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July 25, 2024 Today in Energy ›

Natural gas electricity generation in the United States spiked with July heatwave ›

U.S. power plant operators generated 6.9 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity from natural gas on a daily basis in the Lower 48 states on July 9, 2024, probably the most in history and certainly since at least January 1, 2019, when we began to collect hourly data about natural gas generation. More

daily natural gas electricity generation in the lower 48

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor


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