Table 5.12. Consumption of Nautral Gas for Electricity Generation by State, by Sector,
2015 and 2014 (Million Cubic Feet)

  Electric Power Sector  
Census Division
and State		 All Sectors Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers Commercial Sector Industrial Sector
  Year 2015 Year 2014 Percentage Change Year 2015 Year 2014 Year 2015 Year 2014 Year 2015 Year 2014 Year 2015 Year 2014
New England 404,268 356,658 13% 4,386 3,585 382,202 330,872 9,325 9,416 8,355 12,786
Connecticut 128,326 108,833 18% 267 121 119,063 99,682 3,913 3,993 5,082 5,038
Maine 20,260 30,772 -34% 0 0 17,888 23,848 356 302 2,017 6,622
Massachusetts 162,051 140,167 16% 3,792 3,005 152,881 131,658 4,262 4,518 1,116 987
New Hampshire 43,066 31,557 36% 307 423 42,366 30,816 253 178 140 139
Rhode Island 50,545 45,293 12% 0 0 50,005 44,867 539 425 0 0
Vermont 21 36 -42% 19 36 0 0 2 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 1,180,966 1,075,743 9.8% 116,143 113,124 1,042,537 940,884 10,628 9,824 11,658 11,911
New Jersey 275,564 241,591 14% 737 715 269,860 235,561 1,816 1,599 3,150 3,717
New York 467,122 445,419 4.9% 115,373 112,335 342,188 324,672 7,515 6,767 2,046 1,644
Pennsylvania 438,280 388,733 13% 33 73 430,488 380,651 1,297 1,458 6,461 6,550
East North Central 684,073 470,661 45% 305,678 188,722 350,516 253,049 10,439 14,611 17,441 14,279
Illinois 87,371 49,883 75% 5,464 3,458 74,372 34,713 4,080 8,839 3,455 2,872
Indiana 125,064 75,966 65% 96,816 52,646 23,024 19,089 994 651 4,230 3,579
Michigan 164,114 110,299 49% 54,569 32,038 98,273 68,268 3,511 3,348 7,762 6,646
Ohio 208,398 174,659 19% 57,059 47,497 149,307 125,684 1,306 1,079 726 398
Wisconsin 99,125 59,855 66% 91,769 53,083 5,540 5,294 548 695 1,268 783
West North Central 143,077 106,861 34% 120,123 89,544 16,237 12,777 3,042 2,802 3,674 1,738
Iowa 18,776 11,523 63% 16,198 10,496 0.08 0.08 542 468 2,036 558
Kansas 15,182 19,120 -21% 14,624 18,443 0 0 0 0 558 677
Minnesota 54,364 31,236 74% 45,920 24,806 6,055 4,431 1,646 1,637 743 362
Missouri 37,925 34,937 8.6% 26,653 25,859 10,183 8,347 850 696 239 36
Nebraska 4,266 4,197 1.6% 4,255 4,189 0 0 4 2 7 6
North Dakota 6,437 1,984 224% 6,346 1,885 0 0 0 0 91 99
South Dakota 6,128 3,865 59% 6,128 3,865 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Atlantic 2,288,760 1,874,308 22% 1,864,143 1,533,740 388,423 311,826 7,551 6,613 28,643 22,129
Delaware 57,235 53,793 6.4% 367 336 45,067 45,800 0 0 11,801 7,657
District of Columbia 648 769 -16% 0 0 0 0 648 769 0 0
Florida 1,163,471 1,043,127 12% 1,086,206 976,434 68,114 57,944 208 237 8,944 8,512
Georgia 358,959 293,080 22% 262,095 207,817 93,261 81,832 0 0 3,603 3,431
Maryland 44,642 24,338 83% 0 0 37,782 18,569 6,551 5,492 310 277
North Carolina 270,320 206,348 31% 239,576 179,505 29,779 26,235 54 3 912 605
South Carolina 135,505 86,333 57% 119,264 75,616 15,980 10,440 21 53 240 225
Virginia 244,760 159,810 53% 155,303 91,990 86,553 66,340 70 59 2,833 1,421
West Virginia 13,219 6,709 97% 1,332 2,043 11,887 4,666 0 0 0.07 1
East South Central 862,559 666,562 29% 533,813 389,409 313,289 262,810 1,255 1,229 14,202 13,114
Alabama 404,213 352,980 15% 111,635 108,395 283,612 235,776 0 0 8,967 8,809
Kentucky 53,503 28,612 87% 45,788 25,190 5,935 1,602 0 0 1,780 1,819
Mississippi 332,923 238,193 40% 306,850 210,866 23,742 25,368 34 100 2,296 1,859
Tennessee 71,920 46,777 54% 69,540 44,957 0 64 1,221 1,128 1,159 627
West South Central 2,636,288 2,277,553 16% 862,132 723,156 1,307,140 1,083,179 7,298 7,661 459,718 463,558
Arkansas 105,102 68,129 54% 34,791 16,411 68,332 49,907 24 24 1,954 1,787
Louisiana 531,883 465,683 14% 305,826 243,957 29,480 14,409 1,679 1,830 194,898 205,488
Oklahoma 255,418 208,331 23% 169,886 142,665 84,483 64,869 0.08 0.22 1,048 797
Texas 1,743,885 1,535,410 14% 351,629 320,124 1,124,844 953,993 5,595 5,807 261,818 255,486
Mountain 727,043 637,181 14% 525,578 443,786 185,807 178,747 4,578 4,277 11,081 10,370
Arizona 249,798 207,007 21% 139,541 104,505 108,784 101,104 1,472 1,398 0 0
Colorado 89,735 94,739 -5.3% 70,440 71,161 19,043 23,287 3 52 249 239
Idaho 28,013 18,267 53% 16,437 9,263 10,882 8,704 163 0 531 301
Montana 6,558 5,936 10% 5,956 5,243 602 419 0 0 0 274
Nevada 209,654 167,794 25% 190,075 146,908 16,286 18,132 699 646 2,594 2,108
New Mexico 77,051 75,836 1.6% 47,060 52,074 28,614 22,123 1,364 1,246 13 392
Utah 61,376 63,889 -3.9% 54,843 54,313 1,587 4,466 877 935 4,069 4,175
Wyoming 4,859 3,712 31% 1,226 319 8 512 0 0 3,626 2,881
Pacific Contiguous 1,058,400 1,046,008 1.2% 383,053 377,997 590,531 579,888 15,976 15,510 68,840 72,613
California 850,427 876,779 -3.0% 278,479 273,216 488,483 516,997 15,325 14,608 68,140 71,958
Oregon 112,912 89,959 26% 46,156 34,542 65,790 54,174 571 848 395 396
Washington 95,061 79,270 20% 58,419 70,240 36,257 8,717 80 55 305 259
Pacific Noncontiguous 31,139 32,851 -5.2% 30,207 31,944 0 0 0.01 15 933 892
Alaska 31,139 32,851 -5.2% 30,207 31,944 0 0 0.01 15 933 892
Hawaii 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Total 10,016,576 8,544,387 17% 4,745,255 3,895,008 4,576,683 3,954,032 70,092 71,957 624,545 623,390

Notes: See Glossary for definitions. Values are final. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Percentage change is calculated before rounding.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report.