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Data for March 2026 Release Date: May 21, 2026 Next Release Date: June 24, 2026 Full report PDF
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Table 2.11.A. Consumption of Natural Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector,
March 2026 and March 2025 (Million Cubic Feet)

  Electric Power Sector  
Census Division
and State		 All Sectors Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers Commercial Sector Industrial Sector
  March 2026 March 2025 Percentage Change March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025 March 2026 March 2025
New England 32,548 32,205 1.1% NM NM 31,190 31,062 581 542 631 522
Connecticut 15,578 14,080 11% 28 13 15,097 13,680 134 127 319 260
Maine 3,703 3,779 -2.0% 0 0 3,587 3,707 13 13 103 59
Massachusetts 6,137 8,781 -30% NM NM 5,543 8,261 406 385 70 70
New Hampshire 2,580 1,233 109% 0 0 2,546 1,215 17 6 17 12
Rhode Island 4,549 4,330 5.0% 0 0 4,416 4,198 11 11 122 121
Vermont 2 1 155% 1 0.45 0 0 1 0.16 0 0
Middle Atlantic 135,143 118,328 14% 6,771 6,063 125,128 109,110 717 668 2,526 2,488
New Jersey 14,700 10,954 34% NM 158 14,300 10,470 169 157 183 168
New York 38,026 31,608 20% 6,689 5,873 30,474 24,920 498 450 364 366
Pennsylvania 82,418 75,766 8.8% 34 32 80,354 73,720 50 61 1,979 1,954
East North Central 127,840 109,717 17% 51,235 37,357 72,630 68,917 703 628 3,273 2,814
Illinois 13,557 11,026 23% 2,142 258 10,696 10,082 194 171 525 515
Indiana 24,758 23,654 4.7% 14,977 11,911 8,003 10,264 83 54 1,695 1,424
Michigan 26,561 23,905 11% 15,787 10,818 10,112 12,450 281 284 381 354
Ohio 50,788 42,511 19% 6,684 6,191 43,820 36,122 96 72 189 126
Wisconsin 12,177 8,622 41% 11,646 8,180 NM NM 49 47 482 395
West North Central 22,960 17,243 33% 17,284 13,398 4,659 2,755 152 170 866 919
Iowa 4,578 3,590 28% 4,288 3,211 0 0 50 73 239 306
Kansas 2,364 2,129 11% 2,143 1,899 0 0 0 0 221 230
Minnesota 7,736 5,322 45% 4,293 3,211 3,084 1,786 38 39 321 285
Missouri 4,918 3,616 36% 3,268 2,576 1,575 969 62 57 13 14
Nebraska 830 NM NM NM NM 0 0 2 1 17 20
North Dakota 1,423 1,312 8.4% 1,406 1,282 0 0 0 0 17 30
South Dakota 1,111 782 42% 1,073 NM 0 0 0 0 38 35
South Atlantic 220,621 204,780 7.7% 186,719 175,963 31,314 26,013 634 577 1,953 2,227
Delaware 1,641 932 76% 19 5 1,223 540 0 0 399 387
District of Columbia 99 62 58% 0 0 0 0 99 62 0 0
Florida 102,844 95,670 7.5% 96,894 89,935 5,338 5,068 NM NM 552 608
Georgia 31,204 26,970 16% 26,002 22,901 4,950 3,691 0 0 252 378
Maryland 7,457 6,750 10% 1,248 1,702 5,836 4,681 350 344 23 23
North Carolina 31,471 25,672 23% 25,721 22,640 5,577 2,876 106 97 67 59
South Carolina 15,500 12,441 25% 14,616 11,777 840 617 0 0 44 47
Virginia 28,446 35,185 -19% 21,396 26,587 6,555 8,045 19 14 476 538
West Virginia 1,959 1,098 78% 824 415 995 496 0 0 140 186
East South Central 80,762 83,403 -3.2% 66,851 64,779 11,963 16,595 79 80 1,869 1,949
Alabama 28,517 34,080 -16% 16,003 16,677 11,712 16,519 0 0 803 885
Kentucky 7,605 6,894 10% 7,282 6,747 235 64 0 0 88 83
Mississippi 33,862 32,976 2.7% 33,635 32,713 16 13 0 0 211 250
Tennessee 10,777 9,453 14% 9,931 8,641 0 0 79 80 767 732
West South Central 203,345 185,582 9.6% 90,923 76,659 81,775 75,832 309 259 30,337 32,832
Arkansas 14,196 10,485 35% 14,039 9,732 NM 637 NM NM 81 88
Louisiana 37,362 35,879 4.1% 23,766 21,689 2,589 1,553 57 NM 10,950 12,622
Oklahoma 17,874 16,973 5.3% 14,577 12,083 3,029 4,582 0.44 0.09 268 308
Texas 133,913 122,245 9.5% 38,541 33,156 76,108 69,060 225 215 19,038 19,815
Mountain 75,688 56,030 35% 61,134 47,171 13,032 7,658 184 167 1,338 1,035
Arizona 25,131 17,521 43% 16,706 15,528 8,376 1,950 48 42 0 0
Colorado 12,759 9,026 41% 11,331 6,639 1,339 2,308 0 0 89 79
Idaho 2,353 2,713 -13% 1,741 2,141 NM NM 15 15 69 48
Montana 571 656 -13% 562 597 NM 58 0 0 NM NM
Nevada 13,890 11,205 24% 13,398 10,772 157 170 22 21 314 243
New Mexico 8,014 6,712 19% 5,099 3,973 2,556 2,588 NM NM 328 112
Utah 9,490 5,967 59% 9,152 5,647 NM NM NM 50 206 196
Wyoming 3,480 2,230 56% 3,146 1,873 2 0 0 0 332 357
Pacific Contiguous 41,726 47,663 -12% 15,682 22,073 20,419 20,082 817 674 4,808 4,833
California 27,935 29,101 -4.0% 8,103 10,124 14,658 13,954 797 656 4,376 4,367
Oregon 9,343 10,400 -10% 4,134 6,492 5,121 3,831 20 18 68 59
Washington 4,448 8,162 -45% 3,444 5,457 NM 2,297 0.10 0 364 407
Pacific Noncontiguous 1,523 1,462 4.2% 1,497 1,438 0 0 0.34 0.23 26 24
Alaska 1,523 1,462 4.2% 1,497 1,438 0 0 0.34 0.23 26 24
Hawaii 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Total 942,156 856,413 10% 498,242 444,980 392,110 358,023 4,177 3,766 47,628 49,643

Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923.
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.