U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent
Statistics and Analysis Today in Energy Natural gas use for
power generation rose 7%, or about 515 billion cubic feet (Bcf),
between 2009 and 2010, according to EIA. Most of the gains in
the power sector were in the Eastern half of the country (see
map above left). Total natural gas deliveries to consumers in
the United States grew about 4 % to around 22 trillion cubic
feet (Tcf) for 2010. Use of natural gas in the industrial sector
was up by 6% in 2010 but from a lower base than in the electric
power sector. Natural gas deliveries to residential and
commercial consumers, on the other hand, were relatively
unchanged from their 2009 levels. The biggest changes in natural
gas use occurred in the Southeast United States, where state-
level natural gas deliveries from 2009 to 2010 increased by
between 5% and 24% (see map above right). Historically low
natural prices, coupled with weather-driven demand in the
Southeast, increased natural gas deliveries for