On July 25, 2024, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report explaining a recent spike in natural gas electricity generation in the United States. [1] Based on a graph spanning January 1, 2019, to July 16, 2024, daily natural gas electricity generation in the Lower 48 states peaked in July with the onset of the heatwave. US power plant operators have generated the most electricity from natural gas since 2019, at 6.9 million megawatt-hours (MWh). The spike, recorded on July 9, occurred due to high temperatures across most of the country as well as low wind generation. According to the National Weather Service, most of the US experienced temperatures well above average on July 9, 2024, especially in the East Coast and West Coast. Wind generation in the Lower 48 states totaled 0.3 million MWh on July 9, which was much lower than the 1.3 million MWh daily average in June of the same year.
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