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Data for March 2025 Release Date: May 22, 2025 Next Release Date: June 25, 2025 Full report PDF
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Table 2.4.A. Natural Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation,
by Sector, 2015-March 2025 (Million Cubic Feet)

  Electric Power Sector  
Period Total (all sectors) Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial
Sector		 Industrial
Sector
Annual Totals
2015 10,016,576 4,745,255 4,576,683 70,092 624,545
2016 10,170,110 5,018,894 4,571,375 46,304 533,537
2017 9,508,062 4,754,893 4,161,984 50,060 541,126
2018 10,842,129 5,560,267 4,663,935 52,650 565,276
2019 11,612,858 5,980,679 4,958,798 55,575 617,805
2020 11,928,104 6,196,152 5,061,569 51,827 618,556
2021 11,502,569 5,876,442 4,995,247 45,537 585,343
2022 12,384,086 6,376,041 5,364,050 48,658 595,337
2023 13,244,813 6,820,807 5,766,811 49,069 608,127
2024 13,774,005 7,248,015 5,879,540 48,932 597,519
Year 2023
January 986,729 509,637 423,074 3,981 50,037
February 886,200 452,487 384,540 3,676 45,496
March 959,777 498,668 407,459 3,899 49,751
April 882,659 460,800 374,473 3,575 43,811
May 1,015,436 541,880 420,862 3,768 48,927
June 1,204,125 629,324 518,898 4,137 51,767
July 1,500,478 772,944 667,653 4,925 54,956
August 1,498,044 785,548 652,373 4,711 55,411
Sept 1,225,232 620,161 548,257 4,408 52,405
October 1,040,696 527,858 458,366 3,905 50,567
November 986,104 487,240 444,261 3,741 50,862
December 1,059,333 534,260 466,594 4,344 54,135
Year 2024
January 1,163,002 593,103 509,974 4,289 55,636
February 939,629 483,086 403,435 4,003 49,106
March 944,578 493,449 398,181 4,175 48,773
April 906,711 474,189 380,381 3,485 48,656
May 1,068,600 577,386 439,111 3,765 48,338
June 1,264,339 675,492 537,726 4,168 46,954
July 1,556,465 834,073 665,829 4,682 51,881
August 1,517,147 812,211 646,194 4,706 54,035
Sept 1,249,152 662,372 533,714 4,077 48,989
October 1,089,784 574,503 466,446 3,685 45,151
November 1,014,006 532,094 431,395 3,752 46,766
December 1,060,592 536,058 467,154 4,145 53,235
Year 2025
January 1,154,569 589,948 505,542 4,170 54,908
February 955,949 485,465 420,361 3,716 46,407
March 861,025 445,826 360,812 3,870 50,518
Year to Date
2023 2,832,706 1,460,792 1,215,074 11,556 145,284
2024 3,047,209 1,569,637 1,311,591 12,467 153,514
2025 2,971,543 1,521,239 1,286,716 11,755 151,833
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2024 13,459,317 6,929,653 5,863,328 49,979 616,357
2025 13,698,339 7,199,617 5,854,665 48,220 595,837

Notes: Beginning with the collection of Form EIA-923 in January 2008, the methodology to allocate total fuel consumption for electricity generation and consumption for useful thermal output was changed.
The new methodology was retroactively applied to 2004-2007 data. See the Technical Notes (Appendix C) for further information. See Glossary for definitions.
Values for 2023 and prior years are final. Values for 2024 and 2025 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Sources: 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.