Electric Power Monthly

Data for February 2025 Release Date: April 24, 2025 Next Release Date: May 23, 2025 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-February 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	1,539,728	170,579	143,627	10,873	68	1,864,874
Year 2023
January	122,408	8,966	6,137	796	32	138,339
February	110,418	8,005	5,754	689	26	124,892
March	115,514	10,116	7,067	830	30	133,558
April	100,466	10,499	8,218	666	29	119,878
May	115,001	11,992	9,591	681	29	137,296
June	134,156	14,119	12,661	884	30	161,851
July	161,249	18,855	18,033	1,122	30	199,289
August	161,351	18,567	17,883	1,169	30	199,000
Sept	139,729	12,811	12,652	930	28	166,151
October	117,505	12,314	9,985	823	28	140,655
November	115,751	10,748	8,039	794	26	135,358
December	131,470	9,761	5,784	812	1,972	149,798
Year 2024
January	138,944	11,927	8,391	870	3	160,136
February	114,825	8,892	6,558	708	3	130,987
March	110,776	10,620	8,430	775	3	130,604
April	98,368	12,756	9,446	707	6	121,282
May	117,005	13,577	12,193	836	6	143,618
June	137,026	15,496	15,827	952	6	169,307
July	162,752	23,844	19,815	1,297	9	207,717
August	160,640	21,592	19,565	1,265	13	203,075
Sept	140,769	14,615	13,044	958	6	169,393
October	119,469	14,056	12,000	817	6	146,348
November	113,616	12,831	9,712	878	4	137,041
December	125,537	10,372	8,645	809	2	145,365
Year 2025
January	133,037	13,140	9,467	881	2	156,527
February	113,574	10,393	7,630	741	2	132,340

Values for 2023 and prior years are final. Values for 2024 and 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.