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Data for December 2025 Release Date: February 24, 2026 Next Release Date: March 24, 2026 Full report PDF
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Table 1.7.C. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas by Technology: Total (All Sectors), 2015-December 2025
(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
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 1,421,927 144,656 109,056 9,175 2,250 1,687,065
2023 1,525,018 146,753 121,804 10,197 2,291 1,806,063
2024 1,556,652 160,082 141,330 9,677 2,162 1,869,902
Year 2023
January 122,408 8,966 6,137 796 196 138,503
February 110,418 8,013 5,754 689 161 125,036
March 115,514 10,115 7,067 830 173 133,699
April 100,466 10,499 8,218 666 163 120,012
May 115,001 11,987 9,591 681 133 137,394
June 134,156 14,114 12,661 884 166 161,981
July 161,249 18,849 18,033 1,122 269 199,522
August 161,351 18,578 17,883 1,169 241 199,221
Sept 139,729 12,808 12,652 930 191 166,311
October 117,505 12,312 9,985 823 199 140,825
November 115,751 10,752 8,039 794 195 135,531
December 131,470 9,759 5,784 812 205 148,029
Year 2024
January 139,851 12,392 8,412 820 190 161,667
February 115,792 9,044 6,161 676 172 131,845
March 111,719 10,262 8,257 710 190 131,137
April 98,958 12,288 9,468 633 185 121,532
May 117,784 13,072 12,235 715 188 143,993
June 138,355 14,267 15,508 851 175 169,156
July 164,847 20,646 19,254 1,033 178 205,959
August 163,347 18,900 19,450 1,038 180 202,915
Sept 142,130 14,008 12,506 852 175 169,671
October 121,024 12,874 11,877 756 180 146,711
November 115,540 11,666 9,501 808 171 137,687
December 127,303 10,662 8,701 785 179 147,630
Year 2025
January 133,977 12,852 9,382 788 2 157,001
February 113,609 9,593 7,519 651 2 131,374
March 101,943 9,040 6,485 648 2 118,118
April 92,987 11,372 9,603 676 4 114,642
May 113,031 10,512 10,801 722 6 135,072
June 134,223 15,881 13,752 933 4 164,793
July 156,389 24,871 19,477 1,245 9 201,991
August 157,158 18,681 15,941 1,108 6 192,894
Sept 139,871 14,394 12,603 1,003 5 167,876
October 116,426 14,285 12,388 880 5 143,985
November 110,252 11,374 9,121 815 4 131,565
December 127,703 11,018 8,577 727 3 148,027

Values for 2024 and prior years are final. Values for 2025 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.