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U.S. Natural Gas Power Generation Monthly
Growth Continues
Highlights:
Despite the clear growth in clean energy sources, natural gas power continues to be the dominant source of power generation in the United States with continued growth in 2024
Through this past weekend natural gas power generation is up a fairly remarkable 6.6% year-to-date
U.S. L-48 natural gas generation in May was 134,428 MWHrs, up 19.5% versus last month and up 5.9% versus last year
Last 12-month U.S. natural gas generation was 1,962 GWHrs, higher by 7.2% versus 12 months ago
Texas, the largest gas power market, is outpacing the U.S. overall at with an 8.2% increase
Total natural gas capacity currently stands at 573,259 megawatts
Planned capacity is 17,106 MW



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