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Data for July 2026 Release Date: September 24, 2026 Next Release Date: October 23, 2026
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Table 1.7.C. Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Natural Gas by Technology: Total (All Sectors), 2016-July 2026
(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
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
2025 1,497,569 163,873 135,648 10,197 52 1,807,338
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
Year 2026
January 127,895 12,629 10,380 724 3 151,630
February 111,667 10,511 9,270 639 3 132,089
March 106,107 10,914 9,643 708 3 127,375
April 99,229 13,781 10,669 764 6 124,449
May 113,289 11,920 11,315 741 5 137,271
June 133,535 14,637 14,224 836 5 163,237
July 159,409 23,640 20,999 1,236 10 205,294

Values for 2024 and prior years are final. Values for 2025 and 2026 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.

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