,398 5,666 24 23 75 75
Washington 7,130 10,773 -33.8% 5,163 6,903 1,458 3,337 0.07 2 509 531
Pacific Noncontiguous 2,088 2,494 -16.3% 2,052 2,466 0 0 2 2 33 26
Alaska 2,088 2,494 -16.3% 2,052 2,466 0 0 2 2 33 26
Hawaii 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Total 1,251,374 1,219,169 2.6% 643,749 624,520 538,395 524,514 5,384 4,852 63,847 65,284

NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.
Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values for 2026 are preliminary. Values for 2025 are final. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923.
Negative generation denotes that electric power consumed for plant use exceeds gross generation.
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.

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