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U.S. Natural Gas Power Monthly
Strong Growth Continues
EnerWrap wrangles daily and monthly EIA power data to provide insights into power market generation and capacity
Natural gas power generation in the U.S. has increased on a year-over-year basis 28 of the last 29 months
Cooler weather resulted in month-over-month declines
Data center demand is likely to result in elevated gas usage
U.S. L-48 natural gas generation in September was 158 TWHrs, down 16.5% versus last month and up 3.5% versus last year
Last 12-month U.S. natural gas generation was 2,056 TWHrs
Through July LTM natural gas generation was up 5.4%
YTD gas generation is up 4.2% versus last year
Total natural gas capacity is currently 569,992 megawatts
Capacity factors for selected plants are shown



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