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Table 1.10.B. Net Generation from Natural Gas by State, by Sector, Year-to-Date through July 2012 and 2011
(Thousand Megawatthours)

  Electric Power Sector  
Census Division
and State		 All Sectors Electric Utilities Independent
Power Producers		 Commercial Sector Industrial Sector
  July 2012 July 2011 Percent
Change		 July 2012 July 2011 July 2012 July 2011 July 2012 July 2011 July 2012 July 2011
New England 35,885 35,610 0.8% 225 207 33,552 33,370 343 338 1,765 1,696
Connecticut 8,652 8,057 7.4% NM NM 8,372 7,826 57 39 199 172
Maine 3,748 4,088 -8.3% -- -- 2,321 2,674 NM NM 1,427 1,413
Massachusetts 14,165 14,836 -4.5% 151 143 13,640 14,331 251 267 123 95
New Hampshire 4,449 3,897 14% 49 43 4,384 3,839 -- -- NM NM
Rhode Island 4,870 4,731 2.9% -- -- 4,835 4,699 35 32 -- --
Vermont 2 2 -26% 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Middle Atlantic 83,602 66,801 25% 7,897 7,586 74,447 58,111 442 345 816 758
New Jersey 16,833 14,507 16% -- -- 16,462 14,165 65 57 306 285
New York 34,635 28,526 21% 7,883 7,577 26,269 20,550 331 253 153 147
Pennsylvania 32,134 23,768 35% NM NM 31,717 23,397 46 35 357 327
East North Central 56,843 28,100 102% 20,482 8,704 34,959 18,364 528 352 873 679
Illinois 8,232 4,045 104% 612 348 7,127 3,220 247 261 246 216
Indiana 9,820 5,959 65% 7,925 4,273 1,533 1,364 27 NM 335 298
Michigan 16,599 7,684 116% 3,641 770 12,665 6,814 175 26 118 74
Ohio 13,534 6,567 106% 3,680 1,509 9,822 5,030 -- -- 32 27
Wisconsin 8,657 3,846 125% 4,625 1,804 3,812 1,937 79 41 142 64
West North Central 14,036 7,905 78% 11,888 6,763 1,936 1,020 147 67 64 56
Iowa 1,519 738 106% 1,498 721 NM NM NM NM NM NM
Kansas 2,083 1,792 16% 2,083 1,792 -- -- -- -- -- --
Minnesota 5,055 1,984 155% 4,202 1,516 740 387 71 46 NM 36
Missouri 4,326 2,943 47% 3,061 2,294 1,196 633 68 15 NM NM
Nebraska 740 318 133% 740 318 -- NM NM NM -- --
North Dakota NM NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- NM NM
South Dakota 302 120 151% 302 120 -- -- -- -- -- --
South Atlantic 154,990 119,861 29% 118,580 95,231 34,518 23,229 82 NM 1,810 1,381
Delaware 4,348 2,486 75% NM NM 4,030 2,387 -- -- 290 80
District of Columbia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Florida 87,772 78,740 11% 79,401 72,198 7,501 5,622 NM NM 846 902
Georgia 24,501 14,392 70% 13,725 7,130 10,363 6,991 -- -- 413 271
Maryland 3,354 1,520 121% -- -- 3,222 1,485 55 NM 78 34
North Carolina 11,663 5,908 97% 9,580 4,409 2,019 1,460 3 * 61 39
South Carolina 7,923 7,029 13% 6,837 6,249 1,068 772 NM NM 18 7
Virginia 15,254 9,619 59% 8,986 5,198 6,171 4,377 -- -- 98 43
West Virginia 174 167 4.1% NM 27 144 135 -- -- NM NM
East South Central 65,260 45,369 44% 33,105 23,216 31,021 21,188 63 56 1,070 910
Alabama 34,508 25,307 36% 8,583 8,110 25,215 16,642 -- -- 710 555
Kentucky 2,235 980 128% 1,882 772 232 79 -- -- 122 129
Mississippi 24,513 17,030 44% 18,713 12,370 5,574 4,467 NM NM 212 180
Tennessee 4,004 2,052 95% 3,927 1,963 -- -- 50 43 27 46
West South Central 200,894 173,214 16% 54,494 47,826 110,228 90,875 285 277 35,886 34,236
Arkansas 10,949 7,853 39% 1,725 1,589 9,101 6,139 NM NM 122 125
Louisiana 35,083 32,323 8.5% 13,843 13,623 7,370 4,710 28 26 13,842 13,963
Oklahoma 25,503 19,339 32% 17,071 14,099 8,336 5,162 NM NM 74 62
Texas 129,359 113,699 14% 21,854 18,514 85,421 74,864 235 235 21,848 20,086
Mountain 48,998 37,883 29% 29,041 21,176 19,238 16,096 120 113 599 498
Arizona 17,729 11,365 56% 8,117 4,610 9,564 6,715 40 37 NM NM
Colorado 6,526 6,047 7.9% 3,694 2,885 2,821 3,151 2 4 NM NM
Idaho 960 413 133% 336 131 602 254 -- -- 22 27
Montana NM NM NM NM NM NM NM -- -- NM NM
Nevada 14,141 11,960 18% 10,382 8,255 3,588 3,566 36 34 136 106
New Mexico 5,272 4,914 7.3% 3,016 2,749 2,205 2,124 41 39 NM NM
Utah 3,929 2,851 38% 3,377 2,491 399 261 NM NM 153 100
Wyoming 351 294 19% NM NM NM NM -- -- 263 251
Pacific Contiguous 72,327 47,391 53% 22,953 13,580 41,534 26,016 736 1,044 7,104 6,752
California 64,090 43,338 48% 19,106 12,259 37,247 23,368 721 1,036 7,016 6,675
Oregon 5,619 2,731 106% 1,752 523 3,812 2,164 -- -- 55 43
Washington 2,619 1,322 98% 2,095 798 475 483 NM NM 33 34
Pacific Noncontiguous 2,139 2,116 1.1% 2,108 2,091 -- -- NM NM NM 24
Alaska 2,139 2,116 1.1% 2,108 2,091 -- -- NM NM NM 24
Hawaii -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
U.S. Total 734,973 564,249 30% 300,774 226,380 381,433 288,268 2,748 2,613 50,018 46,989

* = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure (e.g., for values with no decimals, the smallest unit is 1 then values under 0.5 are shown as *.)
NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.
Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report.