1807 TWh
2025 (latest)
NATURAL GAS ELECTRICITY GENERATION
GWh · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
37 TWh
1949
1870 TWh
high · 2024
37 TWh
low · 1949
+4789%
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN NGETPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatthours. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=NGETPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Natural gas electricity generation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1807 TWh | −3% |
| 2024 | 1870 TWh | +4% |
| 2023 | 1806 TWh | +7% |
| 2022 | 1687 TWh | +7% |
| 2021 | 1579 TWh | −3% |
| 2020 | 1627 TWh | +2% |
| 2019 | 1589 TWh | +8% |
| 2018 | 1472 TWh | +13% |
| 2017 | 1298 TWh | −6% |
| 2016 | 1379 TWh | +3% |
| 2015 | 1335 TWh | +18% |
| 2014 | 1127 TWh | +0% |
| 2013 | 1125 TWh | −8% |
| 2012 | 1226 TWh | +21% |
| 2011 | 1014 TWh | +3% |
| 2010 | 988 TWh | +7% |
| 2009 | 921 TWh | +4% |
| 2008 | 883 TWh | −2% |
| 2007 | 897 TWh | +10% |
| 2006 | 816 TWh | +7% |
| 2005 | 761 TWh | +7% |
| 2004 | 710 TWh | +9% |
| 2003 | 650 TWh | −6% |
| 2002 | 691 TWh | +8% |
| 2001 | 639 TWh | +6% |
| 2000 | 601 TWh | +8% |
| 1999 | 556 TWh | +5% |
| 1998 | 531 TWh | +11% |
| 1997 | 479 TWh | +5% |
| 1996 | 455 TWh | −8% |
| 1995 | 496 TWh | +8% |
| 1994 | 460 TWh | +11% |
| 1993 | 415 TWh | +3% |
| 1992 | 404 TWh | +6% |
| 1991 | 382 TWh | +2% |
| 1990 | 373 TWh | +6% |
| 1989 | 353 TWh | +39% |
| 1988 | 253 TWh | −7% |
| 1987 | 273 TWh | +10% |
| 1986 | 249 TWh | −15% |
| 1985 | 292 TWh | −2% |
| 1984 | 297 TWh | +8% |
| 1983 | 274 TWh | −10% |
| 1982 | 305 TWh | −12% |
| 1981 | 346 TWh | −0% |
| 1980 | 346 TWh | +5% |
| 1979 | 329 TWh | +8% |
| 1978 | 305 TWh | −0% |
| 1977 | 306 TWh | +4% |
| 1976 | 295 TWh | −2% |
| 1975 | 300 TWh | −6% |
| 1974 | 320 TWh | −6% |
| 1973 | 341 TWh | −9% |
| 1972 | 376 TWh | +0% |
| 1971 | 374 TWh | +0% |
| 1970 | 373 TWh | +12% |
| 1969 | 333 TWh | +9% |
| 1968 | 304 TWh | +15% |
| 1967 | 265 TWh | +5% |
| 1966 | 251 TWh | +13% |
| 1965 | 222 TWh | +1% |
| 1964 | 220 TWh | +9% |
| 1963 | 202 TWh | +9% |
| 1962 | 184 TWh | +9% |
| 1961 | 169 TWh | +7% |
| 1960 | 158 TWh | +8% |
| 1959 | 147 TWh | +22% |
| 1958 | 120 TWh | +5% |
| 1957 | 114 TWh | +10% |
| 1956 | 104 TWh | +9% |
| 1955 | 95 TWh | +2% |
| 1954 | 94 TWh | +17% |
| 1953 | 80 TWh | +17% |
| 1952 | 68 TWh | +21% |
| 1951 | 57 TWh | +27% |
| 1950 | 45 TWh | +21% |
| 1949 | 37 TWh | — |
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